Kaelyn?

[Naetha]

Struggling with names for soon to be DD (due in 3 weeks - eek!).

We wanted to go a bit off-piste, as we can't stand 95% of the top 100 girls' names, and had got as down to Keira or Kyra.

DS found Kaelyn on a baby name site, and we both absolutely love it, but it does seem very American (although apparently it's an old English name meaning waterfall).

Thoughts of the Mumsnet collective?

[boodleboot]

really not very nice at all. Caiela is lovely alternative {pr Kye-la

[thesecondcocking]

hideous-sorry.

[jellybeans]

I like it. I like Kayla, Kyla and Myla too.

[slowreadingprogress]

I don't like it.

If you like 'k' names how about Keeley? I think it's more stylish and cool.

[lola0109]

DP and I were really struggling to think of girls name and he is very keen on Cailin (this spelling rather than Kaylyn). It started growing on me but i was worried about were we live, near glasgow, and people would constantly think it was Caitlin and we were just lazy and didn't pronounce the T (think Katie and Natalie).

I still think it's pretty but the pronunciation really puts me off. so we're back to square one!

[clayre]

dd has a friend named Kaylyn and she is evvvvil, a horrid child, i dread her coming to the door for dd cos shes trouble, she is only 6

[kitsmummy]

God, it's just absolutely awful

[CaptainNancy]

Isn't it welsh? Spelled Caelyn?

[mamalovesmojitos]

not nice. sorry.

[Squishabelle]

Sorry - made up and definitely reminds me of diarrhoea mixture. PLEASE dont saddle a child with this.

[ib]

I like it.

[RainRainGoAway]

Exceedingly yucky. Sounds very made up and naff. Sorry.

[Naetha]

Thanks for the heads up - I hadn't even thought of Kaolin!

[diddl]

I also like Kyra and Ciara.
And Cara!

[Jamieandhismagictorch]

Weird

[Jamieandhismagictorch]

I don't like Kaelyn

I do like Kyra, which is wierd because a lot of K names sound made-up and American

Ciara is pretty, as jkkipu says

[jkklpu]

Don't like it, sorry. Keira is very popular because of Ms Knightly. You could always go for Irish (Ciara) or Scots Gelic spelling (Ciera) to be more original.

[mathanxiety]

Very American-ish. I prefer the Irish name Caoilfhionn (or Keelan as it's pronounced, pretty much) Keira and Kyla are nice too.

[EightiesChick]

Don't like it I'm afraid. It's unfortunate in that although it's old, it does sound new and made up.

[reikizen]

As in kaolin and morphine - old diarrhoea medicine?

[NorbertDentressangle]

Sorry but Kaolin and Morphine was first thought here too

[Jujubean77]

[overmydeadbody]

Oh God Kaelyn is awful awful awful, unless you are a teenage mum living in a rough housing estate and the biggest ambitions you have for your DD are working in Argos and getting you discounts on the jewelery

[Littledawley]

Makes me think 'and morphine' - sorry. Keira is lovely.

[nicnacinoonoo]

i think its lovely so is keira. agree that kaylin is a nicer spelling of it though.
a friend of dh's has two dd's 1 called keira and 1 called keisha