Kaelen - suitable for both boys and girls?

[KellyCZ]

Hello :-)

I'm 15 + 3 so don't know baby's sex yet. I love this name for a boy (wanted something gaelic). I can't find anything I like as much as this for a girl. It seems quite unisex to me...could I use it either way?

Only know Caolan (Kaylin) for a boy. We're in NI and its quite popular here, dd1 goes to school with 3.

I know a Kaelin who is a girl.

But that doesn't really help.

My DS is a Caelan I've never met anyone with a son with the same name :)

Kaolin and morphine. Sorry :)

I know a girl called K-Leen

It sounds made up and it is completely dreadful

Yeah - OP says "I found it on some baby name websites, I didn't make it up."

Someone did, though

Caelan was our choice for a boy, think the proper Irish spelling is Caolan. I think it looks a lot nicer this way than with a K.

It does look lovely with a C, but looks funny with the first surname, which starts Ca also. THIS IS HARD! Ok, I'm going to drop it and try and find something else. Something quite short and also easy for speakers of English, Spanish and Portuguese! Maybe a Prince-style symbol or something. Or "Baby". I actually saw that on a baby names website. Just goes to show really. On the same website "No" and "Not" were also suggested.

What a negative outlook those babies must grow up to have

How about Caoimhe? it's similar, pronounced queeva/keeva and definitely feminine! It's also getting more popular in the UK and people seem to generally know how to say it.

Mm that is nice. Would many people really know how to spell it though? I do like it...

Another spelling for you, incase you change your mind. My son is Caylan. We found at least 20 different spellings of this Gaelic name, so pick your favourite. He gets nicknamed Special Cay (cereal!) but he likes that.

I know a Caoimhe who doesn't have much trouble with her name and she lives in Liverpool (although there is quite a large Irish population there!)

Another option could be Ciara. Starts with the KEY sound, it's Irish, and at least it's intuitive, pronunciation-wise :)

Reminds me of Jayden/Kayden/Braden and that is not good.