Correction

[ashadelic.livejournal.com]

An update to this post: http://community.livejournal.com/baby_names/719874.html

I'm going to have a niece on or near February 12, 2007. When we found out it was a girl, I was excited, but my heart sank a little because I thought I was going to have a niece named Harley, and while I knew I would love her, I knew I wouldnt love her name. Anyway, fast forward to yesterday afternoon. We're having lunch with the whole dang in-law clan and my husband mentions his soon-to-be-born niece "Harley" and my sis-in-law looks at him all disgusted like and says, "Harley?" My bro-in-law (husband's brother) says, "that's not what I told you. I even spelled it for you.... It's CARLY, C-a-r-l-y."

My husband says he was so shocked that he'd thought his brother said "Harley" that he stopped listening when he spelled it. They were on the phone, so I guess it's understandable. When he said the name was Carly, I actually kinda yelled out "Oh praise God." heh=)

Needless to say, I'm more than excited to fully be able to say that I'm going to have a niece named Carly Raine and I'm going to love love love her, AND her name! =)

(No, Carly isnt a name *I* would've picked, but it's substantially better than Harley for a little girl, I think)

Comments

[anapology.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on your neice! I'm bummed i'm most likely going to be a mother before an Aunty as my brother is so much younger than me.

I really dislike Carly though, its kind of trashy/chavy where i'm from. but it's probably associations, the sound is pretty i suppose.

I usually really hate masculine names on girls, but personally i'd go for Harley over Carly.

Glad you like it though!

[sotypical42483.livejournal.com]

oh haha that's a funny story. I'm not a huge fan of Carly but you're right, compared to Harley it's a god-send.

[xcuore.livejournal.com]

Carly is wayyyyyyyyy better than Harley, congratulations
carly raine sounds very nice:)

[nikkichan.livejournal.com]

her due date is on my 21st birthday!!! :)

[sarahrose.livejournal.com]

I think Harley is cute. Carly is white trash to me, no offense. It's probably because of this one girl I knew.


Congrats, though! Glad you're happier. lol

[sarahrose.livejournal.com]

but it's probably associations, the sound is pretty i suppose.


Exactly, me too.

[ashadelic.livejournal.com]

haha... Well, Carly certainly wouldn't have been my first choice either, but when all I could associate my niece with was big burly guys on motorcycles... =)

[ashadelic.livejournal.com]

And on that note, I wouldn't want my niece to be named MY first choice because then I wouldn't get to use my first choice for my daughter=) but that's really neither here nor there.

[ashadelic.livejournal.com]

That's my husband's and the baby's maternal grandpa's birthday too! =)

[sarahrose.livejournal.com]

LOL that's true. I guess I like Harley as a sound and don't like it as an image.

[sarahrose.livejournal.com]

I totally agree! I was trying to get my sister to like some of the ones I like... but I didn't bring up my favorites. They're mine. lol

[monalyssasmile.livejournal.com]

I think of a stripper with the name Carly

[straight-outta.livejournal.com]

That is too funny because my name is Carly & that exact same mix-up happened to my mother with relatives & co-workers!!!!

[elemmennope.livejournal.com]

Excellent. That's a big improvement, for sure.

[glitterberrys.livejournal.com]

I really dislike Carly for no reason other than I hate how it sounds. But, y'know, it IS better than Harley.