Is this in the Kayden/Caiden/Jayden/Brayden camp?

[naminggaming]

I love the name Caleb and I'm aware it's a biblical name but I worry it sounds in the Kayden/Jayden etc name camp by sound and that isn't for me.

Please tell me I'm overthinking it!

I know what you mean and no. Those other names all seemed to be popular at once for a time.

With regards to PP...It's the kid out of American Gothic he was such a good little actor.

I think even the original Aidan isn’t in the same group as Jayden/Brayden/Cayden/Hayden/Okayden

Caleb is definitely fine

How about Rueben? That’s a nice biblical name

Caleb is fine, it’s not a rough name.

There's nothing wrong with living in social housing. What a snobbish, judgemental statement!

This. As is the Kayden/Jaydon/Braydon type.

😂😂😂

Yep

It makes me think of the evil preacher in Buffy.

Not a nice association.

Something like Jonah or Joshua works better.

Ooh Jonah! Nice

I think you have completely missed the point of my comment.

Personally I hate the name Caleb, but it doesn't make me think of Kayden/Jayden etc.

I like Aiden. And actually prefer most of the - den names to Caleb because I find the "leb" sound ugly.

@LoafingLina , your Cayden has brothers called Henry, Joseph and Thomas?

Caleb is fine.

There are a million examples of words that make Kay-leb a completely unsurprising pronounciation.

Table
Cable
Able
Label
Fable

Etc.

*There are a million examples of words that make Kay-leb a completely unsurprising pronounciation.

Table
Cable
Able
Label
Fable*

None of these start with Cal though... Can you think of examples where Cal is actually pronounced Cayl ?!

I can't think of any ... calendar, calibrate, calorie, calculate etc etc

So I DO find the Cayleb pronunciation unintuitive

In other words I cannot think of examples where Cal is pronounced Cayl

@Pinkdafodils , fad->fade, rag->rage, pal->pale, wad->wade
The addition of e changes the a.

I understand, but can you think of actual words that pronounce cal... as cayl?

As in words like calendar or calorie but pronounced as caylender or caylorie?

@naminggaming. I think the fact that a couple of PPs have Cayden/Jaydens and also Calebs suggests that it's going to be one of Those Names.

PMSL at Okayden @Alloftheboys.

@LoafingLina How very snobby your first diatribe is.

@Pinkdafodils , calyx. There used to be a John Lewis shop called Caleys.
Can't think of any others, but Caleb is from the hebrew, and is pronounced differently depending on the language.

I think the problem with Caleb (and it’s pronunciation) is that it’s a name that is a recent import from the US, as are Jayden, Hayden, Okayden (Mytrainisdelayeden?) etc, which suggests that popular culture (TV, pop music, movies) is your primary reference for your personal culture, and people will pick up on that, usually in judgemental ways.

Well you like it and you don't like those so obviously it isn't in the same camp 🙄 unless you're saying there's something wrong with those names and you're worried others will put caleb in the same category, why does it matter if a name you do like sounds like another you don't like?

I love Lilith and Lily and Liliana. I hate Lilian.

Depends where you fall on saying scone

One would have to be really quite culturally and historically unaware to think that Caleb is a recent import from the U.S. in the same vein as Jayden et al!

Perhaps in terms of renewed popularity, or influenced somewhat by trends as is always the way, but in terms of history and heritage it's absolutely not in that cohort of names.