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Delaney is quite nice and cute. I like it for either gender. Delaney Gabrielle is nice. I like Delaney Arabella, Delaney Maxence, and Delaney Héloïse.

Delaney is wonderful for a girl, one of my tops. Absolutely Awful on a boy.

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Delaney Vivian or Delaney Charlotte.

I like it a lot, but I do prefer just La(i)ney. Delaney has a very girly feel to me, and I also find it very ladylike, like a young, southern suburban mom in a sun hat.

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I find Delaney Erin & Delaney Hope the nicest.

I like it and all the mn, top 2, Erin and Hannah

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Don't like it for a boy

This message was edited 6/18/2021, 3:09 PM

It sounds cute for a girl but for a boy... it just doesn't sound right.

I don't like it at all. I'm very familiar with it as a surname (I know several people from several families with the surname) and while I think it has a nice sound I really don't like it as a given name. I also think it's a bit off as a fn... mn it can kind of... balance stuff, have a cadence, but not much works with it as a fn.
Funnily enough, I hope she doesn't mind I mentioned this (she's chill, so I doubt she will), I have a friend whose unmarried/maiden name was Lauren Delaney. Maybe through association, I find that sounds more natural than Delaney Lauren, and maybe through association I think it works better than Delaney Lauren. (as an aside, I actually wouldn't be mad at Lauren Delaney as a combo despite disliking Delaney. It's actually rather fun to say, I pointed this out to my friend before she got married, but she wanted to take his surname and it didn't work with Delaney as double-barrel, so...)

This message was edited 6/18/2021, 1:48 PM

Yes, there was a male/female married singing duo years ago called Delaney and Bonnie. I do like it. And Laney is cute for a girl.

This message was edited 6/18/2021, 11:22 AM