How would you pronounce this name Kaelan or Kaylan

[Twicemummytobe]

We have finally found the name we are wanting to call our son.

I love the spelling “Kaelan” pronounced “Kay- Lan” but I am worried people would call him “KEE-LAN”

or do we have to make it obvious for people and spell it out as “Kaylan”

Yeah, I thought this. Why would ae in English be pronounced ee?

I would pronounce both kay-lan

www.mumsnet.com/talk/baby_names/1165288-Why-are-K-names-considered-chav

she means chav names and tbh I thought the same. kaylen, kayden, jayden, etc. mums still wearing pj's usually drop kids with these type of names off at our local primary then walk home smoking cannabis 😆.

I teach a boy called Kaelin who I often accidentally call Key-lin and I've a female colleague called Keelin whose name sometimes causes me to pause. I'm in Ireland though and I prefer the spelling Caoilfhionn 🤣 That's not going to work for an English setting though. (As for Kay names, my mum had a lovely friend called Kay who was definitely not common)

Mine too

Can you still buy this stuff?!?

It’s Caelan with a C.

Lovely name, it’s my DS’s name ❤

Is the K name reference about the large American Kardashian family and those who copy them?
(All have K names or K sounding names, not one-off sibling names)

This is like pulling teeth. @IHate thinks it’s a chavvy name and it sounds like something a Love Island contestant would be called. She is not keen on names begging with Kay for example Kayleigh and Kayden. They’re quite chavvy and she thinks they are class markers.

FWIW I totally agree.

ahhh I see what you mean, would the spelling of Caelan be a better spelling of the name? So not chavy and that?

It's not "chavvy".
Only snobs think that.

To be honest I’d probably pronounce Kaylan as “Kay-lan ” and Kaelan more like “Kale -an” but there’s not a huge difference and “Kee-lan” would never occur to me.

I admit the Kaylan spelling does look a bit downmarket - maybe because of it’s similar look to “US trend” names like Jayden, Hayden etc. So if you love the name I’d stick with the Kaelan spelling, as it’s an uncommon name anyway afaik- so I suspect he’s going to have to tell people how to spell it whichever version you use (so you might as well use the version you prefer!).

Yes, OP imo Caelan is far nicer. It looks like an anglicised version of an Irish name then to me (which I think it is -Caolan with a fada?) - and as as bonus might give him the option of the nn Cal if he wants (which personally I’ve always loved).

Caelen looks very handsome.
I also prefer Carl, Callan and Colin to Kaelan.

I know a few girls ..
Kaylin
Kalyn
Katelyn
Kaelie
Kealie
Jaelyn

Prefer Caelan but there are several different ways of spelling this name in our college. It's a name like Jayden. Must've been very popular 15-18 years ago, we have loads.

I'd question Kaelan - maybe lean towards keelan but Kaylan would be exactly as you said and no confusion. It also looks nicer written

Maybe that is why, but it will likely happen a lot

I would pronounce either as Kay - len. As someone commented earlier, you would pronounce Mae/ Maeve as Mee or Meeve etc, so it's more likely that if someone says it's Key lan, they are miss reading it.

As someone with a son who has a very traditional name, that I stupidly spelt in the slightly unusual way, please chose Kaylen. He'll forever have to spell his name... it's really annoying..

This, boys K names are problematic and best avoided.

if you must then use a C

I’ve looked online as caelan is the Scottish version?

Wayne Rooney’s kids: Kai, Klay, Kit and Cass.

Just saying.

I agree on the K names (and I don’t even watch love island 😂) although feel that Katherine and Katie are exceptions! I met a Kreesha once which was ummm nice.

Caelan is far nicer @Twicemummytobe .

This, boys K names are problematic and best avoided.

Kevin, Keith, Kirk, Kieran are not to my taste but problematic?

Should say WOULDN'T...

My brain sees 'ae' as an 'eye' sound, (unless it's learned differently, like Rae) so I'd see 'Ky-lan'. Definitely wouldn't see Kee-lan, but I guess it demonstrates how ambiguous Kaelan might be.