Names dedicated to Keith, that aren't Keith

[kitsilano19]

I want to decide on a baby boy name that honours my Dad who I lost at the start of this year. His name is Keith, but I am not a huge fan of Keith for a baby in 2021... Any ideas on a similar sounding name that still honours him but is a bit more modern?

I can’t see how any other name can substitute a name!!

Middle name

Keir?

Kei

Apparently Keith means wood or forest so you could go for a name that means the same?

Use it as a middle name

Keifer
Keif
Kai
Keir
Leith

Or use it as a middle name?

Keth?

I don’t think there are any. Just use Keith. It’s an old Scottish surname, so has lots of history behind it. It’s just a bit dated for today, but I do know a young one too.

Maybe as a middle name? Or have your dads surname as a middle name?

Some kind of forest based name?

Or do you want a name that sounds a bit like Keith?

I would either use Keith itself (maybe as a middle name) or just remember your father in another way. Using a name with a tenuous connection to someone's actual name because you really don't like their actual name doesn't honour anyone. It is actually like going out of your way to emphasise that you really REALLY don't like their actual name.

I like Keith as a middle name!

Richard.

Either Keir or have Keith as a middle name. Did your Dad have a middle name/nickname that you could use? Or a favorite singer etc to honor in an indirect name?

Our sons middle name is Keith after my dad who had died a few years before he was born . I don’t think you can say you are using the name to honour someone if you then change the name .

Queef?

I'm sorry for your loss but I agree that if you want to honour him then I'd use his actual name, it's not really honouring him if you just pluck a random name that is very tenuously linked.

If you don't want it as a first name then I'd definitely use it as babies middle name. I'm sure your son will appreciate the sentiment of being named after your dad.

I disagree. I think a name that is a nod to another name is fine. The main thing is that when you hear the name is reminds you of their namesake. It doesn't matter that it's not the actual name.

I love love the name Forrest for a boy, it’s one of my guilty pleasure names! I think it would be great as a middle name. Saying that though Keith would work well in the middle with most first names, as it’s one syllable. I think it’s lovely to honour your Dad in this way and I’m sorry for your recent loss. Good luck.

@TheYearOfSmallThings you have a very good point there....!! thanks!

@namechangeuniq Barry Manilow haha, but we already named our new dog Barry to honour him! hahaha

@Welcometotheterrorzone

I disagree. I think a name that is a nod to another name is fine. The main thing is that when you hear the name is reminds you of their namesake. It doesn't matter that it's not the actual name.

But the OP says she can’t think of any substitute.

And rightfully so!

So it would be a random unrelated name chosen to avoid using Keith!

I’d go middle name
Or use one of your fathers middle names

What is your family heritage? Could you use another version of Keith? We used that Gaelic version of Margaret for our DD.

Or you could use it as a middle name. We wanted to give our other DD a name in memory or my DF, it was a name he loved and although I liked it I wasn’t keen on it as a first name so used it as a middle name.

I'd use it as a middle name.

Heath?

Silas has a similar meaning.

It’s a bit like Trotter always calling Rodney Dave in Only Fools , you can imagine the conversation with little baby x when he’s 6 , we named you Silas / Leith / Heath after your grandad who’s name was Keith .