Marley and Kennedy

[AliceBeckett]

I'm due for twin girls in late March, both these names are ones i really like and suit their surname and my husband likes them, but i've heard other people they sound too pretentious or try-hard. What do you think?

Are you in the UK? They sound more like American or Australian type names to me (but I could be completely wrong about that). If you like them then go ahead- they don’t sound try hard, just a bit TVish, if that makes sense?

Marley is nice, I think of it as a male name though.

Kennedy sounds very chavvy.

Marley was one because i just thought it was pretty but Kennedy was an idea because the name has just become quite important to me for personal reasons. And we live in the US.

They're very different from each other and I think that's good for twins.

I quite like the name Marley

Not overly keen on Kennedy but if its for personal reasons why not ? I also see you are in the US so pehaps its not as unusual there as it would be in the UK say.

Marley was what everyone was calling their puppies in the mid-noughties when that film about the dog came out.

Kennedy wouldn’t be top of my list, but it’s a truly gender neutral name if that’s a benefit to you.

Dreadful. Sounds like the name of a grain company in the Mid-west.

Both Marley and Kennedy are male names to me, I used to know a Kennedy when I lived in Scotland ...

i've only ever known girls with these as first names, i didn't realise they were mostly male.

Nice names but I wouldn't pair them up.

I think they’re the opposite of pretentious! I know a female Marley and she’s cute but it’s not a name I’d personally choose and with Kennedy I’d think they were boys.

Absolutely dreadful. Makes them sound like a firm of Builders!

I don't think they are mostly male. I think Kennedy sounds like a surname - and I personally wouldn't use a surname as a baby's first name unless it was a family name (for example, your own maiden name, or one of your child's grandmothers' maiden names, or similar further back ).

I think of Marley (Marlie, Marli, Marly, Marlee) as a normal(ised) girls' first name, though - even though it may be derived from a surname. Kennedy isn't, especially with the US history of Kennedy. It's a family (sur)name for me but I still would not use it as a first name for a baby.

Doesn't Kennedy mean "ugly head"? Would you do that to your child?

Dog names, I really am sorry OP.

it's a no from me. sorry op

Doesn't Kennedy mean "ugly head"?

Not ugly in the sense that someone is not attractive - it actually means a head misshapen by wearing armour, in the role of a fighter. Cinnéidigh/Cennétigs was the father of Irish king Brian Boru - a lifelong fighter. All very noble, but not a reason to give the name to a 21st century American child!

Male names.
Or dog names.

Both sound awful, but Kennedy is the better of the two.

You might be better off asking on a more American site. Mumsnet is very geared towards people who like posh UK names that aren't in the top 50. If you like the names then go for them, it is you that will be using them.

I really like both the names together... I think kenny is a really cute nn too

No point asking on mumsnet op unless you want to call them Amelia, Olivia, Isla, Ava or Eva

I like them.

I love them. Go for it. If you both like them that’s the main thing anyway

You forgot “Ottilie” @Thefaceofboe

I know sisters called Madison & Kennedy.
Wouldn't have been names I would have considered but they really suit them and are beautiful little girls.