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Help[Opinions] Re: Everlee
in reply to a message by Amandine
I don't like Everly because it just looks like a surname, and like the word every, and like a word ever + suffix -ly which would mean "in an anytime way" ... the whole thing just annoys me. Everleigh is also surnamey / nonsensey, only it's more preppy / princessy. NMS
However when you spell it Everlee, I tend to agree with you - it looks like a fanciful/modern word-name Ever + name-suffix -lee.
-lee is old-fashioned, (formerly?) "youthful" sounding ending along the same lines as -lyn and -leen. Like Marilee, Jerilyn, Carleen, Daneen, Carolee, Cherilyn.
-lyn has been overused and lost its charm but -lee still retains some. It's taken on a little bit of rednecky vibe, that isn't ugly to me (I can see why some people don't like it, but I don't mind it. I like Rylee and Kaylee far more than Riley / Ryleigh or Kayley / Kayleigh).
Tacking -lee onto a postmodern inane sound-appeal word-name like Ever (which I don't happen to like or think is namey - but at least it's not surnamey), to get fashionable-sounding Everlee, is confusing enough that I don't immediately reject it. I might even think it was kinda nice, if I encountered it as the name of someone likeable. I mean, it's obviously Everly - but less lame-surname and more in a deliberately-invented, "p*ss-off-if-you-don't-like-it" style. Like Everly, it borrows a lot of cred from sounding like Evelyn and Avery - but unlike those, it seems unashamed of being modern and inventive.
Also I feel like I focus more on the verl in Everlee, compared to Every, oops I mean Everly. verl is an antique sound to me, it vibes with names like Verdie and Earlene and Laverne. I feel like Everlee and even Everly / Everleigh vaguely echo those, and I guess that would go in the "pros" column, although it's not all that attractive to my personal taste. The fashion for the -rl- sound in general, hits me right (in Charlotte, but also even in other names I don't love, such as Harlow, Marley, Pearl, Waverly, Charleigh, Arleth).
There's enough appeal in Everlee to make me want to riff on it, to get a similar sound without the "ever" in it. Evrelee? Evralie? I mean, if we're inventing names that we have to spell for people, which we are if we are considering Everlee - how much should we care whether other people will have seen them before. I don't think I would. I understand why you might, though.
- mirfak
However when you spell it Everlee, I tend to agree with you - it looks like a fanciful/modern word-name Ever + name-suffix -lee.
-lee is old-fashioned, (formerly?) "youthful" sounding ending along the same lines as -lyn and -leen. Like Marilee, Jerilyn, Carleen, Daneen, Carolee, Cherilyn.
-lyn has been overused and lost its charm but -lee still retains some. It's taken on a little bit of rednecky vibe, that isn't ugly to me (I can see why some people don't like it, but I don't mind it. I like Rylee and Kaylee far more than Riley / Ryleigh or Kayley / Kayleigh).
Tacking -lee onto a postmodern inane sound-appeal word-name like Ever (which I don't happen to like or think is namey - but at least it's not surnamey), to get fashionable-sounding Everlee, is confusing enough that I don't immediately reject it. I might even think it was kinda nice, if I encountered it as the name of someone likeable. I mean, it's obviously Everly - but less lame-surname and more in a deliberately-invented, "p*ss-off-if-you-don't-like-it" style. Like Everly, it borrows a lot of cred from sounding like Evelyn and Avery - but unlike those, it seems unashamed of being modern and inventive.
Also I feel like I focus more on the verl in Everlee, compared to Every, oops I mean Everly. verl is an antique sound to me, it vibes with names like Verdie and Earlene and Laverne. I feel like Everlee and even Everly / Everleigh vaguely echo those, and I guess that would go in the "pros" column, although it's not all that attractive to my personal taste. The fashion for the -rl- sound in general, hits me right (in Charlotte, but also even in other names I don't love, such as Harlow, Marley, Pearl, Waverly, Charleigh, Arleth).
There's enough appeal in Everlee to make me want to riff on it, to get a similar sound without the "ever" in it. Evrelee? Evralie? I mean, if we're inventing names that we have to spell for people, which we are if we are considering Everlee - how much should we care whether other people will have seen them before. I don't think I would. I understand why you might, though.
- mirfak
This message was edited 11/4/2023, 9:22 PM
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