Kai or River

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We are having a boy - due December.

I have always loved Kai but River is also so lovely!

Are you thinking of the bridge on the river kwai?

Neither are to my own personal taste, but I prefer Kai of the two.

Neither is my taste but I prefer River

Neither sorry but out of the two prefer River

Please don't.

The kid will be an adult someday, and applying for jobs . .

If water is a theme then Koi would be an alternative.

As in Koi carp?

River is Ok

Kai is very random and makes me think of fish. Is it supposed to be the masculine of Kaia??

The only thing about both these names is they are very faddy and will date.

They are not so unusual though that they would raise an eyebrow. And they'll be applying for jobs with an entire generation where many will have unusual names.

River isn’t a great name for people, and it has to go with a great surname to not just sound stupid. Remember this person will be an adult one day and needs a proper name

Neither. River is better than Kai which is chavtastic I’m afraid.

Neither.

I think you can get away with River if you're a famous Hollywood actor, but if you're a middle manager in IT with a receding hairline it's just going to sound ridiculous.

Both are awful.

I slightly suspect Kai is a 20s version of Ryan though (or soon will be) so possibly not a great idea

River probably is a bit more neutral

Kai has been around for decades, it’s just a chavy name like McKenzi.

Yes I agree it will date but if you were recruiting for a job and a CV with the name Ryan on it appeared on your desk, you wouldn't actually blink an eye I'm sure.

Ha well - still to be avoided then I guess.

I’m probably thinking of Kaia

I wouldn't have put it quite like that but yes it is a name I would associate with a particular social class. There's nothing inherently wrong with that but it depends if you are bothered by someone making a snap judgment on hearing a name.

Neither frankly

I’m thinking more of how teachers respond to those names

And - I used to hire all our new grads, and not once do I remember seeing Ryan on a CV, which possibly says something

Oh god, they're both awful. Really awful.

Both lovely. Kai wins it for me 100% though (but that’s cause if my baby due December is a boy it’ll be Kai!).

Not a fan of either personally but out of your 2, I would go with Kai

I used to love Kai, then it became a chav name. I haven't heard it so much lately though.

River is a name where unless you've got a really impressive sounding surname it's going to sound ridiculous. River Smith? River Jones? River Brown? Nope really not working. It's also new age hippyish which might work as a teen but really doesn't on a short, fat middle aged man.

What about Rowan?