Alexis Jaelyn for a girl

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Registered: 01-10-2006
Alexis Jaelyn for a girl
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Tue, 01-10-2006 - 7:41pm

Alexis Jaelyn for a girl



  • love it
  • like it
  • it's okay
  • don't like it
  • hate it
  • leave some comments` what do you think?


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Registered: 12-09-2005
Tue, 01-10-2006 - 8:01pm
I LOVE Alexis, although Jaelyn isn't really my style. I think that's why you are getting lower votes here. I know lots of people really like Alexis, and lots of people don't like Jaelyn. Alexis is great though.

                             
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Registered: 11-30-2005
Tue, 01-10-2006 - 8:41pm
I agree...I love Alexis but strongly dislike Jaelyn. It's way too trendy-sounding. But if you like it, go for it!
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Registered: 01-10-2006
Tue, 01-10-2006 - 8:43pm
what do you mean by trendy-sounding? thanks for the comment =)
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Registered: 11-30-2005
Wed, 01-11-2006 - 8:20am
I hope that I didn't offend you! By "trendy-sounding," I just meant that even though Jaelyn is not a popular name itself, it sounds a lot like some names that are trendy now...like Jaden, Kayla/Katelyn, etc. But that doesn't make it a 'bad' name. If you like it, then go with it!
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Registered: 05-09-2004
Wed, 01-11-2006 - 12:12pm

I prefer Alexa over Alexis but at least you didn't put Jaelyn in the FN position :)


It's trendy, but Alexis is one of the trendy names that I can stomach.


It's an ok name :)



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Registered: 08-01-2003
Wed, 01-11-2006 - 12:48pm

I voted it's OK. it sounds fine together (without knowing the last name).

I just think Alexis, Alexi, and Alexa are all getting awfully popular and they're all so alike it just makes it seem like there's even more of them

good luck though

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Registered: 09-26-2005
Wed, 01-11-2006 - 3:58pm
I like Alexis, but hate Jaelyn.
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Wed, 01-11-2006 - 5:16pm
I love the name Alexis (so many nn's possible), I liked Kalyn, but there are so many Kalyns, Kaylas, Kylas, Kayleighs, etc. A friend of mine named his first daughter Jayla--and I just thought it was soo0 cute. My surname is Lyn, and my parents don't have any sons to carry on the family name and that's why I wanted to include it somewhere---hence Jaelyn. I've just fallen in love with it since (because of the meaning and sound), and I'm not offended nor do I want to offend anyone, but why the dislike for Jaelyn? Is it the sound, spelling...? Just curious =] Thanks for all the feedback!
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Registered: 09-26-2005
Wed, 01-11-2006 - 5:53pm

I don't like Jaelyn because it's made up and sounds like all of the other trendy names out there- Kayla, Jayla, Kayleigh, Aiden, Jaden, Braden, Caden, etc. As a rule, I hate most of the trendy names, not only because of the way that they sound, but because they're so common.

On the whole, I prefer classic names. Boy names for boys and girl names for girls. I also like to avoid any names that are currently popular, like Emma, Emily, Aiden, Madison, etc. I really don't like the trend of giving girls boys names, like Avery or Emerson or Evan. People don't name their boys Catherine or Anne, so why give all of the boy's names to the girls?

But the worst are names that are spelled incorrectly thinking it will make them more unique.
Like Madysyn, or Renae. It's the same name but spelled incorrectly. It's not unique, it just looks silly.

I understand wanting to honor your surname, but why not Alexis Lyn or Alexis Lynn or even Alexis Linda or Alexis Belinda of Alexis Lynette are perfectly lovely and they're real names.

If you're looking for opinions from people who spend way too much time thinking about this stuff post your question on the advice boards at http://bigbadbabynames.com/forum/index.php?board=4.0 You'll get a ton of feedback.

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Registered: 09-29-2005
Wed, 01-11-2006 - 7:33pm

I knew a LOT of girls named Alexis in the 80s and 90s, so to me the name is kind of trendy and dated (maybe not the same where you live?). It's not a bad name, however, and I know most people will like it if that's your concern. (Makes me think, quite literally, of A Lexus, so I can't get past that, but that's just me lol ... if it were Alexa I wouldn't have that association).

I think the issue people have with Jaelyn is that it has become one of the trendy-popular names recently, at least where I live. It seems like every baby girl with a father named Jason (my cousin's included lol) is named Jaelyn (or at least has it in the mn slot). My husband also happens to be a Jason, but luckily he didn't even suggest it to me lol.

I think you could easily honor your maiden name by using Lyn/Lynn as another poster suggested, or even a more traditional -lyn name, such as Carolyn, Madalyn, Adalyn, Kaitlyn (also popular, I know), etc. Anyway, just a thought!


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