Where is Ketty from and what do you think?

[freyapoodle]

I saw this (yes same book as my other thread) and really like it.
A bit like Kitty which we're also considering. Is this short for anything or can it be used on its own?
Has anybody heard of it before?

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You will get lots of post addressed to Betty. Don't do it.

It's short for kettle but not sure if that helps

It's quite nice in a way.

No i do like it actually.

I can't think of a longer form though.

Kitty much nicer and not so
Everyone will think she is called Katie with a northern accent if you call her Ketty

kettys nice...better than kitty. maybe made up. who cares? i like it

People will keep trying to change it to Kitty. Annoying, but they will and you (and dd when she's older) will have to keep explaining and correcting it.

Not keen. Makes me think of that Ketamine thread all over again.

Not keen either - how about Kerry? Twentypence is right - she'll be called Betty or Katie or Kitty and have to spell it every time on the phone. Probably more than once.

Sounds like katy with a new Zealand accent!

Prefer Hetty to Ketty ,which sounds totally made up lol

Why would anyone call a kid "kettle"?

"Hi my names Iro - short for iron"

"The names Py - short for pyrex"

Do you think sometimes people overhear a child being called by a nickname and think "Oh, that's a nice name" not realizing that it's not a name at all? My children call each other Matmic and Dace - I do hope no one ever decides to use either of them as proper names!

I've got a kitty, ketty is silly, sounds completely made up.

Ketty is what we'd call someone who had been snorting ketamine.

Not a nice name.

It reminds me of Ketamine. Personally I wouldn't like my child to be named after a class A drug.

Sounds like it is short for Kettle

There's a Ketty in The Three Musqueteers.