Honest opinions on Kai?

[Stripes123]

Hi new here!

We both (my husband and I) have a very mixed heritage.

My husband is Japanese/Chinese.

I'm Scottish/English.

It means so many beautiful things, from each different culture. It also works really well in all 4.

What are your honest opinions on the name? It just seems so fresh, handsome and relatively unusual!

I don't know who that is it was just on a Baby Names site

I LOVE Kenji.

I know a Kobe. I'll leave it at that, because I know my experience of the kid is tainting my opinion of the name! He isn't of Japanese ancestry though.

Was going to say no, but given the cultural background I think it would work and shake off the associations with footballers kids etc.

www.google.ca/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=kobe%20bryant

But you'd only know him if you lived across the pond!

I like Kobe.

Kobe? Like the beef?

I'd consider Kobe a bit odd from the Japanese perspective. Would it not be a bit like naming your child Glasgow?

I think Kai works well for your family and your heritage. Ignore the "chavvy" comments. Your ds will be judged on his own merits, not on his name.

Your ds will be judged on his own merits, not on his name.

Not always true, I'm afraid.

As much as it would be nice to live in a world where people were only judged on merit, unfortunately that's not the case. I've known of companies going through CVs and throwing away those where they judged that the people had the 'wrong' name, regardless of merit.

Certain names attract certain negative stereotypes and Kai, like it or not, is one of them.

I think it depends, Beauty (and broken). Chardonnai-Neveah Wood might have an uphill battle to prove that she's bright and able, but a Japanese kid with a Japanese name? I don't think he'll face the same prejudice.

...and freckled

Is it just me who thinks of poor old Teddie-Blue here? Bless him. This is purely an example, but that kid may well grow up to be a senior medical consultant, a highly regarded academic, or a particularly powerful lawyer - his name alone doesn't prevent any of that from happening. That's down to him as a person.

Sadly, his name WILL put people off, because that's the power of a name. It's immediate, people judge straight away purely because of it, especially in the U.K.

who is Teddie-Blue?

I know I thought that poster was joking, right from the first thread. I thought it was a joke the whole time, until I saw the Facebook page

I actually like Kai, and with a Japanese surname, I don't think people will judge it at all.

user - a poster started a thread asking for suggestions for a sibling to her son Teddie-Blue, only for another poster to find that a friend/acquaintance of the first poster had started a thread shortly after T-B was named, wondering what the hell her friend was thinking to name her kid that.

user, Teddie-Blue was the cause of much baby name controversy on here, and it descended into quite an ugly bunfight.

I feel like a bitch for bringing his name up, but it was an extreme example of how a kid's name affects how people judge.

I know a couple of Kais. Love the name

god calling a child 'Teddie-Blue' is akin to child abuse.

User, I don't think it's right to say things like that, especially after the awful thread. The poor woman's whole life was exposed on Facebook and people were ripping the shot out of her poor son's name. It wasn't nice at all.

oh gosh sorry I must have missed that.

What about Tom, short for Tomohiro, Tomohiko etc. Personally I like Kai but I speak Japanese so it has less of the Rooney factor for me

Kai is good if your kid looks like his father.
Otherwise go for any good English name.

I don't think user realised it'd caused such a massive stir.

Why does he have to look like his dad?

How about Kaito? Or Hiro