Kelly - Opinions please

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

Honest opinions please :)

Not keen on Kelly but prefer it for a boy. How about Ceri (the Welsh version of Kerry)?

Wow my name is Kelly and I am certainly not old or a granny and have taken offence to some of these comments.

Mine too. I was named after my aunty.

My honest opinion is that there are nicer names from the 70s than Kelly and I don't like the nn Kels either. I much prefer Katie, Carrie, Karla and Katrina but it's absolutely the Ops choice and if she's likes it then go for it!!

And we're not all from the wrong side of the tracks at all.

So many lovely famous people called Kelly.

Kelly Brook
Kelly Preston
Kelly Rowland
Kelly Bishop

Than of course Gene Kelly
Lorraine Kelly

TheaBrandt · Yesterday 22:22

Really bad associations. At school in the 90s Kelly smoked wore lots of hair spray and would beat you up if you were square and looked at her funny.

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However, sorry all the much nicer Kellys, I wish I had known you instead.

It's a nice surname. I think you'd need to use Louise as a middle name for the full late 1970s effect

I like Kelly, I also love Kimberley.

Anything that rhymes with smelly always a concern

It's a school bully name. All the Kellys I've ever known were evil, including the one who was male (old nasty neighbour, American). All of them were loud aggressive bitchy chavs, except the American guy who was quite posh but still had the distinctive Kelly personality. Avoid avoid avoid!

Better than Kerry. Not as good as Kirsty.

I'm a Kelly and was born in 1978!! I think it's a lovely name 🤪

I like it! And Kerry and Kirsty and Christie. Despite being of the Kelly generation I've only known one and she was lovely.

Boy or girl? Boy 1940s cool. Girl yeah I don't mind a revival. Inoffensive, like Lucy.

Awful.

I think it’s too dated I’m afraid. If you like Kelly, how about Callie, short for Calliope, Callisto or Camilla?

It’s as good as any other name. I much prefer it to the trend for granny names such as Olive or Nora.
I also like it for a boy.

That’s awful too

Ooh no it’s right there with Sharon and Tracey as best left in the 80s! Sorry!

Ceri has always been a male name in my family.

Agree with a PP, seems to be always names of Irish origin that are ‘chavy’ - Liam, Conor, etc. Will be interesting to see what happens to all the Orla’s and Niamh’s!!

I went to University with a Kelly from south Wales. She was a lovely and kind person. It's a pretty name, I'd think how refreshing and pretty a baby Kelly was.

I only know nice Kellys ranging in age from 30 to 50. Definitely no school bully types among them.

I think it's fine and not that different in sound from the abundant Ellie/Millie/Molly/Lilys in my 6yo's school

I'm now listening to the Marillion song Kayleigh 😆

OP the multiple Kellys in my class at school were horrible (I'm 39 for context). I do have a close friend called Kelly but she goes by a nickname. Phonetically it doesn't sound too bad but I just can't imagine a baby Kelly

My name is Kelly 😅 I’m 33 and have always loved my name. I don’t think anyone would describe me as a school bully and I do think that there is a lot of snobbery in mumsnet opinions on names.

If Kelly wasn’t my name then I’d have considered it for either of my girls - I love how it sounds and think it would be refreshing at the moment.

Don’t let mumsnet opinions put you off as I do think they are mostly from a certain demographic sometimes.

Same. I've never known a nice Kelly. They were always hard and nasty.