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Keith?
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MimiSunshine · 19/08/2018 18:46
Is there an alternative/ shortening for Keith?
My DP is keen to use it to honour a family member of his but I really don’t like it. He’s happy to go with a variation i.e. Jonnie instead of Jonathan or Cate instead of Catherine but that just doesn’t seem to exist for Keith.
At a push he might go for a different name but same meaning.
I can’t have a baby Keith (just FYI he’s not insisting on it)
Whisky2014 · 19/08/2018 18:48
Don't think so and please don't name him Keith!
RavenWings · 19/08/2018 18:48
A little baby Keith 
Tbf it's probably just not old enough to be fashionable yet but still!
Could it be a middle name?
Hangingaroundtheportal · 19/08/2018 18:49
Middle name. There is no other option here.
Belindabauer · 19/08/2018 18:49
Id go for middle name too.
onedayonedaymaybe · 19/08/2018 18:49
Not heard the name Keith in a long time!
Parrish · 19/08/2018 18:50
I love it! The world needs more Keiths.
Hangingaroundtheportal · 19/08/2018 18:51
It's actually objectively quite a nice name both on paper and sound wise.
But unless he is going to come out of your uterus as a 54 year old accountant, you can't call him Keith!
gonnabreakmyrustycage · 19/08/2018 18:51
Apparently it means forest. Forrest is actually quite nice but everyone would tell your kid to run! Yes, I agree with maybe using it as a middle name?
MimiSunshine · 19/08/2018 18:52
That’s what I thought 😞 I fear it’s in the Malcolm category, you’re just not going to get too many baby Malcolm’s are you?
Takfujimoto · 19/08/2018 18:53
The world doesn't need anymore Keiths, trust me.
Forrest is a nice substitute, I know Kit is short for another name but it suits for your purposes I think.
MikeUniformMike · 19/08/2018 18:54
He'd probably be the only one in his class.
MargaretDribble · 19/08/2018 18:55
I saw a picture of a Keith, a pupil at our local public school.
Years ago I knew a Graham Keith, always known as GK. Perhaps you could come up with something like that.
MimiSunshine · 19/08/2018 18:55
I like Forest as a middle name maybe but I don’t think we could really pull that off
Shockers · 19/08/2018 18:57
I know a 13 yr old Keith.
Only adults comment on his name; kids don’t.
Floralnomad · 19/08/2018 19:02
My dad was a Keith and we used it as a middle name for ds , would have been his first name but that would have caused dh issues with his family
Bipbopbee · 19/08/2018 19:02
Kiefer? ( I know everything will think of Sunderland though... )
Keane?
Or have Key as a shortened version nn
MikeUniformMike · 19/08/2018 19:04
Using Kiefer or Keane to honour a Keith is insulting.
LooksBetterWithAFilter · 19/08/2018 19:06
Our (female) cat is called Keith sorry that’s unhelpful but ds2 who is 8 would love to meet a baby Keith. He is a huge fan of the name has been since picked it at two for any kittens he may get.
SpectacularAardvark · 19/08/2018 19:06
I know a toddler with Keith as a middle name, his DM uses his full name quite often when he's naughty
Sounds fine, there's loads of names making a come back, I predict you won't be able to move for Keiths, Normans, Nigels etc. soon, be ahead of the curve!
feemee · 19/08/2018 19:06
Kit?
auntyflonono · 19/08/2018 19:10
Love Kit!
MimiSunshine · 19/08/2018 19:13
Well no one can say I didn’t try. Kit doesn’t feel close enough to be a reference to Keith, if only his family member was called Christopher then it would have been so much easier 😬😄
moredoll · 19/08/2018 19:14
Middle name.
Aprilshowersinaugust · 19/08/2018 19:16
Kit is in Keith though!!
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