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Baby Girl names with K.
I am only 5 weeks and we have a boy name picked out already.
We had a bunch of names picked out and we recently fell in love with Kyndall.
I like Kyndall Reign.
Do you guys have any other suggestions? We want a K name for the first name. Middle initial doesn't matter.
Thanks :
We had a bunch of names picked out and we recently fell in love with Kyndall.
I like Kyndall Reign.
Do you guys have any other suggestions? We want a K name for the first name. Middle initial doesn't matter.
Thanks :
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Re: Baby Girl names with K.
I like Kendall-- is that the name you are going for? If yes, pretty, but I would spell it this way.
Suggestions
Kendra
Kimberly
Katrina
Kathleen
Katherine
Kira/ Kyra
Kelly
Keeley
Kayla
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I agree and great list. I also prefer Rain to Reign. HTH.
Rainbow Surprise Baby due 05/26/2017
Kendall is nice. Kyndall is a hot mess.
Other suggestions:
Kara
Keira
Kennedy
Kendra
Kerri
Kimberly
Kristin
Kirsten
Kate
I also read "Kyndall" as "Kindle."
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Please spell it Kendall Rain
Other K names: Kara, Katherine, Keira/Kyra, Kelly, Krista, Kendra, Kay
I respect your opinions and welcome suggestions but if it's Kyndall it may be ok as Kendall Reign but I don't like Kendall Rain or Raine.
I agree with PPs that the 'y' looks odd in Kendall and that Reign should be Rain.
If you like ys and K names, here are some suggestions (a lot of these are less used spellings of common names):
Kr.ysty.na/Kirstyn/Kristyn/Kristyne
Kateryna/Katya/Katalyna
Kylie
Kayley/Kaylee/Kaley
Kaitlyn
Kel.sey
Keely
Kerryn (Karen/Keren)*
Similar to Kendall is: Kendra (as PP suggested), Kenzie, or Keena.
Kerryn & Keena are my personal favourites from this list.
Kathleen
Katherine
Kristen
Kirsten
Kelly
Kerri
Krista
I would def. spell it Kendall if that's what you are going with. Kyndall jsut hurts my eyes sorry! And even tho nms I would much prefer Rain- as in a nature name- than Reign like a queen??
Keira, Katherine, Katrina, Kelsey, Kelly
Then how about Rayne? Rainn?
I think what people are trying to say in a roundabout way is that you will come off as parents who don't know how to spell.
THIS.
adding the 'e' at the end of rain makes it feel much less weather-y.
and also I like Kailee
<headdesk>
Words are intended for communication. No individual gets to decide what a word that already exists in the English language means. Reign = the act of ruling. Rain = non-freezing precipitation. When you change the spelling, it changes the meaning, and the changed meaning is what everyone in the world outside your head will think it means.
Kyndall Reign or Kendall Rain (though easier on the eyes) are NMS. I'm not a big fan of K names for girls in general, FWIW. I do like Kaia, Kenya, Katya, Katherine, Katerina, and Kate, but then the rest go downhill from there into trendy territory.
If you stick with Kendall/Kyndall, I'd pair it with a more traditional MN to ground it.
Kendall Eugenie
Kendall Elizabeth
Kendall Rose
Kendall Alexandria
Kendall Genevieve
I didn't change the meaning. I simply said you don't have to be a queen to reign. She could reign over her own life. It's not that serious. I know a little girl names Reign and she is a normal little girl.
People change the spelling of words when using them as names. Rain is not Reign. I like Reign and I do not like Rain. Are we clear? Ok thanks. :
This has nothing to do with not knowing how to spell. Especially considering Rayne and Rainn are misspelled versions of Rain.
I like the word Reign and the name Reign with its meaning "to reign". I wasn't trying to change the spelling of Rain. That was a suggestion from a PP.
Wow...I'm not sure why you're asking. It seems you've already made up your mind. I think everyone is just trying to help you out. Kyndall is a misspelling for the name Kendall and Reign is just a word where as Rain can be a name.
