How do you pronounce "Hailey"?
Hail-e
-or-
Hay-lee
I guess I am wondering if I should go for a different spelling (like Hayley) if I prefer the pronounciation "hay-lee". I know, it's not much of a difference in pronounciation.. bear with me ... it came up in discussion ![]()


Re: Pronounciation and spelling of Hailey
DD february 2010 | DS october 2011
*please excuse my typos, bumping from my iphone*
Hay-lee. I think the first "y" in Hayley looks kind of silly, frankly--I hate the whole "add a 'y' in random places" craze. I've been saying hay-ley and hail-ee to myself for about a minute now and they're starting to sound more identical the faster I say it. I think you're probably going to get a little of both no matter how you spell it.
This!
Ditto this. Please, please, please stop with the you-neek spellings, they are ridiculous.
My daughter's name is Hailey and no one has problems pronouncing it Hay-lee.
A co-worker spelled her daugher's name Haley and it gets pronounced Hal-e.
Hay-lee
I don't like the spelling Hayley, but you could spell it Haley
My name is Haley.
I have seen these spellings in which I do not like: Hayle, Haleigh, Hailey, Haylee.
I just prefer the simple Haley.
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