Kelly - Opinions please

[Persianterrier]

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

Honest opinions please :)

It's sweet
What about considering Kally or Cally as well.

Only if you buy her some lelli kelly shoes to wear LOL! Otherwise all anyone can think of is Kelly Osbourne, not ideal.

Not keen at all sorry and Keely is even worse.

It's horrible

It’s a name forum, expressing honest opinions about names is literally what it’s for.

If you don’t want to experience people being rude about your name, then best avoid it.

It's ok

Lovely for a boy. Terrible for a girl.

I think it's quite sweet! Callie/Kallie also lovely 🥰

what about Kaylie? I like Kelly, but prefer Kaylie.

I think it's due a reimage. Like others, I knew some horrid Kellys at school in the 80s, but dear God that was 40+ years ago!

My image of a Kelly is seriously outdated now.

Use it. Most the people your daughter will meet in her life will be far too young to even know what a 70s/80s Kelly was like. So it'll be a blank slate for them.

Mumsnet hate K names.

I went to school with a couple of smelly Kelly's but hopefully things have moved on in the playground since then. They were both nice girls.

I think you should use it if you like it. Hopefully the next generation won’t be as judgemental as this one!

Perfectly reasonable name but very dated

I like lots of names that begin with a K.
I just think they are pretty, with the exception of Kerry (Katona😂)
Have one distant cousin who was a 'Kellie' so no bad connotations (I'm mid 50's)
Also like:
Kara
Karla
Karina
Kelcie
Karin
Kendra

You’ll get the same comments from people here that all Irish names get.

Chavy, common, horrible.

I wonder if the Mumsnet current favourites Orla, Quinn & Niamh will get the same way?

I think Kelly and Keeley (know a lovely 19yr old Keeley) are great names. My school bullies were Lucinda and Victoria - they're probably regulars on this board 😆

I am not sure but I can't be the only one hoping the poster who suggested it comes back and replies 'Is it too late to say I'm sorry?'

No they're too scared to pick up the phone.

I know several. All nice enough girls but all very working class. Sorry if that sounds snobby.

I really like Kelly. And Kerry and Keeley actually.

The hair sprayed smoking bullies at my school were all Emma, Nicola and Laura!

You'll find a lot of commenters really dislike Kelly, but would have completely different feelings towards Ellie, or Callie, which are hardly different in sound at all!

It's because it was so popular in the 70s/80s, probably because it was seen as a more working class name, possibly because people know Kellys they didn't like etc.

But sound wise it's completely fine- I'd like it if i met a little Kelly. Although for some reason I can see it coming back as a boys' name.

My DN is a Kelly, born in 1996. Lovely, caring, ICU nurse.

I like it...for my best friend who is 44

It's my name and I've always liked my name!

I suspect that she will be mistaken for Keeley or Kayleigh which is a problem with Kerry too )

If it’s 70s/80s names that you like then there are better ones like Jennifer, Nicola, Louise (Louisa is nicer) , Clare (Clara is better), Lisa (as well as names like Melissa and Alyssa that can be shortened to Lissa) …