less than 4 weeks left.... my FINAL name post??

alimaried · July 2012

Baby girl is due in August! I've posted for opinions before, and we're for sure on the first name 'Ray-uh' (pronounced that way, not spelt).

1- What would you say is the best spelling for that pronunciation? I worry that the usual spellings for it may look wrong on paper and lead people to call her 'Ree-yah' or 'Rae' since it's not a name thats common. I've seen Raya, Reya, Rhea, Raia, Raiya, Reyah, Rheya, Raeya etc etc....Some of which are obviously horrible due to the vowels!

2-The middle name will be Leighann. Does that spelling look bad? What are the alternatives? Leann just looks like a mispelt 'lean' to me lol. Would having it be two names seperated by a space be weird? (lee ann)

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g8trkim · July 2012

All the spellings look a little strange to me. I guess I would go with Reya. Don't use Rhea... that's an actual name and it's pronounced Ree-uh.

I think Leann or Leeann look much better than Leighann.

princessjenney · July 2012

I'd go with Reya Leanne

nanalovesjason · July 2012

1- I like Reya, I prefer it to Raya, which I think the spelling is more accurate to the pronunciation. But when I see Reya, I read it as Ray-uh. Fun fact: Rey = King in Spanish.

2- My name is Lianne (Leanne but spelled funky, thanks Mom), I suggest you spell it Leanne if you decide to go with Leanne, because I've been called Lie-Ann a lot lol. Leann looks incomplete to me, but Leighann looks like overkill in my opinion. I'm also not a fan of the two names being separated by a space, but I'm biased, I suppose.

PinkyFloyd73 · July 2012

Raya Leanne would be my first choice, followed by Reya.

PnkBride · July 2012

Reya Leanne

ZoeMay06 · July 2012

I prefer the spelling Rhea Leanne. Very pretty!

happygril · July 2012

I would spell it Raya. Seems like that spelling would eliminate some mispronunciations.

misscarter87 · July 2012

Raya!

xladybassx · July 2012

PinkyFloyd73:
Raya Leanne would be my first choice, followed by Reya.

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doremi29 · July 2012

Raya makes sense because it's like the name Ray with the "a" at the end, but like pp mentioned, people might think it's pronounced like Maya. I think that Raya or Reya are good choices for the spelling- you're probably going to be correcting people regardless, but I think that's common with any "different" name.

ashbasler · July 2012

alimaried:
Baby girl is due in August! I've posted for opinions before, and we're for sure on the first name 'Ray-uh' (pronounced that way, not spelt).
1- What would you say is the best spelling for that pronunciation? I worry that the usual spellings for it may look wrong on paper and lead people to call her 'Ree-yah' or 'Rae' since it's not a name thats common. I've seen Raya, Reya, Rhea, Raia, Raiya, Reyah, Rheya, Raeya etc etc....Some of which are obviously horrible due to the vowels!
2-The middle name will be Leighann. Does that spelling look bad? What are the alternatives? Leann just looks like a mispelt 'lean' to me lol. Would having it be two names seperated by a space be weird? (lee ann)
Instead of making this clicky just throw em at me

I vote for Reya Leighann! My middle name is LeeAnn(spelled as shown) and I love the way you chose to spell it!

cassoppea · July 2012

Reya Leanne

kmichln · July 2012

I never knew how to really pronounce Rhea. I went back and forth between Ray-uh and Ree-ah. But I like this spelling the best. I think most people might not know how to pronounce it by looking at it no matter how you spell it.

I don't really like the spelling leanne though. It looks like it could be mispronounced as lee-ann-ie too. Might just be me. I like the spelling Leann or LeeAnn. I have a friend with the LeeAnn spelling like that.

Rhea LeeAnn looks pretty to me.

cmhicklin · July 2012

I have seen Rhea pronounced Ree-uh the most and a cople of times as Ray, but never as Raya.

Karschingham · July 2012

Obviously I love it! Like I said we did the Rheya due to H's mom and sisters middle names being Rhea...we just did our own spin! I get lots of compliments on her name and I think it's very original.

Also, what about Leanne? funny you're doing an L middle name too my DD's is for my late great grandmother

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