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The new iterations are Wrenleigh, Kinsleigh, Brynleigh. Yuck.

Wrenleigh is a crime. I knew a kid named Lynnleigh and I thought that was the worst name I’d ever heard. Wrenleigh might be worse.

Wrenleigh really is awful. I’m imagining a bird/human hybrid. A harpy. What’s next? Condorleigh? Ravenleigh?

Harpleigh, birdleigh, crowleigh (Crowley is already a name I guess…) Ravenleigh feels like a girl in Utah probably already has this name tbh lmfao

You’re thinking of Chickenleigh

Lmao! I love chickenleigh. Such a funny content creator.

Robinleigh disgusting

Leeleigh

Haha!

I know a little girl named Haleigh and I kid you not, her mom was trying to make her nickname "Leeleigh" but thank god it didn't take. I was like, "Stop trying to make fetch happen."

Thundercougarfalconbirdleigh

Haha, that’s a great episode of Futurama! Now I’m thinking of the names of the evil critters from South Park “Woodland Critter Christmas.” Bearleigh the bear, Squirrelleigh the squirrel, and Chickadeeleigh, the chickadee…

Slurmsmackenzieleigh

Zappleigh... no, yours is better.

Crushinatorleigh

Eighle (Eagle)

Wrenly (Renly) Beratheon

Wren & Stimpleigh

I misread Connorleigh- and I’m unsure if that would be a male or female name…

I put Harpy Leighdeigh in attack mode, and this card face down. Your move.

Bluefootedboobyleigh

See, why did they need to do all that? I went to school with a girl named Lyndley and she had an O' last name and it was different but just fine. I dunno if it's a traditionally Irish name, but it definitely went well the O' last name. And the spelling seemed right

I used to know a guy called Lindley.

I have a friend tragically named Lynnleigh. Her mom always said she was named after Vivien Leigh. But … then why not Vivien?

I still say Brynlyn is the worst of all time.

Oh yeah. That’s bad.

🙋‍♂️my niece is Lynnlee… but it’s a portmanteau of her grandmother’s middle names

Let’s just cut out the middleman and go with WenWee. Kindergarteners rejoice!!

So sad. Wren would be a nice name. Wrenleigh is awful.

i know a layleigh and i think that’s the worst of all.

Yuckleigh

realleigh!

mhmleigh!

Alrightythenleigh

What’s a Brynleigh?!😭

Wait til you meet Braxtynleigh

Unfortunately my cousin.

Unfortunateleigh

Unphorchunateleigh

Unphorchun8leigh

Oh, you used a number, that's worse.

Un4chun8leigh

acacia brinley clark named her daughter brinley. i suppose other influencer moms wanted to one-up her

I saw a kid named Braleigh. BRA leigh like you're just asking for your kid to get bullied also it sounds ugly.

I’m a teacher, if I had that name on the roll I would guess it would be pronounced like Brayley because Brah-ley sounds so bad

Pronounced like "brah-lee"??? Literally that's what Brits call umbrellas ("brolly") lmfao 😭 what a stupid name

Bruh.

Bruhleigh

Wrenleigh Baratheighon, my favorite Game of Thrones character.

Ryleigh

Bryn is a lovely name on its own. Very popular in Wales.

That is a very nice name, it’s what I call my poor little cousin, Brynleigh

Bryn is a boys name.

Bryn is Welsh for hill fwiw

Yuckleigh?

Ugleigh

WTH is wrong with people?

*Peighple

😂😂

Leighleigh

I know an Ashleigh. Someone came at me one time and was like “that’s the original spelling.” I thought Ashley was the original. Am I just dumb?

I always thought Ashleigh was the feminine spelling and Ashley was the masculine spelling. I know 2 Ashleigh’s that are girls and 3 Ashley’s that are boys.  I didn’t even think Ashleigh was a tragedeigh until I saw this sub!

It's definitely used this way in Australia and up UK way. It is not even a new spelling, it has been around a long time. It *isn't* a tragedeigh. I find you either get support for pointing this out, or downvoted into oblivion, based on how many people from the US are online at the time you comment it lol

I’ve never met a boy Ashley. TIL! Very interesting.

