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Never seen my name mentioned on here.

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excellentadventure · 19/05/2011 19:50

Talking about popular and trendy names: My name is not very common. I don't think it's ever been particularly popular and I rarely come across anyone with the same name. It's not weird or made-up or anything like that. Although it can be used as a nick for some more well-known names, it has always been a standalone name. It is short.

Anyone care to guess it? :)

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GwendolineMaryLacey · 21/05/2011 15:01

I know 4 Kays. Two male and two female. Very nice name for either.

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excellentadventure · 21/05/2011 14:33

Oh dear.

"Cigarette-smoking, nightclubbing name of the 1930s "
nameberry.com/babyname/Kay

Blush I'm not THAT old, btw

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Firawla · 21/05/2011 13:43

Kay is quite pretty, it makes me think of a nice friendly person, like there was that lovely midwife on one born every minute called Kay i think?
I actually could imagine it coming back in fashion at some point, i quite like it

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excellentadventure · 21/05/2011 01:21

One problem I've encountered occasionally is that some people have expected me to be a bloke, since in some countries it's a man's name. Pronounced to rhyme with Guy, but if they've only seen it written .... Confused

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muminthecity · 19/05/2011 23:09

My DD's middle name is Kaye, which is her Dad's surname. DD has my surname but I wanted to put her Dad's in there somewhere and luckily it works as a middle name. DD loves it and goes through phases of insisting everyone call her Kaye Smile

WiiUnfit · 19/05/2011 23:06

I like the name Kay, but Effy from Skins is "Kaya Scodelario", not a Kay... :)

KittyBigglesworth · 19/05/2011 22:11

Kay is an attractive name. I see it as an abbreviation of Katherine anyway.

It always reminds me of Caius College, Cambridge which doesn't make a lot of sense as that is pronounced 'keys'! I think I make the assocation because the Caius/Keys of that college was involved in medicine and I know two Kays, one a researcher and a another a doctor. A mish-mash of medical associations!

The actress who played Effie in Skins has the name, Kay - she's fortunate to have a face that is not merely pretty but also interesting - a good arrangement of features for conveying teenage angst!

ManicAnnie · 19/05/2011 21:46

I love the name Kay.

MrsRhettButler · 19/05/2011 21:25

I knew a Kay once, she was incredibly pretty too.....

Nice name

emmanumber3 · 19/05/2011 21:20

I knew two Kays at school - none since though Smile.

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excellentadventure · 19/05/2011 20:22

The 70s? Errrr, I was a teenager in the 70s! Don't think I was ever pretty, let's just say averagely nice-looking. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder Wink

I always felt cheated as my parents did that "put what you're going to call her on the birth cert" thing. Otherwise I would have been Katherine, called Kay by them, but with a lot of other options within my grasp.

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NerfHerder · 19/05/2011 20:09

I knew a Kay at school- she was incredibly pretty... are you?? Envy

EdithWeston · 19/05/2011 20:05

Oh wow! Grin

I've only ever met one in RL (an adult, and I think that was a nn, not her full name) I like it - no idea if it'll be fashionable though

catinthehat2 · 19/05/2011 20:05

am I close?

catinthehat2 · 19/05/2011 20:04

Barry
Jim
Steve
DAve
Gazza
Keith

MumblingRagDoll · 19/05/2011 20:02

I like Kay..but like my name it still has the ring of the 70s about it! IN the nicest possible way of course!

MelinaM · 19/05/2011 20:00

...crossed posts!

Kay's lovely, I knew one at primary schoolSmile

MelinaM · 19/05/2011 19:59

Oohhh funSmile

Ali or Ally
Kitty
Liv

...definitely be needing some clues me thinksGrin

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excellentadventure · 19/05/2011 19:58

Spoke too soon and posted a second too late :)

EdithWeston wins the prize! Yes, it's Kay. Will it ever be fashionable? What do you think?

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excellentadventure · 19/05/2011 19:56

Nope. typsical has come the closest. :)

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EdithWeston · 19/05/2011 19:55

Kay?

belgo · 19/05/2011 19:55

Tina

cupnoodle · 19/05/2011 19:55

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msrisotto · 19/05/2011 19:54

Joan

SilveryMoon · 19/05/2011 19:54

Nikki
Becky
Jan
Jane
Chris
Cathy
Jo

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