Girls: Hadley and Hayden?

jyoung01

How does the board feel about Hadley and Hayden on girls?  Not as a sibset--just in general.  I like them but feel like I shouldn't....

davisislands

I don't like either. And I know people who have both of those names as last names. Hayley, however, is nice.

Kyleedawn08

Hadley is cute, if your ok with the nn Hattie because im sure at some point in her life someone will try it out on her. personally i wouldn't name my child that. Hayden, or any other -ayden name is NMS

jyoung01

That's what I figured.  I think the only reason I'm drawn to them is because of Haydee in Count of Monte Cristo.  I like Haydee but feel like it's out because it's too close to "Hades."  Thanks all!

salt78

Both are NMS and Hayden is all boy to me.

SmileyJay

I guess I am undecided on these... I prefer Hayden to Hadley but I think that is only because I have heard of Hayden Panettiere. It reminds me a lot of the name Peyton which I have heard on both boys and girls.... not a huge fan of the unisex quality or how trendy it seems.

Hadley... I just can't get on board with it. I guess because it begins with "Had" but seems like a made up version of Hailey. Never met one, so it just feels strange.

I wouldn't "sideeye" either name and if you love it then it would be perfectly fine! They aren't like out there crazy names and I like both more than Harper or Harlow. 

 

brooksidebride

I like Hadley a lot, and I know a 3.5 year old Hadley. Hayden is okay too... but it's more cutesy and trendy to me and I can't picture it on a grown woman as much as I can Hadley.

SmileyJay

I agree with your assessment that Hadee is too close to Hades.

Perhaps Hailey, Hallie, or Hannah?

I am guilty of liking the name Hero for a girl, like the character from Shakespeare's "Much Ado about Nothing". After studying the play in college I thought it was so lovely on a woman. It has a nice ring to it and a good meaning obviously. I would never ever use it in a million years, but perhaps for a pet one day? lol 

inthelost

I don't like either one, but Hadley slightly better than Hayden

capulet

I don't like either of them.  Hayden is one of the better -ayden names for a boy, but it just sounds so masculine to me and I don't get it for a girl.  Hadley is a random last name, and it's simultaneously too masculine yet little-girly somehow (I guess because it's a surname but it also has the -ley ending which is so effing trendy and stuck to a bunch of girl names I hate).

bluegreen88

I like Hadley but not Hayden for a girl.

rpalen29

jyoung01:

How does the board feel about Hadley and Hayden on girls?  Not as a sibset--just in general.  I like them but feel like I shouldn't....

hadley, nms. hayden is a boys name.  

firewife9278

I rarely reply here (but often lurk since I don't get to name any more babies as we are one and done) ... but I had to chime in on this one

My daughter is Hadley. We call her Hady sometimes. I love it (obv) for a girl.

Hayden is a boy's name though. I've never heard it for a girl but there are a few boys with that name at DD's daycare.

WashingtonQueen

Hadley sounds ugly and I consider Hayden a boy's name.

sunshinelove1

The whole -ayden, aiden, etc names are soooo popular, I think I would avoid Hayden even though I like it. I do love Hadley though!

BulgariHeart

salt78:

Both are NMS and Hayden is all boy to me.

+1 

Jnyb

I think of both as boys. I love Hadley and the only one I know of is a guy. I was bummed to find it classified as a girls name when expecting my son. I just can't see it for a girl name. Hayden is just too much of a boy name no matter if there is a girl celebrity with the name.

CeCe8579

capulet:

I don't like either of them.nbsp; Hayden is one of the better ayden names for a boy, but it just sounds so masculine to me and I don't get it for a girl.nbsp; Hadley is a random last name, and it's simultaneously too masculine yet littlegirly somehow I guess because it's a surname but it also has the ley ending which is so effing trendy and stuck to a bunch of girl names I hate.

All of this!

kimmycup

salt78:

Both are NMS and Hayden is all boy to me.

This.