Kayleigh

[PopcornFrenzy]

yay or nay?

Nay - sorry.

it's lovely and much much better than all the bloody mabel, ethel, doris nonsense

I know some lovely Kayleigh's but I feel the name is quite dated.

All names seem to come around again at some point though so who knows!

IMHO it is one of the best of the names that end in a 'leigh/ley' sound- not really a fan of them but Kayleigh is okay.

Oh nooo - unless she's going to be equipped with curly perm and frosted pink lippy from an early age.

Nay. It's in the same pile as Shelley, Gemma, Tanya...so if you like those go for it.

I've just youtubed the song in honour. Oh it's 80's-tastic. The lead singer looks like a bargain basement Gerard Depardieu.

Get me a permed mullet now!

I love the song and will probably sing it to her

I also have a Ben so I think the 2 names go together quite nicely

I have that song stuck in my head now, thanks for that!

twas the bane of my life when i was younger

Nay- though all the kayleighs I know are ermm interesting. Hayley on the other hand is a wonderful name (biased).

I'm sad people think this name is chavvy, I've never come across that viewpoint before. Didn't grow up in the uk, but still :(

It's quite an Irish American thing arising from the word 'ceili' (pronounced kayleigh) -- a ceili being a dance, as in .

So I would put it in the same 'Irish American - Irish Nouns as Names' category as Colleen (cailin, pronounced colleen, means 'girl').

No. I don't line it. I agree with the chavvy description.

As mentioned above it's bizarre how Kayleigh is a disapproved MN name but Eilidh isn't (exactly the same name but without the K!)

Really, what is this MN disapproval of K names?!

I know of a babies Kayleigh and Kayla, both born this year to decidedly none chav (hate that term) parents.

As mentioned above it's bizarre how Kayleigh is a disapproved MN name but Eilidh isn't (exactly the same name but without the K!)

Really, what is this MN disapproval of K names?!

You're extrapolating wildly. Eilidh is hardly regularly discussed! And I'd wager that MN is split into 4 groups regarding it, -a) those that haven't heard of it/can't pronounce it, b) those that don't like it, c) those that don't like it, but wouldn't say so, for fear of offending another culture, and d) those that do like it. In fact most people probably fall into a mix of those categories.

Kayleigh on the other hand is easily read/pronounced by the majority, also a lot more people will personally have met one/some and so formed judgements that way.

It's not a 'K' issue- after all names like Katherine, Kate, Kiera... Are not universally disliked. It's a class issue.

I prefer 'classless' names, like the OP's son 'Ben' he would fit in anywhere he wants to be, and I think that is useful to anyone.

Total chavfest. Sorry.

Why is it chavvy?

I can understand the following being chavvy by dint of the spelling

Kaylee
Cayley
Kailey
Caylee
Kayleah
And any other random variation you like.

But for the traditional Ceilidh and Kayleigh, why is it chavvy? Just the pronunciation?

I know 2 people called Kayleigh and they're not chavvy at all hence why the name is very much in our list.

Maybe it's because it's a very 80s name?