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Kalia, Kalea, Callia?

jebuelljebuell
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Yay?  Nay?

Still on our hunt for a name like Callie.  DH suggested Kalea and I love the meaning.  I'm just not 100% of the name itself.

Btw, Kalei is the "original" version of this name on one website (which is pronounce Kah-lay-ee) and Kalea was listed as the original version on another.   But I like Kalia is a bit more American-ized.   Callia is a variant of Calliope, which I'm still hoping will grow on DH someday, and is pronounces slightly differently from Kalia/Kalea. 

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  • neveah_1neveah_1
    I like Keighlia--that looks so pretty!
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  • Becky262Becky262
    imageneveah_1:
    I like Keighlia--that looks so pretty!
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  • Becky262Becky262

    I like Callia the best  :) 

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  • KLSC04KLSC04
    What about Callista?  With the nn Callie?  I would honestly have no idea how to pronounce any of the other names.
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  • amyfeliceamyfelice
    Why not just name her Callie? That's so pretty. I am not a huge fan of the others. If I had to pick I would say Callia.
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  • shanBmcgshanBmcg

    Maybe if you stress to your hubby that she will be called Callia/Callie then he will warm up to having her full name be Calliope (which is so beautiful and classic, but uncommon - LOVE IT!).

    Question: If Kalei is pronounced Kah-lay-ee and the other "original" version is Kalea, woul the latter be pronounced similarly, as in Kay-lay-ah? Just curious.

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  • lisa5201lisa5201 member
    I love Callie the best but would go with Kalia from the above choices
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  • swanstdlswanstdl
    Calliope- A type of steam organ, invented in the USA in 1855 for outdoor use (on riverboats, at fairgrounds, on parades); a series of whistles is controlled either from a keyboard or on the barrel-organ principle. ALso a slnag term for a merry-go-round.

    Callista, I think it's a beautiful name and Callie is an adorable nickname. I would just go with the correct name, straight forward spelling and make it wasy.

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  • jebuelljebuell

    I'll try to remember all of the questions...

    The first response is an AE/troll.  That's pretty obvious.  But I have to say, I like her so far!

    Kalea/Kalia are pronounced Ka-leah.  Callia is pronounced Cal-leah.  Such a tiny, tiny difference that I just grouped them all together.

    Callista got ruined for me by one of my former students.  Just an annoying little girl.

    We LOVE Callie, but wonder if Callie Riley (our last name, not the MN) is that smart.  It's a little too repetative for me.  Plus Callie is such a cute name, but to me kind of sounds like a little girls name.  I'd like to give her the option of going by a longer name.  Which is why I'm on the fence about Kalia... it also very little girlish to me, but that's probably because I never met an adult with that name.  

    Calliope means "beautiful voice" and in mythology she's the muse of epic poetry.  

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  • nat6102006nat6102006 member
    We are going with the name Callina and the nn Callie if its a girl.  I found Callina as an alternate to Calla in a name book (also had Callida, which is pretty too)
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  • DMDavidsonDMDavidson member

    imageamyfelice:
    Why not just name her Callie? That's so pretty. I am not a huge fan of the others. If I had to pick I would say Callia.

    We're having the same issue! I think that Callie is a great name and I'm in favor of it standing alone and not needing to be a NN for a longer name. (I dislike Calista or Calliope)

    We also like a few similar 'K' names, but are getting mixed reactions b/c they're so "different." Our favorite name is Kella, which is Irish-derived and listed on babynames.com, but many people can't get used to it. 

    If I had to choose out of the names you listed, I would go with Callia or Kalea. The others are a little more tricky to know how to pronounce from the spellings.

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  • amyfeliceamyfelice

    imagenat6102006:
    We are going with the name Callina and the nn Callie if its a girl.  I found Callina as an alternate to Calla in a name book (also had Callida, which is pretty too)

    I like Callina. that is very pretty. 

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  • amyfeliceamyfelice
    oh you are right I didn't see your last name.
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