Rainbow Surprise Baby due 05/26/2017
I didn't say you don't know how to spell. I said people will look at your daughter's name, and immediately think "illiterate parents".
Okay whatever. When you said you like "different spellings" I wasn't clear on whether you realized reign isn't a different spelling of rain, it's a different word. If you like it, then fine. I don't give a flip about middle names, really. But Kyndall seems like a bad idea to me - people will assume you couldn't spell Kendall, or they will pronounce it like Kindle instead of Kendall, which may or may not be what you're going for, I can't tell. I agree with a lot of PPs' suggestions. K names are hard for me because they seem inherently kind of juvenile and cutesy; if you want a K name I would pick something traditional that will suit your DD at all stages of life, and don't fluff it up with a superfluous Y. I would have a hard time taking a Kyndall seriously. You may not want to hear it, but I'm sure I'm not the only one, and you're not the one who has to live with the name
K names are NMS, but I prefer K names that have a vowel as their second letter, softens it up a bit.
Kate, Kara, Kassidy, Kaitlyn, Kailyn, Kayleigh, Keri, Kaci, Kolbe, Kobe, Kayla, Kalina, Kami, Kennedy, Kinsley, Kenna, Kenzie, Kori, Kyla
I have a clear understanding of what Reign is and what it means. I was not going for Rain. I believe I made that clear. Apparently you missed it.
Kyndall or Kendall will still be pronounced Kindle by me so it won't matter. My oldest is Trinity but she has a friend named Trinitee. People change spellings of names all the time. I don't see the big deal. If its not your style, I respect that but for a girl I like Kendall with a Y.
Just like Aaron is a boy name and Erin is a girl name.
John and Jean...there is no law on how to spell a name. That's my right.
I understand that you all are entitled to your opinion but I had a ton of names and my friends and family helped me choose Kyndall and Reign. I just haven't made a confirmed decision yet so I thought I would ask for suggestions for other names...not other spellings as I have a long way to go.
Who are you to tell me Rain can be used as a name but Reign can not? Neither is a traditional name. Both are words. YOU just happen to prefer one over the other.
My post was asking for other suggestions, not to bash names that I love.
If you don't like Kyndall or Reign then that is fine but I didn't ask for you to bash the spelling and insult my intelligence. I asked for "other suggestions".
I know of a girl named Kendyl. You guys may have "rules" for naming but their are plenty of people that like to be original. I don't want a traditional name for my child.
I don't like Reign. It's a weird meaning for a name.
As for Kyndall, a "y" can really only replace an "i", because that's the sound it makes. Like PPs have said. Kyndall is pronounced Kindle, not Kendall.
K names aren't my favorite, because it's a difficult letter to pull off classy with. There are definitely some good ones out there though:
Kaia
Kasey
Kate
Kaitlyn
Kelly
Kestrel
Keira
Kimberly
Kyla
I did no bashing. I just pointed out the obvious. Kendall and Rain have etymology where as Kyndall and Reign don't, IMO. Like I said before, it seems as though you've already made up your mind so I'm not sure why you bothered to ask opinions. It's your child, use whatever name you wish. However, if you ask for opinions, be prepared to get them!
Rainbow Surprise Baby due 05/26/2017
It sounds like you already have your mind made up for Kyndall Reign. Why bother asking for suggestions?
If you were open to other ideas, Kendall Reese would be a better name (in that they are both real names and not made up or youneek spellings). Having said that, if you want to put Reign in the MN spot, go for it. It's your kid, not mine.
Just remember your child has to live with the name you choose forever (or until she is old enough to change it herself).
