Message: "-Lee names, opinions/suggestions please :)"

-Lee names, opinions/suggestions please :)

by miss_smiley

5/3/2012, 5:24 AM

Lee is a family name, and we would like to use it for our first baby in the future.

If it is a boy, then fine, it will be used as a middle name. However, if it is a girl, I was hoping to use it as a double barrel first name.

Any suggestions for female names to with -Lee?

Also, would it work to spell it Lei? I'm not a fan of Leigh and think Lee looks slightly masculine.

Sorry it's a bit long winded! Thank you

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- Magz (guest)

5/3/2012, 12:29 PM

Lee is also a family name in my family, and it has been used on my mothers side. These are the Lee's on my moms side:

Marian Lee
Donna Lee
Rhonda Lee
Olivia Lee
Emma Lee
Amanda Lee

I hope this helps. And if the family name is spelled "Lee" I would keep it "Lee" whether it is a boy or girl.

- findthesea +1

5/3/2012, 9:41 AM

I think Lee looks fine. I do prefer Leigh, but if you are using a double barreled name it could be a bit much. I'm not sure Lei would work just because it makes me want to say "lay". So to pair with -Lee how about:
Anna-Lee
Jenna-Lee
Cara-Lee
Brenna-Lee
Tessa-Lee
Rayna-Lee
Etta-Lee
Ada-Lee

Or names that end with the -Lee sound:
Coralie
Rosalie
Natalie
Amelie
Marley
Carly
Beverly
Brinley
Everly

You could always use Leah, Liana, or Leanne too.

- miss_smiley

5/4/2012, 1:16 AM

Ooh, Amelie - I had missed that one and I do like that!
Rosalie is also one that I like, but I'm not keen on Rose / Rosie as a nn so would have to think about it.

- Becki (dreadfulxsorry) +1

5/3/2012, 9:36 AM

Like Anneza, my first thoughts were of names like Coralie and Rosalie. Lei would not work (imo) because of the Hawaiian floral lei. You could go with go with a female name with a "lee" sounding ending or beginning;
Leah
Leona
Emily
Natalie
Lily
Julie

Double Barrel

Cora-Lee
Rosa-Lee
Hannah-Lee
Anna-Lee (might get made fun of for being close to anally... Kids are cruel :/ )
Flora-Lee
Ava-Lee
Maria-Lee (close to merrily)

- miss_smiley

5/4/2012, 1:14 AM

I had thought about Lily, and I really like Liliana, which I guess would work quite well.

- Pie

5/3/2012, 7:41 AM

The trouble with adding -lee to names is that it can make the name sound like an adverb, e.g., Evie-Lee = Evilly, Phoebe-Lee =Feebly
These aren't so bad:
Ruby-Lee
Georgia-Lee
Jessica-Lee
Hannah-Lee
but if it were me, I'd just use it as a middle name, or go with Leah as the most obvious female version.
There's also:
Emily
Kaylee
Marlee
Leela
Leena

If I saw Lei, I'd assume it was pronounced like Lay.

- Anneza +1

5/3/2012, 6:38 AM

Annalee? I'm more used to Annelie, but either could work. Coralie likewise, or Rosalie.

I don't think Lei would work at all. Too Hawaiian.

- miss_smiley

5/4/2012, 1:12 AM

I do love Rosalie actually, but not Rose / Rosie, which it would no doubt get shortened to! Suppose I could shorten it myself to Leah or something...

I think Annalee could grow on me as well, thank you!

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