Anyone met a baby/child called calais?

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Dd named calais and wondered if anyone had heard it before/opinions (good or bad) on it.
I'd never heard it as a name until oh mentioned it but I love it now

Calais used to be the murder capital of France. Which is nice. Right up there with Marseille.

The Cal in Calais is not pronounced like "Callie".

Some of the comments on this thread are just awful

I like the name.

The Cal in Calais is not pronounced like "Callie".

What's the difference in pronunciation please?

Yes, do tell: I have only ever heard it pronounced 'Kalay'.

I really, really hope that baby Calais has a middle name like Jane or Louise that she an use when she's older.

I have never come across a baby Calais because as someone else said, it's a place not a child's name. Haven't come across a Birmingham, Stratford-upon-Avon or Maaclesfield either.

hildur yes, it is.

There are plenty of names which are names of places (and vice versa) and they are perfectly valid options.

Are names of colours any more acceptable? Names based on nouns in foreign languages are ok? Flowers? Gemstones? The negative posts seem to suggest that the options given are based on facts and logic, but this is simply not the case (stop being so horrible!)

This is uncomfortable reading. OP I'm sorry people are so nasty. Yes, they are entitled to an opinion but there are ways to word things so as not to be so god damn hurtful!!!

You're baby is lovely OP

I am not sure why you have asked after you have named your (beautiful) baby. . But seeing you have, I would assume for a baby not this year that it is a (very) political act. I would as various other pp have suggested consider changing it before she is one, callie is nice rather than Dunkirk or Aleppo, if it isn't a political statement. And I am not sure a child's name is the best place for a political statement. Sorry but you did ask!

Calais

Grim port of a name if this is genuine....certainly not an area of beauty....

Much prefer 'Cherbourg'

Can't wait to hear 'Calais' shouted out in the crisp aisle.

There is a child at my friends DC school named Calais.
His brother is called Holden.
Holden Calais is a car in Australia.....

Also hoping OP ignores weird negativity being thrown around on here. They all probably have very boring names and are jealous.

(Calais currently has a lot of refugees. So do loads of other places. Give it a rest. There is a lot of hope and kindness in that place alongside suffering).

I suspect you are unsure hence asking about the name.

Its a nice sounding word.

If you are unsure you can change name. I did before baby was 1. Good luck

You might as well call her Blackpool

LOL

this fucking thread

If your next is a boy you should call him Dover.

It sounds a bit like 'Kelly' said in a strong Essex accent

Did the op ask for opinions on the name? NO

But she asked whether we've met one. No, I haven't.

It makes me think of refugees and a few historic battles...
It doesn't sound bad. But I don't associate it with anything particularly positive either.
I personally prefer Calla, Callie, Cleo, Clover or Clea...

And no, I've never met anybody named Calais.

Are you my dentist?

Oops, posted too soon.

Because if you're not a dentist then I know someone else with a baby girl called Calais.