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[Opinions] Blake & Henley
This was a sibset I heard at the airport just now. The kids were very young. The girl was probably 4 or 5. Thoughts?

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I like Blake to some extent. Not a fan of Henley, though.
Not a fan of either.
I don’t like it very much.
Blake is fine, I despise Henley.
Henley-on-Thames is a place so my first thought is the Henley Regatta in which over 300 races take place over the week. This year it’s July 1st-6th. Blake is another last name first name that I’m hearing more on girls than boys at the moment. It could work for either though. I’m not a fan of either name but think they work well together.

This message was edited 1/17/2025, 12:43 PM

Blake is eh. Henley sounds like a little kid trying to pronounce Henry
They're awful, and I don't know which one is the girl.
One gets a surname, the other gets a riverside town. How very 21st century. I can't guess the gender of either. Maybe people might perceive Henley as more feminine than not: that -ey ending, not to mention the Hen.
Don't like either name