Please help with name spelling. Thanks!

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Please help with name spelling. Thanks!
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Mon, 04-09-2007 - 9:45pm

Please help with name spelling. Thanks!



  • Findlay Sawyer
  • Findlay Bennett
  • Findlay Beckett
  • Findlay Graem
  • Finlay Sawyer
  • Finlay Bennett
  • Finlay Beckett
  • Finlay Graem
  • Sawyer Quinn
  • Another suggestion (Please elaborate)


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Registered: 12-09-2005
Mon, 04-09-2007 - 10:06pm

Findlay Sawyer GMV, but they are all fabulous. I do prefer Graham or Graeme over Graem, only because I see them more often so the Graem version looks odd. Is Graem a 'proper' spelling? I have only ever seen Graham or Graeme.
Anyways, besides the spelling of Graham/Graeme/Graem, there is not a combo on the list that I don't like. Great choices!

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Registered: 03-14-2007
Mon, 04-09-2007 - 10:14pm

My favorites are Finlay Graem and Sawyer Quinn.

I voted for Finlay Graem in the poll because I think it's a little funkier--both Sawyer and Quinn are to some extent part of the surname/unisex trends, so the name seems a bit more popular to me.

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Registered: 04-29-2005
Mon, 04-09-2007 - 10:24pm
To be honest, the only name my hubby contributed to the list is Graem... his spelling. Not sure where he got it but I added it in. He hasn't been real helpful so I am hoping to get the list narrowed down. If it was totally up to me wouldn't be a problem but he doesn't agree on my names very well! Thanks for your help!

 

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Registered: 09-29-2005
Tue, 04-10-2007 - 11:12am

I may have mentioned this to you already (I think there are two or three people who've considered a form of Findlay lately), but I'd definitely use either Findlay or the full Anglicization of Finley. If you're dropping the D to make pronunciation more obvious, it doesn't make much sense to still use the -lay ending. It just seems to add to the confusion, as I think most are familiar with Findlay, AND realize Finley is the common Anglicization, but would rarely assume FinlAy, KWIM?

I'd also avoid pairing Fin(dlay/lay) and Sawyer unless you're purposefully going for a Mark Twain reference.

Graeme or Graham would have gmv as a mn, but Graem just looks misspelled.

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Registered: 04-29-2005
Tue, 04-10-2007 - 12:10pm

Yeah, I have been looking online today and cannot believe how many people are naming their girls Finley and Sawyer. I found a site that shows Finley as the American form and about 95% of the comments on there are people saying they are naming their baby girls that or already have. I think it's impossible to have a boy name that's all boy these days huh? Unless I name him William or George or some other name I don't care for!

 

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Tue, 04-10-2007 - 12:34pm
Findlay Graem gmv but I'd definitely spell it Graeme! Graem looks like a typo to me.

 


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Tue, 04-10-2007 - 1:25pm

I agree with PP who said I wouldn't use Finn and Sawyer together unless you everyone to assume you named him for Mark Twain characters.

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Tue, 04-10-2007 - 11:33pm
Finley Beckett.






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Wed, 04-11-2007 - 2:26am
What is Findlay supposed to sound like? I think the spelling is awful... oh jeez. Is it supposed to be Finley? Or Phinnley? I dont know if there IS a good spelling for the name. Fin is cute but jezz is this id going to have problems in school. Drop the "D" out of whatever spelling you choose tho, it throws off the pronunciation.
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Wed, 04-11-2007 - 9:52am

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ROFL It's "supposed to be" FINDLAY. And that's exactly why we end up with children named Wilyem rather than William (what's that supposed to be anyway? Will I am?). ;)

It's a traditional spelling that's honestly not that hard to figure out even if you're not familiar with it. After all, I doubt the thousands of Lindsays born since the 70s have many people asking "How do you say that? Is it like linD-say? Or is it supposed to be Linzee or Lynnsee, because those are better spellings ... yours is just awful." LOL

FWIW, even when the D is pronounced, it doesn't throw off the pronunciation at all. In fact, it barely alters it. Saying FINN-ley and FINNd-ley is quite a subtle change ... and I doubt anyone's ignorant enough to say it with a long "i" and "a," like the words "find" and "lay." It's not like it's unheard of. ;)


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