Baby girl name - Please help - Shortlist - 5 names to choose from

[Oaktree87]

Which one would you choose out of the following:

1. Aliki
2. Kelly
3. Kyveli
4. Clelia
5. Vicky

I know they sound probably a weird selection of names, but we are not British (although we are living in the UK) and we are trying to honour family relatives and to choose a name that works in both our origin country and the UK.

I get that these names could all be a second name and to call the child with another more mainstream name, but this is not an option.

If you could please rank them, it would help a lot :) Thanks

1. Vicky - Victoria is lovely
2. Clelia - ok
3. Kelly - surname. 1970s name. Dated.
4. Aliki - too out there
5. Kyveli - too out there

I'm guessing Greek heritage. Surely there are nicer names you could choose.

1. Aliki - I quite like this.
2. Kelly - Very 1970s, sounds like someone in their 40s or 50s
3. Kyveli - Okay
4. Clelia - Doesn't roll off the tongue and will be misread as Celia
5. Vicky - If short for Victoria then okay

1. 1 Aliki. I think this will translate i to English well and it sounds beautiful
3. 2 Kyveli. I just like this
5. 3 Kelly. Pretty normal British name nothing for or against for me
7. 4 Clelia. I have to agree it will be misread as Celia
9. 5. Vicky. I just dont care for this or Victoria I find it dull.

Aliki - Too like alkali. A sister for Acid
Kelly - Brook, Osborne etc. A name from a recent but past era.
Kyveli - Norwegian protein yoghurt
Clelia - STD
Vicky - Pollard.

None for me, sorry.

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I like Clelia the best

1. Aliki - sorry I read this Alki at first (not great, alcoholic etc)
2. Kelly - really dated
3. Kyveli - probably the best one on the list.
4. Clelia - I don’t think this looks or sounds nice and likely get misread as Celia
5. Vicky - really dated

sorry OP, probably not helpful at all. What is your heritage? I’m sure there are many names that could work x

1. Aliki
2. Vicky
3. Kyveli
4. Kelly
5. Clelia (it sounds like someone saying Celia really awkwardly)

Kyveli

Kelly.

My eyes keeping double-taking and trying to see Celia.

Maybe Aliki?

Aliki reads to me Alkie as in alcoholic.

Sticky Vicky.

Kyveli is very pretty written down, I'm not sure how to pronounce it but I would learn.

Someone mentioned Kelly was a bit dated, which I think it probably is with that spelling.

I'm not normally fan of new spellings but would you consider Callie? I think that is ok as it is a nn for Callista, and is a bit more of a current spelling, easily recognisable and easily pronounced.

Interesting list! I'm not sure how you'd pronounce 1,3 and 4?
Aliki is quite nice.
People would find Vicky and Kelly the easiest to pronounce, if that makes a difference.
I quite like Clelia, but like pp, keep thinking it's a typo for Celia.

@Calliopespa , Callie isn't a new spelling of Kelly.

That makes my suggestion all the better then.

Sorry all terrible, but I suppose Kelly if pushed. In 20 years it will probably feel fresh and new.

Kellie

I think that spelling looks nicer.

Clelia is giving off chlamydia vibes.

@Calliopespa Nothing wrong with Callie, but suggesting it is a different spelling of Kelly is not good in any way.

Aliki - nice sound, nice meaning
Kelly - ok, doesn’t seem to fit with your other choices
Kyveli - don’t like
Clelia - looks really pretty written but I found it difficult to say out loud
Vicky - Victoria is by far a better choice than Vicky.

I would choose Victoria, but if you don’t like the full name then my second choice is Aliki.

It’s quite a random list. Two 80s names, Vicky and Kelly (and Vicky is short for Victoria) and then the rest which are unusual.

Clelia is a mouthful and will be mispronounced as Celia. Kyveli reminds me of something I don’t know what but I don’t like it. Aliki, how do you pronounce it? Like ‘a leaky’, like a leaky tap?

My name is Kelly but I can’t say I like any of them really, Kelly included.

I could probably get on board with Vicky if it was short for Victoria.

I hadn't realised it was always pronounced differently.

My dc had a friend Callie, short for Callista, and they said Kelly. But to me that was not the way I had always seen it before in terms of spelling.