Shayne for a girl

[malaria]

To be honest, (though this might only be a common reference among lesbians and gays) is Shane from The L World. It's the only time I've ever heard Shane on a girl.
It's a fine name, though.

[lyricmom]

Shayne Ryleigh is way too unisex for my taste, and the spelling of both seems particularly trendy.

[nat108]

Shana/Shayna sounds a million times better plus she could go by the nn Shane (like my cousin Shana does)

People hear your name more than they see it so no matter how you spell it people only hear "Shane Riley", a totally masculine name. I personally don't mind ambiguous names but then again I didn't have to grow up with one. Shayna Riley flows better and she won't be mistaken for a man for the rest of her life.

[eos82898]

I kinda like it. I'm not a fan of frilly names. There's a Shane or Shayne on the L Word, which you might want to look into (not a bad connotation to most). That made me like it a little more. I agree about the more girly mn.

[selenea]

The only Shane I have ever met was a woman. I tend not to like names that randomly have the letter Y added to them, but Shayne actually looks better to me (at least for a girl) than Shane. I quite like it. If you want to use it, go for it.

[jcc434]

I like it for a girl, but prefer the Shane spelling. I agree with others that I would pair a more traditionally feminine name in the middle spot in case she didn't like having a unisex name but I think if you love Shane (or Shayne) you should go for it!

[lexiem]

Shayne Ryleigh is way too unisex for my taste, and the spelling of both seems particularly trendy.

I agree with this. One of the names having a trendy spelling wouldn't bother me, but since both do, I find it a bit much. Also according to behindthename.com Shayne is still an appropriate masculine spelling for Shane.

Honestly, neither Shane nor Riley are really my style but I can see the appeal in both. I'd suggest feminizing one of them (ex: Shayna/Shana or Rylie/Rylea) that way at least your daughter will have a choice of how feminine she wants her own name to be without having to change it.

[histornamia]

If it is the name you love then go for it. It isn't automatically to my tastes but I don't find it odd for a girl and the nickname Shay is more feminine so there would be no confusion. There are so many boy names now on girls that I don't understand the hate. I would say though that a more feminine middle name would be the way to go. Ryleigh works fine but I prefer Rayleigh. In Australia, we had a Three-Time Olympic Gold Medalist in Swimming in the 70's whose name was Shane Gould so I guess for Aussies, the idea of Shane/Shayne on a girl is not unheard of.

[flick]

Shaybe, especially paired with Riley and ESPECIALLY those spellings - are basically the exact opposite of what I would name a child.

Your daughter will spend the majority of her life as an adult, "funky" spellings and a very masculine name really sin't fair to her.

If you insist on Shane, use this spelling and give her a feminine middle name, maybe Rhiannon?

[southern.maple]

First, please do not use those tacky tryndeigh spellings. Shayne Ryleigh does not hide the fact that you have named your daughter Shane Riley, which is quite masculine. If you feel the need to feminize a name with a bad spelling, perhaps that is a sign...