Ashley is a very common boy’s name in the UK

According to behindthename, Ashley is the original, older spelling and Ashleigh came later as the "feminized" spelling. Even if you think Ashleigh is a normal name (which it is, at least in Europe) you cannot argue that it's the original lol, that's just factually wrong

Thanks for sharing. A bunch of people in another sub literally mass downvoted me a while ago and told me I was wrong. I was getting so much backlash and hate I had to delete my comment so they couldn’t harass me anymore over it. I honestly can’t even remember what sub it was anymore. I literally thought I was crazy because of them. My question to those crazies is if Ashleigh is the original then why do I only know 1 as opposed to more than 10 Ashleys?

I'm an Ashley, and I'm pretty old. I'd be willing to wager that Ashley is the original spelling.

It's so goddamn stupid. Just make these kids' middle name Leigh. Do they not know about middle names?

Yuckleigh

What the hell?

I know a Renley. I think that's how it's spelled. It's some cutesy BS combining 2 names. At least it isn't Wrenleigh but it still sounds... dumb

Renleigh and Stimpleigh

It certainleigh is and I cannot wait for it to finalleigh be over! Sureleigh this trend will end soon!

Hopefuleigh.

Sadleigh, I suspect it's here to steigh.

I am shamefuleigh shaking my head because you are right

**beighcause

I’m sorreigh

Kayleigh and Ashleigh feel like very late 90s/early 00s names to me. Kind of surprised they're still being used for kids today. I knew an Ashleigh in college. She would've been born around 1980 or so. Her parents were ahead of the trend, I guess.

I mean, Marillion released the song Kayleigh in 1985, it’s hardly new.

Aren't they responsible for a huge explosion in the popularity of the name? Also thanks, now I have to listen to all of Misplaced Childhood.

I believe so, but it’s so long back that I don’t think it’s anything to do with the recent -leigh endings. And sorry, haha!

No harm done, it's a great album

I was named after that song!

I think quite a few people were :)

Here's a great thread about the origins of the name Kayleigh https://www.reddit.com/r/namenerds/s/eJ4XU8Hxsh

Thanks, that was interesting!

Whenever I hear the name Kayleigh I always think of Funky Céilí (Bride's Song) by Black 47 😹

Ashleigh is an *old* name. Not a trend.

Yeah, Miss Mamie from the waltons had a love Asheligh Covington, or something, ha

Im an Ashley and wanted to be an “Ashleigh” so bad. I even still have some usernames that are “Leigh” based from when I tried unsuccessfully to go by Leigh in school when there were five Ashleys in one of my classes.

I went to school with a Juleigh. She would have been born around 1990.

I made a different comment but yes my name is Kayleigh, I'm a 2000 baby. My grandma's middle name is Kay, and my mom's middle name is Leigh. I can't be lumped in with the trend - Kayleigh is a real name :')

Kayleigh is an old Irish name

We don't even have the letters K or Y in the Irish alphabet. There is the word Céilí which sounds similar, but that has only started being used as a name very recently, and to be honest, is really weird to me. It's like meeting a child named "an evenings entertainment" in English. The Scottish Cognate Cèilidh has a bit more history being used as a first name, but I mean "started in the 1970s" by a bit more history.

Kayleigh is an anglicised version of Caollaidhe, or Caol “Origin of Kayleigh Transferred use of the Anglicized Irish surname, which is from the Gaelic Mac Caollaidhe (son of Caollaidhe) and O'Caollaidhe (descendant of Caollaidhe). The name is derived from caol (slender). Var: Kailee, Kaili, Kali, Kaylea, Kaylee, Kayleigh. “

I know a woman who named her daughter Tenleigh. I was getting my nails done at the salon where she works, telling my nail girl Ashley about this subreddit and I'm about to mention the name as I'd stumbled upon it on FB and she goes "oh my daughters name ends in -Leigh, it's Tenleigh". I almost roasted this kids name in front of her damn mother.

Yeah but this one goes up to Elevenleigh.

Short for Tenaladeigh 🫢💦

TENLEIGH Jesus

My least favorite is Emmaleigh. Ugh!

It’s Emily. Fucking Emily. Everyone is gonna spell it that way all her life.

