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[Opinions] Azalea (m)
What do you think of the name Azalea for a girl? (Pronounced "Ah-zay-lee-uh")I really like Azalea with the nickname "Zalea" (zay-lee-uh) or (zay-lee)What do you think? :)
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It's been one of my favorites for quite a while. "Zalea" pronounced zay-lee is a cute nickname, though I'd prefer it spelled differently, something like Zaley.
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Love it. I think it's beautiful and unusual.
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I don't like it. It's a little too much for me.I don't like the NN Zalea, because it reminds me of Zales, the diamond store.
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It's pretty, but it's a tad eccentric-sounding to me, just as Lilac is. Also, I don't like the "dry" meaning!
I thought Azalea was a modern name, but I've just found that between 1837 and 1915 (haven't checked later) 48 babies were given this name, either as a fn or mn, in England.
The earliest was Azalea Platts, born in Sheffield in 1866.
The unluckiest was Gladiolus Azalea Clarke, born in Leicester in 1891.(I found four others in the same time period with the Gladiolus name: Gladiolus Ermine Blake, Olive Gladiolus Corps, Gladiolus Ivy Shearman, and poor Gladiolus Gooch.)
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I love Azalea!Zalea prn. Zay-lee
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I love the name. It's been on my PNL for a while now. You're right! The nn possibilities are endless. I quite like Zalea in addition to Zaley (rhymes with Hayley) and Aza (which could probably be a name in itself, although I just thought of it now.)

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wrong place - ignore

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It's nice, if a bit on the frilly side. Zalea's a cute nn.
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I like it! I have a thing for names with "z's" and "v's" in them at the momment
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I like it.
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