Opinions please.....Nealy for a girl

TBsquared · October 2011

I met a friend of a friend the other day and her name was Nealy. DH thought it was cool and liked it, I half agreed, not sure what I think. What do you all think. I dont know how it would actually be spelt. Nealy, Niely, Nealie, etc....

magsugar13 · October 2011

no pleasie

KtB0605 · October 2011

No.

RobinSparkles214 · October 2011

NMS. I tend to like extremely feminine names for girls, so I'm not really a fan. Sorry.

TBsquared · October 2011

CityBee:
Seems like a LN to me.

What is an LN?

clashure09 · October 2011

I like it... but its not at all feminine. I had a friend whose younger sister's first name is O'Malley....

TBsquared · October 2011

Im not a fan of super cutesy girly names or old lady names which seems to be the fad right now! sorry! just wondering if there is any reason this name would be a bad idea, like it being the medical jargon for private parts as my last suggestion was lol

TIA

clashure09 · October 2011

LN= Last Name

Dominique1219 · October 2011

I don't like it, reminds me of the word "mealy" which is what my gram used to call mushy/gross/overripe/rotten fruit.

Besides my negative association, it just doesn't seem like a FN to me...more like a LN or NN.

sagoon · October 2011

It sounds like a nickname for Cornelia or something like it. I dislike it as a standalone name.

bread&jam · October 2011

Don't care for it. Sorry.

kacelle · October 2011

CityBee:
Seems like a LN to me.

It's spelled Neely (or Neeley), and it's my last name.

femmepink · October 2011

makes me think of kneel...not something I want associated with my sweet little girl.

Puppylove*85 · October 2011

I have a friend with this nickname (full name Jenelia). I wouldn't use it because of the potential for suggestive teasing about "kneeling."

alohamora · October 2011

TBsquared:
Im not a fan of super cutesy girly names or old lady names which seems to be the fad right now! sorry! just wondering if there is any reason this name would be a bad idea, like it being the medical jargon for private parts as my last suggestion was lol

TIA

Nealy/Neely/Neeley seems super cutesy to me.

mommybrynn · October 2011

Really? Nealy? Yeah... me no likey.

SarahPLiz · October 2011

Kevin nealy. SNL. Not a cute little girl or grown woman. Neela is better, unless you are a Futurama fan.

SGC29 · October 2011

I don't like it. Just my opinion though!

BethPSU · October 2011

I went to college with a girl named Neilye... actually I just saw her last weekend at an alumni event and haven't seen her in at least 7 years so it is so odd to see this post. That is how she spelled it. It is NMS.

ChavayJakov · October 2011

Everything that is common sense in me says "NO" to the name

but

I have to admit, I think it would work and that the NO is just a kneejerk reaction that would wear away in a short time.

It may be that I knew a girl in high-school with that as a last name..she was sporty and those types generally were called by their last names, so it's not a huge hurdle for me to think past.

babyflynn08 · October 2011

It reminds me of the singer and I want to break out singing the song, Country Grammer.

alliejo725 · October 2011

This name was brought up a while back, and just as then, I'm shocked now that apparently no one has read/watched Valley of the Dolls.

I think it's alright. It doesn't thrill me or anything. But it does have a real, literary connection (that's worth looking into before deciding on the name).

SarahPLiz · October 2011

babyflynn08:
It reminds me of the singer and I want to break out singing the song, Country Grammer.

That would be Nelly. Nell would be better than Neely.

kellyrn9956 · October 2011

Surprisingly, I don't hate it.

jstaff12 · October 2011

Neely... I actually love it. I think it was a character in like Valley of the Dolls? I saw it on TV years ago and really liked the name! Good luck choosing!!!

bdschad · October 2011

I actually like it!

sgroff26 · October 2011

Puppylove*85:
I have a friend with this nickname (full name Jenelia). I wouldn't use it because of the potential for suggestive teasing about "kneeling."

This exactly.

gibbonlove · October 2011

I watched a little girl with that name, spelled Neely, and I didn't really like the name on her. It didn't seem to be a good fit. She was also a little whiner, so I just don't have a good association with it at all.

starrkitten89 · October 2011

I really like Neela better.What about using Neela with Neely/Nealy as a NN?

And FWIW,it isn't the name of the character on Futurama as PP said (that is Leela),so it would not be associated with that.

Kdbean27 · October 2011

SarahPLiz:
Kevin nealy. SNL. Not a cute little girl or grown woman. Neela is better, unless you are a Futurama fan.

Kevin Nealon is the guy on SNL. Thats my maiden name and I actually thought that was the suggested name at first glance. I like MJ's Suggestion.

SarahPLiz · October 2011

Kdbean27:
SarahPLiz:
Kevin nealy. SNL. Not a cute little girl or grown woman. Neela is better, unless you are a Futurama fan.
Kevin Nealon is the guy on SNL. Thats my maiden name and I actually thought that was the suggested name at first glance. I like MJ's Suggestion.

Dang, i was wrong on both accounts. I should have just gone to bed. Sorry.

kms34 · October 2011

No.

I knew a Neely in HS and the name is just bad. Think of all the kneel/BJ jokes she encountered

PhilsWife07 · October 2011

Not cool.

MrsDizzyku · October 2011

I knew a Neely when I was in college...didn't think much one way or the other, but I always figured it was a NN. I definitely wouldn't use it myself.

Smtih&co · October 2011

I know two girls named Neely and both are their mothers' maiden names. I like it a lot.

salt78 · October 2011

I had a great aunt Nealy. She was an angry person, so it makes me think of an angry old woman. I think her name was actually Cornelia though. I don't think Nealy is a good stand-alone name for anyone.