[identity profile] mommyaubrey.livejournal.com posting in [community profile] babynames
someone i know from high school has a daughter named Ryelah, it's not a terrible name after you say it a few 20 times, and pretend like she's never going to grow up. but now she's pregnant with another girl, whom she plans to name Rozella, i didn't know whether to puke in my mouth or cry for the poor child.

wdyt?

Date: 2011-04-14 12:40 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] schexyschteve.livejournal.com
Ryla would be kind of cute. Rosella would also be cute. The spellings are pretty bad though.

Date: 2011-04-14 12:40 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] daydream11.livejournal.com
Made up name, which bothers me anyway, and sounds too childlike for my comfort, but I think a different spelling would have done wonders - Rila, Ryla, Raila. Something that could work on an adult who wishes to be taken seriously from time to time.

Now, Rozella. There's no saving that. What's wrong with Rose, Rosemary, Rosalind?

Date: 2011-04-14 01:04 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] unaccepatable.livejournal.com
I think I like Rozella better. How is Ryelah even pronounced?

Date: 2011-04-14 01:26 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ohhvelocitygirl.livejournal.com
they're better than neveah and the like.

Date: 2011-04-14 01:31 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] doxerssoldout.livejournal.com
roselle is one of my favorite names, so i'm not too bothered by rozella (although i think rosella looks a lot better).

i read ryelah as ry-LEE-uh at first, and i think i like that pronunciation better.

Date: 2011-04-14 01:47 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] spookymrsboo.livejournal.com
Ryelah made me instantly think of H.P. Lovecraft

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%27lyeh

Date: 2011-04-14 02:25 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pixietangerine.livejournal.com
I like Rozella better than Ryelah, at least it's obvious how you pronounce Rozella...Rosella would be prettier, but eh. She could still go by Rose if she wants a more classic name. I don't know what poor Ryelah could go by...

Date: 2011-04-14 02:42 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] vanish.livejournal.com
How does she pronounce Ryelah? I read it as "ree-EL-ah" in my mind, but I'm probably wrong!

Date: 2011-04-14 04:11 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] becomingun.livejournal.com
This exactly.

Date: 2011-04-14 04:36 am (UTC)

Date: 2011-04-14 12:59 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rubytitania.livejournal.com
Yup - me too.

Date: 2011-04-14 01:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sweetest-asylum.livejournal.com
i was gonna comment Rosella would be better, too

Date: 2011-04-14 01:56 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sweetest-asylum.livejournal.com
too bad they didn't go with R'lyeh. They cold have said you know like the lovecraft story...

Date: 2011-04-14 01:57 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sweetest-asylum.livejournal.com
i though it was a bad spelling of riley. i bet they'll get called that a lot.
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