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Callie, Cally or Cali?

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Winterandspring · 20/12/2017 17:44

Which spelling is the nicest? I think I’m leaning towards Cally but it also seems to be the least conventional.

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octoberfarm · 21/12/2017 11:32

Definitely Callie for me - I love it! I think you could also get away with Cali though, if you really liked that version. Cally to me looks more like a nickname for something else.

Hadenoughtoday · 21/12/2017 01:11

My 21yr old daughter is called Cally and she was the only one in her junior school, senior school, college and Uni - not even a Callie or Cali. We found it as a shortened version of Calandra (which we didn't like but instantly loved Cally)

iggleypiggly · 21/12/2017 00:59

How about Calla??

PolkadotsAndMoonbeams · 21/12/2017 00:35

Callie. The one I know is a Cornelia, somewhat bizarrely! I think it's fine as a standalone name though Smile

Viviennemary · 21/12/2017 00:34

I've not heard of it before. Don't think there's much to choose from in the spellings. It's pretty dire IMHO.

Amy106 · 21/12/2017 00:30

Callie

HuskyMcClusky · 20/12/2017 23:45

Callie, definitely.

Never seen Cally. It looks odd.

Cali is California.

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Winterandspring · 20/12/2017 23:39

What an odd post, mammy

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SuburbanRhonda · 20/12/2017 23:36

My auntie is Cally short for Caroline. Could also work for Catherine or Camilla or any number of names

Cally is not a short version of Catherine 🙄

MammyCon · 20/12/2017 23:32

I like it and like it as Callie but I immediately thought Calleigh off CSI Miami.

Callie, Cally or Cali?
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Winterandspring · 20/12/2017 23:27

Caitlin’s nickname would be Cate/Cait, surely?

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buttercup54321 · 20/12/2017 23:15

Callie. short for Caitlin.

WowserBowser · 20/12/2017 22:57

I really like Callie!

Don't like Cally or Cali though.

And I don't think it needs to be short for anything

TheCraicDealer · 20/12/2017 22:54

I know a baby Kali, but it's short for a certain GoT character name.

littlemissalwaystired · 20/12/2017 22:37

Callie, definitely.

chocolatepudandchocolatesauce · 20/12/2017 22:30

I like Callie. Calliope sounds like a melon (i know its cantelope but it just reminds me of it!)

rachrach2 · 20/12/2017 22:27

I just accidentally commented on an old post about the same name, oops! Was looking for longer suggestions but think Callie is my favourite of all of them anyway.

rachrach2 · 20/12/2017 22:25

Callie is my favourite!

JustPutSomeGlitterOnIt · 20/12/2017 22:23

Saying that, I did have my entire family take the piss for a good month. The babes.
It's not for everyone apparently 🙄
Cally is a more common spelling I think.

JustPutSomeGlitterOnIt · 20/12/2017 22:20

We have a baby Cali, DD3. We like how it looks like the shortened state.

I love the meaning of Kali but was too nervous that most people wouldn't understand its heritage and just think it looked a bit Kardashian Blush

XmasTreeOhXmasTree · 20/12/2017 22:15

Callie
Definitely not Cali

Babyisinthecorner · 20/12/2017 22:12

Have you tried handwriting them at all?

I regret not doing this as having learned the hard way, I now know I appear to be drunk when I hand-write DD's name in lowercase Blush

I can only write it neatly when it's in uppercase. Too many tall letters such as 'l' (EL) that all go in different directions.

Freyanna · 20/12/2017 21:37

Callie

Linnet · 20/12/2017 21:33

My daughters nickname is Cally, she spells it with a y. It’s a shortened version of her name.

speakout · 20/12/2017 21:27

My cat is called Kali, Hindu goddess of destruction.

The name means black in Sanscrit.
Lovely name, but a hit heavy for a baby.

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