What do you think of the name Kai?

[onthepier]

I love the name, but I'm getting mixed opinions!

There's a really lovely perfume called Kai.

barns, too true,
never understood the whole mumsnet names thing.
Who cares what other people think?

Chavtastic - sorry :-(

Really really dislike it.

Sorry

Also makes me immediately think of DAniella Westbrook.

Hmm, will reconsider. I know you're not supposed to base your decisions around what others think, but will for my future child's sake, I don't want him to have to put up with comments about his name for his whole life!!

Thanks for all your responses btw!

onepier... he won't have to put up with comments, honestly. It's not like it's not a proper name, just not that common. It will be his name and he will be proud, regardless of if others like it or not.

My son is in a school of 300 + and is the only boy with his name. He loves that, in his words " noone has to use my 2nd name to know who i am"

There was a beautiful kid with dark red hair at my primary school called Kai. But there are 2 primary-aged Kais since who have both seemed really troubled and angry. it has tainted the name for me a bit.

BTW... my ds is not a Kai...

not keen on it
bit footballery

It's OK.

I've taught a few kais in my time. Lovely children, shame about the parents

OMDB- what a fantastic way to put it!

It sounds like half a name to me like it should be Kyle or Kylie. I realise it's a name in it's own right but it just doesn't have much impact. Sorry.

I really liked Kai when I was first pregnant but it didn;t make the shortlist after I realised how popular it is becoming (I wanted a more unusual name for our LO).

You can also have Cai, which is Welsh, and a shortened version of Caius (or maybe Gaius?)

Not my cup of tea but it's not my baby! If you like it - use it!

A friend in the USA recently had her first baby and he is called Mordecai .. shortened to Cai..

Not sure what I think of Mordecai...

OMG my DS (4yrs) called Kai, back when there weren't any.....now this. WTF have we done. Heck. We live in a poshish part of Devon. maybe if he never moves he'll survive. What was I thinking. Bum. Bum bum bum.

Onthepier
someone will loathe whatever name you choose, and probably pointedly tell you as much, I guarantee that! What matters if that you like it and you know you always will.

Kai doesn't do anything for me (but I've nothing against it either).
Very popular around 8 yrs ago, I think. Haven't met so many under 5.

No one has mentioned the 'Rooney factor'

Just what I was thinking Melina

It's actually a perfectly nice name, just ruined for me by Daniella Westbrook and Wayne Rooney. But then again I don't know any in real life so that's the only association I have with it as a name!

If you like it, go for it - as other people have said, it's what you think of it that counts.

I'm reminded of lice haircuts and tracksuits ... in and of itself it's not an unpleasant sounding name, but I'd prefer one that has a harder ending or is two syllables.

Harsh, very harsh and you have to have a pretty non discript accent.

Awful
Chav
Trying too hard.
Can't take anyone with a name like that seriously! They have to live with it forever remember.

sorry don't like it. It is VERY popular where I live (an area notorious for chavdom, in fact the town where the term chav originated is right near here)