Kiley？ for girl

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what do you think of the name Kiley? Please give me your honest opinions.

Only for an 80s pop singer I'm afraid.

Much prefer the Kylie version of spelling it. She will have to spell it out everytime for her whole life.

Also very dated. Late 80s girls name.

I’ve never heard of it - it doesn’t read as a name to me. Is it pronounced the same as Kylie?

I would pronounce it kill-ee on first sight, which doesn’t sound right.

No

I like Kylie but I'm not keen on spelling it Kiley. It just doesn't read well.

It sounds like a try-hard version of Kylie. Which itself has dated very badly.

I didn't realise it was pronounced Kylie. I assumed Kill-ee which is obviously not good.

Fans of Rilo Kiley?

Bad version of Kylie - which isn’t that great in the first place (but who knows has been out of favour so long might swing back)

But no to Kiley

Prefer Kylie or Keela or Kya

It looks like Kylie with all the letters in the wrong order.

Honestly?
It’s awful

Sorry I agree with all above :(

Horrific

Kylie if you must but it’s very dated

A (female) friend of a friend is called Rylie.
It just looks wrong - should be Riley.

But in your case, Kiley should be Kylie!

I can't work out how to pronounce it. Kylie?
It's not my taste at all. Very 80s imo

It's awful.
It's like a bad 80's Kylie.

It looks like you've misspelled Kylie. Unfortunately, it's one of those names which will forever be associated with one specific person, like Elvis, Madonna, Beyonce and the like. I don't think I would want a name which, when someone saw it, always made them think of someone other than me first.

Both Kiley and Kylie are the same underlying Irish name. The Kylie spelling is much more common and will be recognised. The Kiley spelling is unusual and reminds English-speakers if the word “kill” which is not good for a name unless you are a pit-bull with a fighting reputation.

The underlying Irish word is often transliterated into English as Caoilean as well and gives us the dialect word “colleen”. Both caoilean and Colleen mean a young country lass or the Star of the County Down.

Honestly, don't.

Awful but if you have to, the spelling "kylie" is much better.

Not to my taste tbh.