MN help for Caeli

CakeBatter · July 2011

Our DD2's name will be Caeli (pronounced Kylee) but we're having a very hard time coming up with a middle name. Ann/Anne, Marie and Jane/Jayne are all out because of people we know associated with those names. Our last name is 3 syllables and ends in "ay" (like day), so between her first and last names, we really can't use names that sound like they end in a vowel. So far all we've come up with that we like are Elizabeth and Alyse/Elise. With such an unusual first name, we want to go with a more traditional MN. You ladies always come up with great names. Any suggestions for me?

Crystal42311 · July 2011

My middle name is Lynn

sunnyday016 · July 2011

I would go with anything traditional.

Just an FYI, I would NEVER have pronounced Caeli as Kylee. I would have said Kaylee.

kms34 · July 2011

I'm sorry but I don't get Kylee from Caeli. That's Caylee if anything to me.

I know a Kylee Nicole. I think that's pretty.

shall923 · July 2011

sunnyday016:
I would go with anything traditional.
Just an FYI, I would NEVER have pronounced Caeli as Kylee. I would have said Kaylee.

I thought it was Kaylee too.

mlf625 · July 2011

Kylee Elizabeth is nice.

Is Caeli a legitimate spelling or something you just came up with to be unique? I'm not a fan. At all. I would have guessed it was Kay-lee or Say-lee.

mirdamae03 · July 2011

Agree with PPs. Caeli looks like Kay-Lee to me. Behind the Name has Caelie pronounced as Kay-Lee as well.

love_melongtime · July 2011

mirdamae03:
Agree with PPs. Caeli looks like Kay-Lee to me. Behind the Name has Caelie pronounced as Kay-Lee as well.

This, exactly.

What you're trying to do here is similar to me saying "We are naming our child John. Spelled John. But its pronounce like Jane."

It just makes no sense and you will forever be telling people how you want her name pronounced.

Spookster · July 2011

mlf625:

Kylee Elizabeth is nice.

Is Caeli a legitimate spelling or something you just came up with to be unique? I'm not a fan. At all. I would have guessed it was Kay-lee or Say-lee.

First of all Indifferent and I agree with all of this. I see CAY-LEE out of this not KY-LEE in any way shape or form.

CakeBatter · July 2011

For those wondering, Caeli is not a made up name; it's Classical Latin pronunciation is Kylee while the Ecclesiastical Latin pronunciation is Chay-lee. In Classical Latin, Caeser is pronounced Ky-zer (not See-zer, like in modern times). To change the spelling to match the pronunciation also changes the meaning (i.e. Kylie/Kylee means boomerang while Caeli means heaven). We both love astronomy, so the bigger draw for us is the meaning in choosing this name. DH and I have given her name a lot of thought (and even requested feedback on it from this board previously) and despite all of the challenges, we are set on this as her first name. We REALLY need help with a MN though, so suggestions for that are much appreciated!

SHOPPRINCSS · July 2011

sunnyday016:
I would go with anything traditional.
Just an FYI, I would NEVER have pronounced Caeli as Kylee. I would have said Kaylee.

this.......CAE makes K sound doesn't it?

Moneypenny424 · July 2011

CakeBatter:
For those wondering, Caeli is not a made up name; it's Classical Latin pronunciation is Kylee while the Ecclesiastical Latin pronunciation is Chay-lee. In Classical Latin, Caeser is pronounced Ky-zer (not See-zer, like in modern times). To change the spelling to match the pronunciation also changes the meaning (i.e. Kylie/Kylee means boomerang while Caeli means heaven). We both love astronomy, so the bigger draw for us is the meaning in choosing this name. DH and I have given her name a lot of thought (and even requested feedback on it from this board previously) and despite all of the challenges, we are set on this as her first name. We REALLY need help with a MN though, so suggestions for that are much appreciated!

I didn't know if it was made up or not, but after saying Caylee as my first thought, I was wondering if it was Chay-lee like Caesar too (sorry, I do like it when my college Latin comes back!). I like Elizabeth with it and also:

Caeli Rebecca

Caeli Simone

Caeli Adele

HannahO28 · July 2011

How about

Caeli Gwyneth

Caeli Judith

Caeli Rose

Caeli Louise

Caeli Maren

Caeli Annette

Caeli Josephine

Caeli Tatum

mirdamae03 · July 2011

feffy11:

I would have pronounced it as Kaylee, just an FYI.

I also love Celestial names. I know you're set on Caeli, but I also like Estelle/Stella, Celeste, Luna, Danica, Selene, and especially Soleil. I think those names are more "unique" and "unusual" than Caeli because every other girl is named Kaylee, Kaelie, Kailey, Kylee, Kylie, or some variation. The point is that they SOUND the same, so changing the spelling doesn't do more than confuse.

Here are some filler middle names: Anne, Jane, Rose, Marie, Lynn, Louise, Lou, Mae, Elizabeth...

Here's the meaning of Caesar, so I'm not sure how Caelie is a derivative of that. At that point, I'm not sure it fits your astronomical criteria.

CAESAR

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Ancient Roman

Pronounced: SEE-z?r (English) [key]

From a Roman cognomen which possibly meant "hairy", from Latin caesaries "hair". Julius Caesar and his adopted son Julius Caesar Octavianus (commonly known as Augustus) were both rulers of the Roman empire in the 1st century BC. Caesar was used as a title by the emperors that came after them.

She was using Caesar as an example of the pronunciation of Caeli.

stahlop · July 2011

Caeli Celeste

Caeli Celene

Caeli Starr

Caeli Moon

Caeli Diana

Caeli Helen

Caeli Rhiannon

Caeli Danica

Caeli Estelle

Caeli Esther

Caeli Twila/Twyla

I kind of went with the moon and stars theme for the middle name as well.

CakeBatter · July 2011

Thanks for the suggestions, ladies. I'll bring them up to DH tonight!

DawnJM25 · July 2011

I appreciate your explanation behind the name, but I have to agree with others that your DD will be correcting people for the rest of her life. Not everyone has a background in Latin and knows all of the information you provided. I understand that the meanings of names are important to some people, but is it more important than her having to constantly pronounce her name and possibly explain its meaning for people who are confused?

I like Nicole and Adele for mn.

pinkflipflops44 · July 2011

How do you figure that says Kylee? Because you said so? Please spell it Kiley/Kylee . That spelling is horrid and a normal person would assume Kaylee by that spelling and even then THAT is a horrid spelling of Kaylee.