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in reply to a message by cody88
Shaylee may be derived from the Old English word 'sceaga' meaning "copse, thicket" and the Old English word 'leah' meaning "clearing, meadow". The surnames Shaw and Shay are derived from the OE word 'sceaga'. Lee and ley are the most common ways to spelling 'leah' now. If there is a Celtic origin to the name - which there may well be - I can't find any real evidence of it.
Sorry if that's not of much help.
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Actually its a lot of help, as I thought they were both made-up and then I was depressed because I liked names with solid meanings.. Thank you!
*Cody*Michelle*
Mommy to Cassandra Morgan (2003)
Trying for Baby #2! *Edith Malin?*Malachi Nathaniel?*
*Cody*Michelle*
Mommy to Cassandra Morgan (2003)
Trying for Baby #2! *Edith Malin?*Malachi Nathaniel?*
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Shaylee IS made up
However, over on Baby's Named a Bad, Bad Thing, posters are speculating that Babynames.com and its *coughs*misleadingandevil*coughs* clones derived Shaylee from Irish sidhe (pr. SHEE) "fairy" and Old Egnlish leah "meadow, field, clearing". But no one knows where the heck "princess" came from; I think everyone assumes it was thrown in their simply to complete the sickingly kewt meaning. See the BNaBBT thread, if you're tough-skinned: http://snipurl.com/g591 (the meaning discussion starts on page 2).
Note that, in Irish mythology, fairies weren't bright, sparkling, cute little creatures. They were beautiful, true, but also given to pranks such as stealing human babies, cursing people, and playing cruel games with them for their own amusement.
EDIT: Also, Shaylee may simply be a combination of Shay and Lee. In fact, I bet that's what a lot of today's parents intend when they name their child Shaylee.
Miranda
"Come... you must eat my child." — From a badfic
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However, over on Baby's Named a Bad, Bad Thing, posters are speculating that Babynames.com and its *coughs*misleadingandevil*coughs* clones derived Shaylee from Irish sidhe (pr. SHEE) "fairy" and Old Egnlish leah "meadow, field, clearing". But no one knows where the heck "princess" came from; I think everyone assumes it was thrown in their simply to complete the sickingly kewt meaning. See the BNaBBT thread, if you're tough-skinned: http://snipurl.com/g591 (the meaning discussion starts on page 2).
Note that, in Irish mythology, fairies weren't bright, sparkling, cute little creatures. They were beautiful, true, but also given to pranks such as stealing human babies, cursing people, and playing cruel games with them for their own amusement.
EDIT: Also, Shaylee may simply be a combination of Shay and Lee. In fact, I bet that's what a lot of today's parents intend when they name their child Shaylee.
"Come... you must eat my child." — From a badfic
Proud adopter of 15 punctuation marks; see my profile for their names.
This message was edited 7/9/2005, 2:55 PM
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