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I prefer just Amber.

I've heard this as a name before. It's also a place somewhere in the middle of the North Island of New Zealand - very English would be my guess. Not sure I like it as the person who belonged to the name was quite daffy lol.

My brother has known several Amberly's. I think its a little weird. I'm not fond of Amber to begin with, adding -ly doesn't really help it in my opinion.

I feel its trendy. Its not as bad as say Amberlynn would be, but the -ly ending is trendy to me. Kind of reminds me of Kimberly as well. Do you know how she received her name (after a place, to add a zip on Amber, the sound?

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Anyway, with all that said, I oddly enough kind of like it (but I haven't decided yet). My DH (to-be) likes Amber, but I feel it lacks something, or maybe its just because its a word name.

It sounds like a cross of Amber and Kimberly. It reminds me of a terrible 80's combination.

I prefer just Amber. It doesn't sound right to me when people just append -ly on the end of names...a friend has a little cousin named Briarly, and I can never quite get my head around that one either. I like Briar okay, and I like Leigh, but they just don't seem to work that well together to me. Maybe I'm just being a name snob...if it was Amber Leigh, or probably even Amber-Leigh, I wouldn't be complaining :-)

Amberley is a place in England

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I've never heard it used as a first name, but I don't see why it shouldn't be but I would spell it Amberley. I know it from the name of a village in West Sussex, (southern England). I think it makes a nice alternative to Amber.

It's okay. I know a little girl (whose mom is Kimberly) named Emberleigh. I'm not a fan of any of them, but they're nice enough on other people's kids.

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:-)

I know its a place in England, and although I hate Amber, I rather like Amberly. It's got a nice ring to it.

My best friend

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Wants to name her future daughter Amberly Nicole. I don't really care for it... but it's not as horrible as say a McMaddyssinneleigh.

This is too trendy IMO. I don't like it AT ALL. sorry

Dislike it. Looks like a portmanteau of Amber and Kimberly.

Basically, it's just a modern creation of Amber + Lee but it just looks like an adverb to me. 'She amberly walked across the room.' LOL. I really dislike it, btw.

It sounds funny to me. My best friend is Kimberly, and this sounds weird to me. It is alright though. I think it would grow on me.

It sounds ok to me and I want to like it, but it seems very 80s trendy to me due to Kimberly and Amber. Maybe I would like it better if I didn't have a bad association with a Kimberly.

This message was edited 9/19/2007, 9:39 AM