Message: "Brenna or Carly?"

[Opinions] Brenna or Carly?

by as (guest)

12/11/2006, 5:21 PM

Which do you prefer and why? What kind of girls do you picture with these names? I am trying to choose for our baby due in February (don't know the sex)-I just can't pick one name!! AHHH!!!! Also, I kind of prefer the spelling Carley-WDYT?

Thank you!!

Amy

#Brenna #Carly

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- DLB

12/12/2006, 9:16 AM

I'd go with Carly and keep that spelling.

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- Flute (meganmichele)

12/12/2006, 1:08 AM

I much prefer Brenna. One of my former teachers has a little daughter (I think she's five now) named this and she's adorable. The only Carly I ever knew was not a very nice person, so I've got a bad association with it. Plus, the sound of it just isn't pleasant to my ears. So Brenna definitely gets my vote.

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- gigibee (guest)

12/11/2006, 9:42 PM

I much prefer Brenna. I think it would age much more nicely, for one thing.
Carly seems immature and not like a "whole" name. Carla is better, IMO.
You also mentioned Caitlin. It's been way overdone, IMO. And no one would know which of the zillion spellings you had used.

- quigonjecca

12/11/2006, 8:37 PM

I don't know I like Carly personaly, however I like it as a nick name to Caroline or Carolina.

Brenna is also pretty

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- Elemmennope

12/11/2006, 7:23 PM

Brenna

Brenna - I think it's lovely, classy, uncommon but still fits in well.

Carly - It's probably mostly because of personal associations of mine, but I very much think of this as a low-class redneck name. I like Carla more than Carly, but really any and all names related to Carl/Karl aren't very attractive to me.

- V. (ars musica)

12/11/2006, 5:49 PM

I prefer Brenna only because Carly has been done and overdone since the 80s. I thought Carly/Carli/Carleigh/Carley used to be cute until I met so many people around my age with this name.

I class Carly and Brenna as the same type of name, though. The Brennas born today are the Carlys of the 80s. Both names try to seem unusual and strike up images of blonde suburban cheerleaders in my mind.

- Kate (Pheadirean) +1

12/11/2006, 5:36 PM

Brenna (also, I like Brynn).

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- HeidiB317

12/11/2006, 5:50 PM

I agree

- Nicole (Turtlefreek22) +2

12/11/2006, 5:26 PM

I prefer Brenna. It's cute and kind of spunky, without being weird. Carly just seems kinda dull to me. Also, I prefer Carly to Carley, although I've seen it spelled Karli, Carlie, and Karley, too.
Do you have any middle names picked out?

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- as (guest) +1

12/11/2006, 5:31 PM

Yes, most likely it would be Brenna Catherine or Carley/Carly Elizabeth. Possibly Carlin Elizabeth (nn Carly).

The other name we love is Caitlin but since it's been so popular for so long, with a million spellings, I really hesitate on it. But I've loved it since before it got trendy. :(

- Nicole (Turtlefreek22)

12/11/2006, 6:01 PM

OOH- Brenna Catherine for sure. I like Elisabeth alot too, with this spelling, but I think I like Brenna Catherine much better.

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- Jae

12/11/2006, 5:24 PM

I prefer Brenna. Carly is ok, but it doesn't interest me as much as Brenna. As for spellings, I prefer Carly to Carley. Most people will assume that it's Carly and not Carley anyways.

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