MomtoCandJ Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 We are thinking of the name Juli (Julie) for a girl. If you seen Juli how would you pronounce it? Dd's name is Cali :) oh and middle name would be Ann. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparrow Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 I would pronounce it like "Julie". I like it. I think I would love it spelled with the "e" ;) . It's a solid name you don't hear that often these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 I would probably figure out that it was "Julie" after a moment or two, but in general, I'm not a fan of unexpected spellings. If you do spell it that way, I hope you will be forever gracious in correcting the thousands of people who spell it "wrong" by spelling it the expected way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soufflegirl Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 If I knew your daughter's name, I would guess Julie. Otherwise it could just as easily be July. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlett Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 I would figure it was Julie....I prefer the traditional spelling but at least it is recognizable! And I get that you want it to be similar to your other dd's spelling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinder Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 Like Julie. I suppose you might get some who'll think it's like July but I'm guessing more will think it's like Julie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathryn Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 I'd pronounce it as Julie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomtoCandJ Posted July 18, 2013 Author Share Posted July 18, 2013 Thanks every one :) our boy name is Sevien Jay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandelion Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 Hey, that's my name! I'm Julie Ann. :) I would pronounce "Juli" just like "Julie", but I'm partial to the "e" at the end. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillfarm Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 I mean this gently, but IMO, Juli, without the e seems a bit too cutesy. Something that should be dotted with a heart over the i. I am definitely not a fan of nontraditional spellings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparrow Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 Thanks every one :) our boy name is Sevien Jay OK, now, Juli I got, but how do you pronounce Sevien? I don't believe I've ever heard that name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest submarines Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 I'd think it was a cutesy spelling of July, and pronounce accordingly. For some reason (maybe because it is July and I'm hot) it wouldn't even occur to me that it was an attempt to spell Julie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristusG Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 I like it!! And I'd know it was pronounced like Julie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loowit Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 My first thought was July with a unique spelling, but I could see Julie as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomtoCandJ Posted July 19, 2013 Author Share Posted July 19, 2013 Sevien is pronounced sev (like seven) Ian (the name). Yeah I know weird names or spellings. Dh wanted Seven (like the number) but I just couldn't name a child a number especially since he wouldn't be child number seven :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinder Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 Dh wanted Seven (like the number) but I just couldn't name a child a number especially since he wouldn't be child number seven :) Is your dh a Mickey Mantle fan like George from Seinfeld? :laugh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomtoCandJ Posted July 19, 2013 Author Share Posted July 19, 2013 Nope, he likes the word, his other choice was Eminem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandelion Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 Nope, he likes the word, his other choice was Eminem :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Strawberry Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 I would use Seven. He can say "Like the number " and that's that. If you use a variation, he'll have to give that whole explanation you just typed out. Read that to yourself 100 times. Because you will have to explain every. Single. Time. You meet someone, and when he's older, he will, too. I would say Julie. May I ask, why not use the e? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moxie Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 Nope, he likes the word, his other choice was EminemLord. Get him a dog and you be in charge of naming the humans in your family, ok? ETA: Unless Juli is your idea. If so, maybe find a sensible grandparent to help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomtoCandJ Posted July 19, 2013 Author Share Posted July 19, 2013 Our dd is Cali Sue, Juli Ann all the same length Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomtoCandJ Posted July 19, 2013 Author Share Posted July 19, 2013 Lol he picked Cali Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandelion Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 Food for thought: even Eminem's real name isn't Eminem. :p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NicAnn Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 I like Sevien a lot. I've actually heard the name before, though never saw it spelled. Juli looks like Julie, I think. But I do think people will be confused a lot. I gave my kids fairly easy spellings of names, though unique ones, and people mess it up all the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saraswati Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 My older sister's name is Juli - She was born in Germany, and it should have been pronounced Yoo-lee. But, my parents moved back to the states shortly after she was born, so they stuck with pronouncing it Julie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomtoCandJ Posted July 19, 2013 Author Share Posted July 19, 2013 My older sister's name is Juli - She was born in Germany, and it should have been pronounced Yoo-lee. But, my parents moved back to the states shortly after she was born, so they stuck with pronouncing it Julie.Germany was the country of my ancestors :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomtoCandJ Posted July 19, 2013 Author Share Posted July 19, 2013 Food for thought: even Eminem's real name isn't Eminem. :p I told dh his real name. Marshall Mathers.... I suggested Marshall Jay, our last name is very similar :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caroline Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 I would pronounce Juli, Yulee. It