Middle names for Kaelyn?

[liajayne]

So basically I want a name for a girl that isn't common, however I don't mind if the middle name is slightly more common (but not super common). I have fallen in love with the name Kaelyn (Kay-Lin - almost like Caitlin without the t) but I'm stuck for a middle name!

I've come up with:

• Kaelyn Paige
• Kaelyn Jade

But I haven't fallen in love with these like I have for the first name, so does anyone have any other suggestions? My surname is Robinson so obviously I need something that flows nicely with that - I'm not too fussy about the length as long as it doesn't take 10 minutes to pronounce .

I thought caelyn was a boys name!

Kaelyn is a lovely name and I prefer it with the k, it looks odd spelt with a c.

I've no idea what the morphine connection is so goes to show not everyone will make that jump.

Plenty of people won't make the association with morphine they won't have a clue so don't worry about that too much.
I prefer the C spelling of it though, but it's up to you how you want to spell it.

I like Kaelyn Marie

Im not getting the morphine references?

But to the OP i do prefer your spelling with the K as there is a boy called Caelan in my son's class so I think the K makes it more girly. As a middle name I think something short is good, i like Jade. Jane is also good. Grace maybe? Ava, Eve?

I thought caelyn was a boys name!

I think that's Caolán possibly?

I'm undecided whether to use Kaelyn or Kailyn

Kailyn's nicer imo. Kailyn Rose has a nice ring to it.

Ok. I really really really really really don’t like it. I think it is very lower class and I really don’t like it. Hope this passes Mumsnet Guidelines

Ohgodwhyme the reason it was deleted was because I reported you for bullying. Unbelievably nasty.

taylorlynn

It was far from bullying. It was cheeky, definitely not bullying.

I don't go around criticising other people's name choices, so why so others do it to me?

The point of this thread was to find middle names that I would consider using - not to bloody slate the name. If you don't like it or don't have a sensible suggestion - don't f*ing say anything. It's not hard is it 🙄?

Op - you sound young. What you have here is a group of people who's immediate reaction to the name you've chosen is fairly negative. Mumsnet isn't indicative of the entire population but it does show that in some ways your child might be judged for their name. This goes for schools, universities, jobs, their whole life.

Is that fair? Not really, they didn't pick their name, but it is a fact. Countless studies have shown people with "unique" names do less well in pretty much all aspects of their lives.

Now your daughter's name is your choice, and you should give her a name that you can imagine yourself saying upwards of a thousand times a day. Personally, I dislike it for pretty much all the reasons previously listed. I also think phonetically it looks wrong and it doesn't translate well to other languages.

To answer your question Felicity is my favourite. I actually like it as a first name. I knew a Felicity growing up and she was known as Flick. Flick Robinson sounds like a pretty cool name.

Yeah, I don't think being called Flick would be all that cool when teenage boys started sniggering about flick the bean.

I prefer Fliss as a nn for Felicity.
If you like Kaelyn, ask yourself would you have liked it 10 years ago, 5 years ago and will you still like it in 5, 10, 20, 30, 60 years' time?
Like pp, I am guessing that you are young.
I suspect that after years of being asked if you/your DD meant Caitlin/Katelyn etc neither of you will like the name much.

On here, we tend to be blunt. In real life if a new mum said her baby was called Kaelyn, I'd probably say something like "Oh Caitlin, that's pretty ... Kaelyn? That's nice too." but I would be thinking "Hmm".

If you love it then use it. I'd use Paige as a mn. I like the name Paige but it was quite popular about 20 years ago so could seem dated.

I actually like it as a first name. I knew a Felicity growing up and she was known as Flick. Flick Robinson sounds like a pretty cool name.

Since Felicity has been mentioned - I do quick like it as a first name and have thought about using Felicity Paige. I'm not sure about the nickname Flick though - so the reason pointed out above 😂.

Hi OP, I know people are being a bit blunt but I think they mean well. Your name, Amelia, is so beautiful and timeless, I think that your baby deserves the same.
If you really love Kaelyn, of course go for it, but I do think it looks better with a C and an I instead of an E. And be prepared for people to think about the medicine (I didn’t because I had never heard of it!)
Would you not like to call her Jade or Paige instead? And use Kaelyn as a middle name?

My close friend called her daughter Caylin completely missing the point of the thread.

Kaelyn Eve

Love all the people saying Kaelyn is tacky, but that Caitlin pronounced Kate-lin is absolutely fine. It's pronounced Cotch-leen, Kate-lin is a far bigger abomination than Kaelyn in my eyes.

Yy. And honestly, a name that originated in someone mispronouncing a name from another culture is Wy-vonny or Gooey territory (though I always assume those are urban myths just as much as La-a).

For the people who can't conceive of a Caoilfhionn living without intractable difficulties, some people simplify it as Caoilinn, which should be more familiar in the UK, from people knowing the 'aoi' sound from Aoife and Saoirse.

Wow how condescending do some people sound on this thread.

And how can you choose a name you'll still like in 30 years? I hated my first DD's name but 17!years on I love it. I loved my other DD's name when I chose it, I dislike it now 14 years on. You pick what you like at the time because we never know if we'll like it in years to come anyway.

I know a lady called fanny. She's a dentist. If fanny can get a professional job then I'm sure kaelyn won't have a problem 🤷🏻‍♀️

And talking of the class system. That needs to fuck off. We got here the same way and we go out the same way. No ones better than the next person. And their name shouldn't define them.

I think Kailyn Amelia would be lovely! Or
Kailyn Emilia
Kailyn Ruth
Kailyn Saoirse

I quite agree that the class system is depressing, but — as a foreigner from somewhere with a far less stratified one living longterm in England — the UK is still very much in the grip of theirs. It isn’t going anywhere soon.