I love Kate and Elle. Loovvveeee Elle. If we have another girl, the name I have in mind would start with L and her last name would start with L so Elle would definitely be out and I'm sad about it for reals.
If you go with Kate I bet you'll get a lot of Katie and I feel like with Elle people will say Ella or ask what her "real" name is. I like Alexa or Hailey.
I love the name Elle, but I think right now there are a ton of little Ellie/Ellas running around, and Elle gets lumped in with those. The popularity moves it down the list for me.
If you want people to pronounce Hailey/Haley as "hail-lee" then I'd spell it the first way. If you want people to say "hal-lee" then I'd go with the second spelling. If that makes any sense.
I'm not a fan of Alexa, for some reason I think strip
Re: BeesMomma's Names for LO#2
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This. I love the name Kate...
I would spell it Hailey. Haley makes me want to say "Hal ee" for some reason.
Kate and Alexa are my favorites from your list.
I love the name Elle, but I think right now there are a ton of little Ellie/Ellas running around, and Elle gets lumped in with those. The popularity moves it down the list for me.
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If you want people to pronounce Hailey/Haley as "hail-lee" then I'd spell it the first way. If you want people to say "hal-lee" then I'd go with the second spelling. If that makes any sense.
I'm not a fan of Alexa, for some reason I think strip
Alexa is a stripper name for me.
ETA: Haley sounds like a little girl name to me. I like Elle and Kate a lot.
Ha, I'm so glad that Alexa is my least favorite of the bunch.
Haley was my favorite but y'all make some excellent points about the age-appropriateness of it.
Elle is one of my husband's choices and it's growing on me. Pa
Hailey/Haley is pretty, but it has a negative association for me. Alexa is NMS, but not a bad name.