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Anyone met a baby/child called calais?

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Timetogrowup2016 · 08/04/2016 13:17

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

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IoraRua · 20/05/2016 20:48

Ah lord Op. I can see how Callie is pretty, but Calais? Brooklyn, India etc evoke travelled images, modern hipster etc (or Beckhams). But Calais - naming someone Calais this year reads as a political statement. It's like naming someone Enniskillen in the year of the Enniskillen bombings.

Ipushedmygrannyaffabus · 21/05/2016 09:45

Never met a Calais.
Have met a few Callie's, a Cally and a Calleigh tho.

RedToothBrush · 21/05/2016 15:09

There are place names and there are place names.

Calais is not really coming up with the same mental pictures and first impressions as Brooklyn, India, China, Arizona, Paris, Memphis, Austin or even Chelsea.

I do think its worth considering if you are going to use a place name.

Dover. Hull. Harwich. Folkestone.
Dunkirk. Hook. Rotterdam. Zeebrugge.
Fishguard. Pembroke. Swansea. Holyhead.
Plymouth. Poole. Portsmouth.
Le Harve. Cherbourg. Caen.

dexy24 · 21/05/2016 15:51

Wow some of these posts are downright nasty.

It's not a name I would choose but each to their own OP.

I know a Cally although she gets asked whether it is short for something A LOT!

Wordsaremything · 21/05/2016 16:58

Le touquet is a bit more upmarket.
Sibling could be Sangatte?

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