Can someone explain this trend

hmk1111 · March 2012

Of substituting a Y for an I in female names. I understand that it's more feminine but the name sounds the same when spoken so I don't understand the reasoning. Anyone want to educate me?

Smootchy · March 2012

is there a said thread to be linked?

ETA: MY BAD, I totally read "can somone explain this THREAD" not trend... I'm dumb. Was looking for further reading...

To answer your question I think it's just that, a trend. A way for parents to make their child U-neek.

mommy510 · March 2012

idk, but it slightly annoys me. I understand if its an ethnic spelling or something like that, but I would never change the traditional spelling of my child's name just because of a trend. I think it confuses kids when learning to read and who wants to spell their name out for everyone their entire lives?

stahlop · March 2012

It's the same reason people use -eigh, or -ei or ie or I've even seen -ai, they think it makes it's original and unique.

526SadieSadie · March 2012

Y don't thynk a substytued "y" makes a name more femynyne at all, yt looks lyke the parents can't spell very well.

couliegirl · March 2012

526SadieSadie:

Y don't thynk a substytued "y" makes a name more femynyne at all, yt looks lyke the parents can't spell very well.

Yes

hmk1111 · March 2012

526SadieSadie:
Y don't thynk a substytued "y" makes a name more femynyne at all, yt looks lyke the parents can't spell very well.

This made me laugh, and made my brain work extra hard to translate.

kbradshaw9 · March 2012

The reason we did a y instead of an e in DS's name was purely for the pronounciation factor. I wanted it to be pronounced HolDYN not HolDEN.

HAFranklin · March 2012

I don't get it either. Its kinda the opposite of the 80's where alot of people substituted "y"s with "i" or "ie". (Tiffani, Ashlie, Kristi, Brittanie etc). Just spell it the way it should be!

alohamora · March 2012

kbradshaw9:
The reason we did a y instead of an e in DS's name was purely for the pronounciation factor. I wanted it to be pronounced HolDYN not HolDEN.

This must be a regional thing, because I can't even hear the difference really.

AlphabetFish · March 2012

Maybe because Y's are more rarely used in English, and people want their child's name to look more exotic?

I don't know, I think it's stupid.

Aleja0918 · March 2012

I don't consider it more feminine at all. Just a poor excuse for people trying to be unique.

mamahawk12 · March 2012

fitzpemberley:
kbradshaw9:
The reason we did a y instead of an e in DS's name was purely for the pronounciation factor. I wanted it to be pronounced HolDYN not HolDEN.
This must be a regional thing, because I can't even hear the difference really.

Was just thinking this exact thing... what's the difference?

lizzybean · March 2012

I really like Adalyn for a possible future daughter after the one I've got cooking. I've had comments that people prefer Adaline, but it completely changes the pronunciation! I'm not attempting to be trendy, I swear!

caitlyn0216 · March 2012

meaknigh:
fitzpemberley:
kbradshaw9:
The reason we did a y instead of an e in DS's name was purely for the pronounciation factor. I wanted it to be pronounced HolDYN not HolDEN.
This must be a regional thing, because I can't even hear the difference really.
Was just thinking this exact thing... what's the difference?

I hear no difference when it is spoken, either. I could maybe understand the difference in HolDIN and HolDEN. Is the "y" supposed to sound like Din, as in dinner, rather than den?

OnTheLanai · March 2012

caitlyn0216:
meaknigh:
fitzpemberley:
kbradshaw9:
The reason we did a y instead of an e in DS's name was purely for the pronounciation factor. I wanted it to be pronounced HolDYN not HolDEN.
This must be a regional thing, because I can't even hear the difference really.
Was just thinking this exact thing... what's the difference?
I hear no difference when it is spoken, either. I could maybe understand the difference in HolDIN and HolDEN. Is the "y" supposed to sound like Din, as in dinner, rather than den?

They sound the same to me?

EGMphoto · March 2012

There is no explanation, it's just plain heinous.

I think it's even more ridiculous when it's a boy name. (Didn't someone recently post here that they knew an Aydyn? Or something almost that bad... even Ayden makes me cringe big-time)

I cannot even begin to imagine a professional man with a name spelled that way... seeing it on a business card or a resume? Yikes.

FrecklesInside · March 2012

TheMcCombies:

There is no explanation, it's just plain heinous.