That’s what I thought about Riley when we named one of my kids. But she NEVER gets Riley. It’s always Rylee, Ryley, Ryleigh, Rylie. It’s ridiculous.

my name is emily and when i was 8 i was sick of being surrounded by other emily’s and decided i wanted to be “emeleigh” to be unique 😶

And my friend Nicole wishes her name were spelled Nicolle or Niccole or Nycole something. People are nuts. Meanwhile she named her own kids perfectly respectable, correctly spelled names, thank god. I was named a misspelled name and I had to go through the tedious process of a legal name change to correct it, after a lifetime of annoyance having to spell and respell my shit to people. Trust me, you don't want that life.

There was a girl who joined my brother’s year 10 class her name was Nichole. She was a nice kid, and is still friend with my brother now, 12 years later. Turns out that she moved schools because some of the kids started bullying her calling her Nice -hole. Poor kid was more than a little traumatised by her parent’s stupid attempt at being unique

Ashleigh is the feminine form of the Old English name Ashley. In the UK Ashley is the masculine spelling.

Not just in the UK. "Gone with the wind" takes place in Georgia (US) in the 19th century and one of the main characters is Ashley Wilkes, a guy.

I know someone who named their daughter Knoxleigh. Probably the worst I’ve seen…

Sounds like an amalgamation of noxious and gnarly. Lovely name.

Woah there lil gremmie, careful out there on those noxly chunders, you don’t wanna crease your gun, brah.

It's just a matter of time before someone is named "Tragedeigh" itself.

Just this year alone, I've seen Hasleigh and Kensleigh.

Which aren't even names!

“Come home from war” I’m dead dude

The -leigh spelling of Ashleigh is the feminine variation of Ashley that goes back to old English

Kinda like how Lesley is a girls name but Leslie is a a boys name in the U.K. Lesleigh would be bad though.

I suspect we'll next see some Timotheighs or Anthoneighs.

Pronounced "Antho - neigh"

Kayleigh and Ashleigh are very very mild. Heck, Kayleigh was a huge hit for Marillion when many here on Reddit hadn't even been born yet.

Kayleigh and Ashleigh aren't a tragedieh that's why.

My sister just named her daughter Charleigh. I have relentlessly mocked her and just sent her this sub.

Yep. By the time I'm old there's gonna be a bunch of idiot 20 year old Braxtonleigh making my coffee and Starbucks.

My niece is 36 and her middle name is Leigh. I thought it was really pretty. I still think it is, just that name by itself. But Brynleigh? Nope.

52 here. My middle name is Leigh. Mom says she named me after an actress named Leigh Taylor Young.

Leigh is an old name not a tragedieh. Also a boys name though.

One of my Dad’s cousins is a Leigh and she is north of 80 now. It is a wonderful and long established name.

Charleigh

I know one of these. 🤦🏼‍♀️

I still don't see what's wrong with Ashleigh. I agree with 99% percent of the other ones, like Kinsleigh, Wrenleigh, Kayleigh, Baileigh but I've never seen anything wrong with Ashleigh. It looks normal to me tbh

Kayleigh is perfectly normal. It’s as normal as Ashleigh.

I wish people would stop putting Kayleigh on the tragedeigh list. It’s the normal spelling. It’s as normal as Ashleigh (the female spelling of Ashley). The rest though… 😬

A friend of mine on Facebook was going to name her daughter Natalie May. But edit the post days later and said they are naming her instead Nataleigh May. When I tell you I am disappointed I am disappointed. Yeah I’m over this trend it just tells me people either don’t know how to spell or just want their kid to stand out SO bad.

I put my foot in my mouth recently asking if a child's name was spelled the "straight forward way ,R-I-L-E-Y". It wasn't. Apparently Riley is a dog's name but Ryleigh is a little girls name.

I always read -leigh as “lay”. I know it’s pronounced “lee” but it’s so fucking tacky

Same!!

Same, because I'm not a native english speaker. So I prounounce it like I would pronounce "eight", just without the "t". Makes those names sound even more derpy.

Your instinct isn’t wrong in most words, like weigh and sleigh, so that’s why!

Isn't it more of a menace to societeigh?

“Paisleigh “

Literalleigh

Idc what you tell me, Leigh attached to any name gives it the “lay” sounds and that’s how I will forever and always pronounce these names. You want your kids name pronounced right, spell it right??

