Please help with name spelling. Thanks!
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Please help with name spelling. Thanks!
| 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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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!
-Nikki
http://destastory.blogspot.com/
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.
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.
HTH
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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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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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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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