Tralee?

[libbyj06]

I saw this name in a book when I was a teenager and pronounced it as tray-lee(rhyming with haylee or kaylee). Upon remembering it and researching it I found it is a place in Ireland and it isn't pronounced Tray-lee at all but truh-lee with emphasis on Lee, I believe. So anyways, I kind of like the sound of Traylee. I'm not sure if I made it up or if its actually a name out there? Anyone heard of it? Is it too strange? I think it sounds like a cute girls' name. Thanks for any thoughts.... I think it was used as a last name in the book I read.

[aprilw]

I'm not sure if it's made up or real, but I know a Treylyn. (who I believe was named for a deceased relative). Honestly, both names are not my cup of tea and strike me as a little back-woods sounding (if you're pronouncing it Trey-lee). I would probably pick Truly as an americanized version of the Irish place name, if I had to pick.

[sinkme]

It makes me think that someone was trying to come up with names that sounded like Shaylee.

[lori johnson]

Sure enough, Tralee [truh-lee] is an Irish place name: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tralee. Although it's perfectly legit, I wouldn't recommend it because of the pronunciation-error factor.

[eskay]

I think people will forever be questioning the pronunciation. "Is it truh-lee or trah-lee or tray-lee...?"

It does also look like a made up name, even though it's not.

[juniperle]

Hi, the sound is kinda cute, but I wouldn't go there. My first impression was it looks like "trailor" or "tra la la la la."

[saraallison]

Like the pp, i also thought of trailer. I don't care for it personally. I like another posters suggestion of Truly instead.

[strawberry shortcake]

Tralee pronounced Trah-lee. I think it could be nice, its a beautiful place and its also home to the Rose of Tralee, an annual festival celebrating those who emigrated and are of Irish descent. Every year a new "Rose" is crowned, making her representative of the Irish community abroad. It'd be a really nice association. You can read more here, if you're interested http://roseoftralee.ie/

[lyricmom]

Strange and hard to pronounce, in my opinion.

[ksheja]

Too many rhyming names already - Bailey (Baylee), Kaylee, Shaylee, Hailey (Haylee), Raylie. When I see it I pronounce it Tra-LEE like the place.