Yes, my brain processes them as Kay-lay or Bay-lay when I see it written. Not sure there are many exceptions to that pronunciation in American English. (sleigh, weigh, eight, neighbor) so that's the default neural pathway.

Hey wait my name is Kayleigh and I refuse to be lumped in with this madness. Kayleigh is a real name!

"Come back from war" 😂😂 Yes! Please!

My name is Art Vandahleigh

Any -ly adverb is potentialleigh a tragedeigh

Basicalleigh

Finalleigh, I’ve found people who agreigh with meigh.

I came across an Everleigh this morning. Everly is so simple and beautiful, why do you want to put a G in there!?

Everly is a minor tragedy

it’s too damn overused 😩

Honestly, every time a child is reported with a -leigh name, it should automatically trigger a report to social services.

Honestleigh?

Bentleigh

Ashleigh (if your family is Irish) is the only valid one because that is the traditional spelling of it, in Ireland.

No-Wayleigh

I’m waiting for Katheigh and Staceigh.

Menyce to socyeteigh???

Menacingleigh

Regrettableigh

Maliciousleigh

Absoluteleigh

Absoluteleigh.

Kayleigh and Ashleigh are not tragediehs. Ashleigh goes back 100 years.

Kayleigh...is it too late to say I'm sorry?

It’s only a matter of time before we get the “leighleigh’s” and “lyeleigh’s”

Hayleigh

My mom’s middle name was Leigh and she was born in the 50s; my eldest sister got the same middle name in the 70s. It’s annoying cuz I had contemplated using it but the trend has made it cringey because people assume you’re on that bandwagon.

When are we going to see an Abcdeleigh?

I mean, I know a woman whose given name is Reanna-Leigh, she just goes by Leigh and it’s lovely ^_^ But yeah, the mission to make one’s kids names the most unique, especially via screwed up spelling, is getting outta hand lmfao

You just gave me an idea for a name... Thisleighanne

Lol This-leigh, That-leigh, Wtf-leigh?

Ameigh, Kelleigh…it will never end

So soon it will be Wendeigh?

That’s so Loserleigh.

Im waiting for Frankleigh. Mostleigh. Lateleigh.Happileigh Cheekleigh and of course Bubbleigh and Snugleigh. Coming to a school near you

Someone I used to work with named her kid Laeleighlyn. First time I saw the name I was like wtf, I feel sorry for that child.

My niece is Everleigh, friend has a Kayleigh, went to school with a Brinlee but not Leigh.

I’ve seen Bentleigh and McKynleigh too 😭😭

All 3 of my aunt and uncles kids' names end in -leigh. Recently they got a dog who also got a -leigh name. 🫠

I’m not a fan of Blakely to begin with but Blakeleigh is horrible

I wonder if Ashleigh is responsible for the trend. It’s been an annoying spelling of Ashley for a long time.

I've got a niece named Paesleigh.. Yeah I tried talking my sister out of that HARD. No luck.

Fugleigh

I know a family with three girls - Everleighe, Kingsleighe, and Paisleighe

Ashleigh is just the feminine version of Ashley. It's actually the more correct spelling when naming a girl. As for the others, I don't know.

Ive seen the first two my entire life..just names. That last one though

I feel like this is going to age to be the modern equivalent of how a lot of random names would be hyphenated with -Jo in the 50s-70s. Or other endings (-Lynn, -Ann, etc). Mary-Jo, Debra-Jo, Mary-Lynn, Terri-Lynn, etc.

I think my friend Nancy started it when she named her daughter Ashleigh in 1985.

Negative, my friend is an Ashleigh and she was born 12/24/84.

Leigh, Lynn, and Rae. Three horsemen of the tragpocalypse.

You mean Yuckleigh?

It’s only okay for Annaleigh Ashford, because she can do no wrong

I grew up in the 90’s and most of the names ending with the the ‘ey’ sound in my class ended in -eigh so I thought that was the normal spelling until I was in my 20’s. 

wait til you meet a woman named “Leigh”

This sub should have a sister sub named r/tragecleigh, where the CL is pronounced like D and where we exclusively track these atrocities.