Cali for a girl

[TheOceanClub]

Ok, so thoughts on this?

Im not pregnant ATM but been just brainstorming a bit because we definitely want a sibling for our DS in the future. Before we knew if it’s a boy or girl we decided on a name Eden which I still love but recently I fell in love with name Cali.
No short for something else, just like that Cali. I know for someone it will be associated with California probably.
Also I don’t like middle names and our DS also don’t have one so won’t be using ( possibly) as a middle name.

I have a cat called Cali short for Calico….

i too would read it expecting it to be a shortening for a nickname

Calliope is always suggested on these threads and I don’t know if it’s just me who thinks it’s the ugliest name …

I like Cali. I prefer Cally but I like both. It will be misheard for Kelly, though.

I would spell it Callie

I'd be wary of using Kali, because of the Hindu goddess

There’s one in my family, I really didn’t like it when the name was announced - I don’t mind the sound of it just think the spelling looks incomplete and prefer Callie for that reason.

However ours is a cutie so obviously the name has grown on me now.

It has odd connotations in my opinion. I'd either think of California or the city in Columbia. There's also the cat in Paw Patrol. And I'd think of it as a nickname, not a full name. But this is probably just me.

It's short for Caroline so I'd use that, and shorten whenever.

Nice enough name but much better spelt Callie.

Agree

This, or I'd assume it was a nn

That's Kali (pronounced more like caar-lee)

I prefer the Callie spelling, but do think it's a beautiful name.

I think it’s a nice name :) I know a few Callies and one little Cali. She is adorable!

However, that spelling always seems a bit unfinished to me. Plus I work in a liquor store and sell bottles on bottles of Snoop Dogg’s Cali Red, so it just reminds me of that at this point. I do love Snoop though… 🤔

So it’s not my favorite spelling but the name itself is very sweet, and if you like it you should use it!

I also prefer Callie - lovely name.

Cali does make me think it’s short for California.

M in the NW and it’s commonly used as a short hand for Caroline

Is Cali pronounced as Call-ee or Kay-lee?
I love Calli, Callie and Cally (rhymes with shelley)
Calli sounds nice with Eden.
If you wanted a longer name you could have ..
Caroline or Carolyn, Callidora, Callista
For boys you could have Callum, Calgary, Calvin

@sparklyWand I'm from Scotland and know several babies/toddlers called Cali and have never associated with with Caledonian Uni (I went there btw)

I think once you know the child you just associate it with them.

its nice, but very common locally

it is also what a lot of Karens have become known as since the name Karen became derogatory

actually, that might be why it is so common locally!

Cali makes me think of the cat from paw patrol.

Urg no! sounds like blister.

Calle is a nicer spelling imo
How about Goldie OP?

My head went to Inverness cali thistle 😂

But to answer the question, it's a lovely name and was on my list, but with the spelling Callie or Kallie