will also be spelled wrong on every document ever printed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carpe Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 My (very distant) cousin is named Juli. It is pronounced You Lee. Occasionally people will call her Hoo Lee. I don't think she has ever been called Julie. She lives in a small town where nearly everyone is of German descent, with a few fairly recent immigrants from Colombia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freesia Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 I like Sevien a lot. I've actually heard the name before, though never saw it spelled. Juli looks like Julie, I think. But I do think people will be confused a lot. I gave my kids fairly easy spellings of names, though unique ones, and people mess it up all the time. She will have to spell it a lot. But, I always have to spell my first name, and my last name and the road I live on. Each of my children have to spell their names even though they have the easiest/most common spellings of their name (and 3 of them were in the top 20 lists in the year of their birth). If you like it spelled Juli, spell it Juli. I prefer Julie but spelling your name each time does not lead to a terrible life. Really. :-) Oh, and I've heard the name Sevian and I kind of like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomtoCandJ Posted July 19, 2013 Author Share Posted July 19, 2013 I like the name Julie but he suggested dropping the e. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 I spell Chuckie without the "e" and people get it. I wouldn't think it is a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomtoCandJ Posted July 19, 2013 Author Share Posted July 19, 2013 I have to spell my first and last name. First name is the most commons spelling, last name is common just not our spelling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leav97 Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 I would pronounce it Yulee. I'm not a big fan of invented spelling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaCEmom Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 My name's Julie! But I still might pronounce Juli wrong without the e. To me it's a total toss up since both Julie & July make some sense. I'd guess she'd end up correcting people a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaCEmom Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 My name's Julie! But I still might pronounce Juli wrong without the e. To me it's a total toss up since both Julie & July make some sense. I'd guess she'd end up correcting people a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 My first thought was July with a unique spelling, but I could see Julie as well. Oh, there is that. She will probably get a lot of pronunciations of July. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilma Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 My first guess would be Hoo-li, with the Spanish /j/. But after you told me once or twice, I'd remember and call the child correctly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs. Darinski Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 I personally know a Juli Ann who goes by just 'Juli' and pronounces it 'Julie'. She doesn't seem to have any problems with anyone mispronouncing her name. As far as I know, she has always gone by Juli. Her parents, however, were Hungarian and I have to wonder if in her early years, she didn't get called 'Yuli'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomtoCandJ Posted July 19, 2013 Author Share Posted July 19, 2013 Thanks everyone :) I'll think about the Juli thing, I still have a few months :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFwife Claire Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 I can think of a couple of other girl names that end in "i" like that, such as Tori or Toni, and I don't think people are constantly confused about pronouncing it "Tor-ee" or "Tor-ii". So I guess I would assume the "Julie" pronunciation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 I would think it was a kre8iv (and honestly, juvenile looking) spelling of Julie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tap Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 I grew up with a girl named July, so my first instinct was July. I settled on Julie because I have only ever met one July and figured it was just a spelling issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppy Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 I'd have guessed July before Julie, sorry! Sevien is pronounced sev (like seven) Ian (the name). Yeah I know weird names or spellings. Dh wanted Seven (like the number) but I just couldn't name a child a number especially since he wouldn't be child number seven :) Ah but Ian the name can be "eee-an" or "eye-in", so you're still not out of the woods! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Wife Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 I know somebody named Juli and it's pronounced like Julie. Not a huge fan of the spelling in general, but if your older girl is Cali, then I would go with Juli over Julie. I would actually prefer a name ending in something other than -li because that's a bit cutesy IMHO paired with Cali. Some ideas: Jacqui Mairi Naomi Heidi Joni Roxi Rori Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moxie Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 Not a huge fan of the spelling in general, but if your older girl is Cali, then I would go with Juli over Julie. Why?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomtoCandJ Posted July 19, 2013 Author Share Posted July 19, 2013 On another note I do know a girl named Seven...though as you guessed it she was the seventh girl and 2 dogs named seven actually I have known 3 European girls named Juli . I wouldn't think cutsie just Euro. My youngest brother also knows a girl named Seven, and she was the seventh child. But mine is child number 2 and will be the last. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LivingHope Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 How about Julianne or Juliann? (That's my dd's middle name.) Then nickname her Juli. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 I would say it Yulee. Unless there was a heart over the i, in which case I would think it was pronounced Julie. I love the name Cali. If you want something that is cute when the two names are together you could choose Lily. Lily Ann sounds nice. (Note to your dh: changing it to 'Lili' will generate a new discussion on whether it is pronounced 'LeeLee') Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in Australia Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 I have heard the Juli spelling for Julie before. regarding the boy name choice ~ I am not a fan of calling children after numbers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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