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Help[Opinions] Re: Danae
in reply to a message by Lily
I would also pronounce it dah-NAY. And I like it. I also like Janae. I don't think it's too trendy at all.
On a sidenote, I discovered recently that I really like that "ay" sound at the end of a name or in the middle of a name:
Danae
Janae
Renee
Rae
Mae
Kae
Janaya
Mattea
But I think it feels trendy when that same sound is in the first syllable of a multi-syllabic name:
Jayden, Caden, etc
Kaylee, Hayleigh, etc
Shaylynn, etc
Taylor
Peyton, etc
On a sidenote, I discovered recently that I really like that "ay" sound at the end of a name or in the middle of a name:
Danae
Janae
Renee
Rae
Mae
Kae
Janaya
Mattea
But I think it feels trendy when that same sound is in the first syllable of a multi-syllabic name:
Jayden, Caden, etc
Kaylee, Hayleigh, etc
Shaylynn, etc
Taylor
Peyton, etc
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Huh, not sure she's trendy, but just spent a minute perusing Janae's popularity. Looks like she was in the 700s for about 10 years, then in the 400/500 range for about 20 years, and now is back in the 700s. Higher than I thought, actually. But no huge jumps/dips in popularity, really.
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Hmm but it doesn't have a long history. Also it sounds very trendy. Kind of like Kyra which isn't really popular by itself but includes the common KY sound or something like Kaylyn which isn't actually common either but sounds trendy. Also I think when you combine spellings Janae ranks higher. Just looked it up, it's at #403, spellings combined.
Not that I have anything against it, it's nice. But it has rather trendy sounds, the JAY sound (as in Jayden, Jade, Jada etc), the AY sound (as in Kaylee, Hayley, Taylor etc). I guess another good example is Jaycee which is uncommon but trendy sounding.
Janaya is #140, when you combine spellings.
Here's the list: http://www.namenerds.com/uucn/pop/2010/2010xx01.html
Not that I have anything against it, it's nice. But it has rather trendy sounds, the JAY sound (as in Jayden, Jade, Jada etc), the AY sound (as in Kaylee, Hayley, Taylor etc). I guess another good example is Jaycee which is uncommon but trendy sounding.
Janaya is #140, when you combine spellings.
Here's the list: http://www.namenerds.com/uucn/pop/2010/2010xx01.html
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