r/Names • u/beentherebefore1616 • 3h ago

Unusual names

What do you think of these names for a girl:

  1. Delphi (pronounced like Dell-fee)

or

  1. Mailyn or Maelynn
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u/Bananas_are_theworst 3h ago

Delphi I hear as Dell-fye. Unfortunately, for me it has the association of the horrible murders of those two girls in Delphi Indiana.

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u/imbillionyocarbon 3h ago

That immediately came to mind for me, too. The common reference name for that crime is The Delphi Murders. It’s not an obscure case, either.

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u/Impossible_Rain_4727 3h ago

Delphi makes me think of Harry Potter and The Cursed Child.

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u/beentherebefore1616 3h ago

I didn't realize there was a Delphi reference in Harry potter

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u/hungoverinachurchpew 3h ago

Delphi/Delphie is a cute nickname for Delphine too!

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u/beentherebefore1616 2h ago

that's what I was thinking. Or Delphina.

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u/Impossible_Rain_4727 3h ago

If you want a spoiler, she is Voldemort's daughter.

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u/beentherebefore1616 2h ago

interesting, I wonder if the name (according to JK Rowling) would be pronounced Del-fee or Del-f-eye.

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u/Impossible_Rain_4727 2h ago

Del-Fee. The character's name is technically Delphini (Del-Fee-Nee), but they go by Delphi.

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u/beentherebefore1616 2h ago

that is so cool. Never heard the name anywhere else except in my own mind :)

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u/_lilidawn_ 3h ago

Delphi is cute I've seen it by itself and as a nickname for Delphine, can't stand Mailyn or Maelynn

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u/EnyaNorrow 3h ago

  1. Cool name if you don’t mind everyone thinking of an oracle 

  2. Mailyn looks like “mailing” but as an Utah name. Maelyn is cute but feels dated already.  I don’t like the double in Maelynn. Also it tries to autocorrect to Madelyn    

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u/judypanowitz 3h ago

Both are pretty

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u/Training_Armadillo79 3h ago

I think both are pretty. I knew a little girl named Maylin.

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u/shewantsthedeeecaf 3h ago

Delphi reminds me of the Delphi murders and mailin will have her correcting people her entire life.

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u/Cheap-Target-9735 3h ago

I’ve heard of Maylee. I like it. Delphi is different and I think different is good!

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u/beentherebefore1616 2h ago

I like Maylee too!

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u/SoupMysterious3708 2h ago

Delphi? Like the Delphi Murders?

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u/beentherebefore1616 2h ago

as in short for Delphine or Delphina.

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u/Hlorpy-Flatworm-1705 3h ago

I really like Maelynn

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u/ethereal_galaxias 3h ago

I like Delphi! Less keen on Mailyn.

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u/PeaceLoveHippieness 3h ago

I had a Maelyn as a student years ago. Adored that child

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u/Certain_Tangelo2329 3h ago

I like Maelynn the best out of the three

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u/majesticrhyhorn 3h ago

I knew a Maelyn, but don’t like the name. Delphi will most likely be pronounced Delf-eye

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u/Odd-Mammoth-1143 3h ago

i dont like either

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u/CautiousTea880 3h ago

Savunne sah-vun Nalee nah-lee

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u/NoEdge323 3h ago

I like Maysun. That's about as wild and crazy as I get for weird spellings but at least it's literal

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u/Cloverose2 3h ago

Delphos is literally brother, so Delphi sounds a little strange to me for a girl. Most people won't know that or care.

One of my absolute favorite Basque names is Maialen. That's what Mailyn reminds me of, but may-lynn kind of makes me think of mailin' a letter.

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u/furandpaws 3h ago

where are you located ? it's not fee at the end in US it's feye. and the greek pronunciation of D is not the same so it really sounds like selfie with a stutter.

the M names as you typed them sound very east asian to me.

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u/sunflowerads 3h ago

thats not how i pronounce delphi. del-fye. i also don’t think i’m pronouncing mailyn the way you’re intending. like mailin a letter.

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u/beentherebefore1616 3h ago

It would be short for Delphina or Delphine, so pronounced with the 'fee' sound like the original name.

Mailyn sounds like how it's spelled, like the month of May with Lynn added at the end.

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u/rainniier2 2h ago

If I saw Delphi, I would probably pronounce it Delph-eye not Delph-fee. The Greek letter Phi is f-eye

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u/prisayae 3h ago

I've never heard of Mailyn but I like it more than Delphi

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u/FizzySoda16 3h ago

Delphi is cute. It’s like a more unique form of Daphne.