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I don't think being trendy is its biggest problem; a name can be trendy but still a nice name, I think. For me the -sley is just too sleazy and slippery to sound good. It's very soap opera-y but not in a delightfully tacky sort of way; more in a plastic surgery and Botox sense. Like if the actress Lisa Rinna was a visual personification of a name. o_O

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To be fair, it's all -sley that I don't like, not just this. Like whichever celebrity in the last year or so had a baby girl Blakesley, a popular surname from my hometown is Tankersley, etc. They all bother me for that sound. It's a very specific thing I don't like.

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If you're open to alternatives I might suggest:

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Anne / Anna / Annie
Aina
Amelie
Anisa
Amity
Alisa
Angelee
Leslie
Marley
Rosalie
Silvie
Aurelie