I think it's even more ridiculous when it's a boy name. (Didn't someone recently post here that they knew an Aydyn? Or something almost that bad... even Ayden makes me cringe big-time)

I cannot even begin to imagine a professional man with a name spelled that way... seeing it on a business card or a resume? Yikes.

I agree. It is just a REALLY dumb trend where people show their level of intelligence by changing a name to be more "unique".... It's ridiculous and there is no explanation.

hopkins5 · March 2012

kbradshaw9:
The reason we did a y instead of an e in DS's name was purely for the pronounciation factor. I wanted it to be pronounced HolDYN not HolDEN.

I don't see a difference. I pronounce both of these as Hole-dinn

futuremrsmcnichols · March 2012

I have to admit that when I was pregnant with DD#2, Lyla was one of the top 3 contenders for names. Neither DH or I are uneducated. Went to college with a girl named Lila, and may professors mispronounced her name as Leela. With swtiching out the i for y, in my own head, it made it seem like the chances of the name being mispronounced would be alot less.

tammyr1974 · March 2012

when my daughter turned 13 she started spelling her name with a iey instead of a y because she said the y is boring and wanted her name to be unique!

Cranang · March 2012

kbradshaw9:
The reason we did a y instead of an e in DS's name was purely for the pronounciation factor. I wanted it to be pronounced HolDYN not HolDEN.

Huh? Nothing about that superfluous "y" changes the pronunciation.

jenwet · March 2012

futuremrsmcnichols:
I have to admit that when I was pregnant with DD#2, Lyla was one of the top 3 contenders for names. Neither DH or I are uneducated. Went to college with a girl named Lila, and may professors mispronounced her name as Leela. With swtiching out the i for y, in my own head, it made it seem like the chances of the name being mispronounced would be alot less.

This is different, IMO. "Lyla" is a legitimate, very old spelling of that name, as is "Lilah". While I prefer "Lila" personally, the "y" in your preferred version isn't made-up, trendy or you-neek. It's a legit option. There aren't many names with more than one historical spelling option, but this is definitely one of them.

526SadieSadie · March 2012

jenwet:

futuremrsmcnichols:
I have to admit that when I was pregnant with DD#2, Lyla was one of the top 3 contenders for names. Neither DH or I are uneducated. Went to college with a girl named Lila, and may professors mispronounced her name as Leela. With swtiching out the i for y, in my own head, it made it seem like the chances of the name being mispronounced would be alot less.

This is different, IMO. "Lyla" is a legitimate, very old spelling of that name, as is "Lilah". While I prefer "Lila" personally, the "y" in your preferred version isn't made-up, trendy or you-neek. It's a legit option. There aren't many names with more than one historical spelling option, but this is definitely one of them.

I agree, Lyla/Lila, Caitlyn/Caitlin, etc. are acceptable spellings of the same name (although with Lyla I do pronounce it Lye-luh and Lila is Lee-luh)

ETA: in the case of names like that, it's almost the same as having an "H" at the end of Sara, Hanna and those kind of names - both are acceptable.

kbradshaw9 · March 2012

caitlyn0216:
meaknigh:
fitzpemberley:

kbradshaw9:
The reason we did a y instead of an e in DS's name was purely for the pronounciation factor. I wanted it to be pronounced HolDYN not HolDEN.

This must be a regional thing, because I can't even hear the difference really.

Was just thinking this exact thing... what's the difference?

I hear no difference when it is spoken, either. I could maybe understand the difference in HolDIN and HolDEN. Is the "y" supposed to sound like Din, as in dinner, rather than den?

Yes, I hear it more as din vs. den. After long discussion we (my DH and I) felt that using and "I" seemed more feminine than the "Y". This is why we decided to use the "Y".

InlovewithJHK · March 2012

fitzpemberley:
kbradshaw9:
The reason we did a y instead of an e in DS's name was purely for the pronounciation factor. I wanted it to be pronounced HolDYN not HolDEN.
This must be a regional thing, because I can't even hear the difference really.

This...

LMK613 · March 2012

InlovewithJHK:
fitzpemberley:
kbradshaw9:
The reason we did a y instead of an e in DS's name was purely for the pronounciation factor. I wanted it to be pronounced HolDYN not HolDEN.
This must be a regional thing, because I can't even hear the difference really.

This...

must be regional...i totally hear the difference

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