Kelly - Opinions please

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DD due in a month and Kelly is one we both agree.

Honest opinions please :)

Please no.

I used to work with a lovely Kelly so it has positive connotations for me 🙂 Also Kelly McGillis in Top Gun.

If you do use it, other kids her age won't have any preconceptions of the name as she'll probably be the only one they know.

I think it’s lovely 😊

I quite like it, I love Kirsty as well.

I think it's quite cute.
But yes quite 70's/80's.
It will get shortened to Kel though. And possibly Smell / Smelly.
All the Kelly / Kellies I know are lovely.

Never has a comment on mn resonated with me more than this one.
Don't do it OP.

Ooo yes I like Kirsty.

I prefer Chloe, Sylvie, Holly, Ellie, Lilly.

I like it for a boy.

Kelly was a popular name in the 1970s, as a result if you look at the list of well known women named Kelly on Wikipedia they run the gamut from diplomat, politician, sportswoman to famous actresses, singers and models. Op, I wouldn't discard a name because someone didn't like a girl called Kelly in her class in 1985 🙄

A famous Kelly
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly_Macdonald

Sorry, but I think it is really dated. As a previous poster said, it is very 1970s.

I think it's nice but I do prefer it for a boy. I love it as a boys name.

Keely is nicer.

Build a Time Machine and ask around in 2039? Honestly, I like it for a boy, slightly less so for a girl, but I’d rather have a little Kelly kicking about than lots of names that are ubiquitous right now, might as well be ‘Girl Child No. 7654 in 2024’ - if you like it, do it. Also sensing a bit of classism in some of these comments, ngl.

Horrid

I like it, do you?

I like it, I know a Kelly born about 1976, she's a force of nature, lovely person, very hard working - that's who I think about when I hear the name Kelly

I think it's pretty.
Plenty of Ellies about. Kelly is refreshing.

I know one in her 20s and one in her 30s, both lovely women! I like it, probably because there’s a good association with them. Go for the name you like OP.

Why is everyone so mad about the name “Kayleigh”?!

I quite like it but prefer it for a boy

Love it.

Callie is much nicer.

My friend Kelly was born in 1976. She is amazing and was honoured with an award at the cathedral last summer for her work in the community. @Charliecatpaws I wonder if it is the same person?

Its a nice name. Aside from 1, all the Kellys I know have been lovely.
Plus in a class full of Ellas and Avas Kelly will sound very refreshing