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Kylian

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sunqueen97 · 13/12/2023 21:37

Thoughts?

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ChanelNo19EDT · 13/12/2023 21:52

Really? How would they know?

I was just thinking that if it had two lls, Kyllian, then the pronunciation would be more obvious. With one L a lot of people will read it like Kyle Iain

MrsTerryPratchett · 13/12/2023 21:54

locketrocket · 13/12/2023 21:50

Laughing at all those insisting it's the wrong spelling 😊

PA little emojis with no explanation are so smug.

MaryActsLikeSheDontCare · 13/12/2023 21:54

For a girl? Kylie-Anne?

For a boy, why not just spell it “Cillian”?

blackfluffycat · 13/12/2023 21:55

HotGirlInHell · 13/12/2023 21:43

I wouldn't assume it was pronounced the same as the actual name Cillian.

To me it reads like Kylie-an.

Same

Beandoodle · 13/12/2023 21:56

sunqueen97 · 13/12/2023 21:41

Not Cillian, just Kylian. I think I kind of like it so does DH

Sounds like he may grow up to be a serial killer!

SirChenjins · 13/12/2023 21:56

If you know people who would also somehow get Cillian out of Kye-Lianne then they’re as daft as you. Ky gives you Kye, not the short Kih sound of Cillian.

NorthCliffs · 13/12/2023 21:58

sunqueen97 · 13/12/2023 21:43

It's pronounced the same as Cillian just spelt differently

So why on Earth do you want to saddle your son with a name he has to spell out every time?

blackfluffycat · 13/12/2023 22:00

I don't even know how you pronounce the peaky blinders name? Silly-un?

theduchessofspork · 13/12/2023 22:00

It’s Cillian

Unless its Kylian Kardashian, to go with his siblings Kora and Kolin do you actually want his teachers to be scared of him

TomatoSandwiches · 13/12/2023 22:00

It's just the French variant, if you have French roots go for it however Cillian is the original celtic spelling and would be better recognised in the UK, well, everywhere tbh.

theduchessofspork · 13/12/2023 22:01

Beandoodle · 13/12/2023 21:56

Sounds like he may grow up to be a serial killer!

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Kylian Kardashian the Kereal Killer

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HotGirlInHell · 13/12/2023 22:02

It's a bit tacky naming your child after a footballer is it not? May as well call him Ronaldo and get him a teeny baby sized strip for his trip home from the hospital.

User1786 · 13/12/2023 22:06

Cillian is a lovely Irish name, all the other variants look ugly to me

ElevenSeven · 13/12/2023 22:07

sunqueen97 · 13/12/2023 21:41

Not Cillian, just Kylian. I think I kind of like it so does DH

It’s Cillian, though. Kylian is so awful

SylvieLaufeydottir · 13/12/2023 22:07

Cillian is a very fine name. Kylian is truly awful.

Crumblecakes · 13/12/2023 22:08

I read it as the Cillian pronunciation! If you like it go for it!

SorenLorensonsInvisibleFriend · 13/12/2023 22:10

Just stunned by the number of people who haven't heard of one of the greatest footballers in the world at the moment... it's not a made up name, he's French!

ElevenSeven · 13/12/2023 22:11

SorenLorensonsInvisibleFriend · 13/12/2023 22:10

Just stunned by the number of people who haven't heard of one of the greatest footballers in the world at the moment... it's not a made up name, he's French!

His mother spelt it wrong too

theduchessofspork · 13/12/2023 22:12

SorenLorensonsInvisibleFriend · 13/12/2023 22:10

Just stunned by the number of people who haven't heard of one of the greatest footballers in the world at the moment... it's not a made up name, he's French!

I know two French boys called Kevin. The aren’t right about everything you know..

Janedoe82 · 13/12/2023 22:12

Spell it the Irish way, otherwise in same ilk as Kaiden/ Jaiden

ElevenSeven · 13/12/2023 22:12

Janedoe82 · 13/12/2023 22:12

Spell it the Irish way, otherwise in same ilk as Kaiden/ Jaiden

This.

AllProperTeaIsTheft · 13/12/2023 22:13

I'm not a fan of Cillian or Kylian particularly, but I certainly would have known to pronounce them both as 'Killian'. A quick Google shows that there are lots of spelling variants of this name, going back a long way, many of them starting with a 'k'. In fact, Wikipedia says the name originated from St Kilian, an Irish missionary to Germany in the 7th Century. Pronouncing the beginning of Kylian as 'Ki', not 'Kye' is surely hardly surprising. It's pronounced like the 'y' in Dylan or Lynn. The 'Kylian' variant is pretty popular in France. People on MN do love to jump to conclusions about names though.

Mischance · 13/12/2023 22:13

Heavens - sorry but it is truly horrid. Please do not saddle your child with this.

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sunqueen97 · 13/12/2023 22:15

I've come across 2 kids where I live so far who are called Kylian so not unheard of

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Changingplace · 13/12/2023 22:16

sunqueen97 · 13/12/2023 21:43

It's pronounced the same as Cillian just spelt differently

If it’s pronounced Cillian then spell it that way :) There’s nothing to be gained from purposefully misspelling a name.