MN choices: Rae/Rayne/Raine?

JenGK · November 2009

Both my father and DH's late father are named "Raymond". We are on team green, but both agree that we do not want to use Raymond if it is a boy. However, we're thinking about using a middle that is a "Ray" derivative, if it is a girl, with Ashley as a first name. I'm generally against goofy/made-up spellings, but I don't know if any of these fall into that category. So, what are you opinions on Rae/Rayne/Raine? Are there any other "Ray" based names that we could consider?

msmarsh · November 2009

I think Ashley Rae is very pretty and a great way to honor both your dads. I am not a fan of Raine/Rayne... just a personal opinion.

Teach84 · November 2009

I like just plain Rae (also I think it would be fine to spell it Ray)

I also thought of Rachel, has the Ray sound you are looking for

katietclintt · November 2009

I think Ashley Rae is really pretty. One of my best friends growing up was named Alexandra Rae, and I always loved that, and her Dad was named Ray.

Kristin5873 · November 2009

My dad's name is Raymond and my middle name is Rae.

ladyyoung · November 2009

the only other girls' names i can think of are rayna/raina, lorraine/lorraina

kellyfromcali · November 2009

msmarsh:
I think Ashley Rae is very pretty and a great way to honor both your dads. I am not a fan of Raine/Rayne... just a personal opinion.

agreed.

aprl0905 · November 2009

We had this same problem...FIL's MN is Raymond and DH's MN is Ray...neither of which we like for a boy.We had chosen Rae for a MN for a girl- plus that is my grandmother's MN too so it would have been perfect but we're having another boy...Davis Rayne.

ScoutLiberty11 · November 2009

msmarsh:
I think Ashley Rae is very pretty and a great way to honor both your dads. I am not a fan of Raine/Rayne... just a personal opinion.

Ditto

KatieintheCity · November 2009

msmarsh:
I think Ashley Rae is very pretty and a great way to honor both your dads. I am not a fan of Raine/Rayne... just a personal opinion.

This.

LadyXaverian · November 2009

Teach84:

I like just plain Rae (also I think it would be fine to spell it Ray)

I also thought of Rachel, has the Ray sound you are looking for

I agree with this. My grandfather's name was Raymond as well, and he always went by Ray. I've thought about using it as a mn for a girl, spelled Ray.

However, from the choices you listed, I would go with Rae, as opposed to Raine or any other derivative. (Although, my Mom's middle name is Raylene, named for her father...)

karakel · November 2009

I like Rae! Raine/Rayne is NMS

Mack924 · November 2009

I went to college with a girl named Ashley Rae, I think its so pretty. What a wonderful way to honor them!

carolinag · November 2009

rae for sure. rayne/raine sounds totally stripperish.

FutureMrs.Steen · November 2009

I like the suggestion of Rachel. I don't like Rae, but maybe because I have a bad association with that name. Rayne/Raine are NMS.

GreenEyedBri · November 2009

Def Rae. Rayne/Raine are nms.

kegallagh · November 2009

I like PP suggestion of Rachel. Rae is totally trashy to me, plus I feel like every other person is using it for their DD's mn. Rayne/Raine is also trashy... sorry.

Lucky_N_Love · November 2009

I like Rae, we are actually considering it as a middle name as well. Not digging Rayne/Raine and I don't think it is really keeping the whole Raymond thing you're going for anyway. I just think of a rain storm

If we do Rae we are probably spelling it that way but other spellings we threw out that you could use Raye, Ray, Rhea..