You did not make it clear and I missed nothing. When multiple people don't understand what you thought you made clear, then you are the one who failed to communicate clearly. When multiple people say they will pronounce Kyndall differently from Kendall, then you might be in the minority on that point too. When multiple people say there is a correct way to spell certain names because each name has an origin, a meaning and an etymology that originated in communities of language speakers and which you cannot change because you can't change history, you can change the spelling if you like and you have every legal and moral right to do so, but people are going to make assumptions based on whether you choose the traditional or the "different" spelling. And there is a difference between the names Aaron and Erin, which are spelled differently because they have different origins in different languages, and the names Kendall and Kyndall, one of which has an origin in a language and one of which has a spelling that was deliberately changed to be "different."
Name your child whatever you want. You control that. You do not control what other people think of your child's name, what kind of assumptions they make about you based on the name, how they pronounce it, or anything else. Most of us choose names that we know people will react to in the way we wish (again, we work with the language to communicate what we want), rather than choosing a name because darn it, we like it, and then getting pissy because other people don't.
ETA: The letter R is a menacing letter. That's why they call it MURDER and not muckduck. Dwight Schrute, paraphrased.
Reign doesn't do much to break up the R sound. Reign also rhymes with pain and bane. It's not a nice sound.
I agree "K" names are hard. My daughter is Katherine (we call her Kate) and other than a few other names (Kristen/Kirsten, Kara, Karen) I don't like many K names because they come off as cutesy. K is a rare letter in the English language, it is why it is used a lot in marketing strategy because it "catches the eye". Because of that, many people have run with it as a way to make their children's names "unique". Sadly, it has degenerated into becoming trendy in lower socioeconomic populations and now just looks "trashy" or "uneducated".
As for Kyndall Reign... I'm not sure what accent you have where KEndall and KYndall sound the same. One is "Ken-dal" and one is "Kin-dal". Ken and Kin are not pronounced the same way in the vast majority of English language speakers. And the superfluous "y" in Kyndall is exactly what A LOT of people find to look juvenile and silly. Maybe your friends or family like it, or maybe they just say that to your face, but MANY people will roll their eyes at that spelling.
Reign is way NMS but if that is what you want in the middle - whatever. I think most of us feel like the middle name is the place for guilty pleasures, family names, or whatever we want. I don't personally care for Reign or Rain so it is a moot point for me to make.
As for being "original". Your child has to live with this name forever. This is an important decision and really shouldn't be a kree8tivve outlet for you to project upon. There has been research done on names in "Freakonomics" and other publications and it has been proven that "unique" names are not taken as seriously as what you consider traditional names. She will have a harder time getting job interviews, getting into college, and doing other things that require her to present herself on paper. People will make a snap judgement based on her name whether you like it or not. And Kyndall Reign looks very juvenile and like she is from a lower SES family (whether that is true or not). Kyndall might be cute at 3, but Kendall can stand up at 30.
Remember, this isn't a name for you, it is the first gift you give your child.
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Well?
I love Kendall Reese. I'm not a fan of Kendall spelled that way but I do respect your opinion.
I posted asking for other name suggestions. Not etymology or spelling changes.
So if I see something I haven't already thought of that I like, I would have some other options.
Thanks for Reese.
I haven't made up my mind. I just have a different opinion and naming style than most of you posting. I didn't ask for spell check. I asked for OTHER NAME SUGGESTIONS.
Thanks :
My name is Kwanza. I have a college education and a pretty decent corporate career. My name although I'm not fond if it has never been a hindrance to me. It is very ethnic but my resume didn't get looked over. I get mistaken for a man sometimes but that could work in my favor.
I haven't made up my mind but telling me bad things about a possible name doesn't really help.
I asked for other name suggestions. Just because I like a name, doesn't mean that I won't consider others.
Times they are a changing...
Kyndall meaning and name origin
Kyndall kynda
ll, kyndall as a girl's name is a variant of Kendall Old English, and the meaning of Kyndall is "the Kent river valley".
The baby name Kyndall sounds like Kyndal and Kindall. Other similar baby names are Lyndall, Kendell, Kendal, Kendahl, Lyndell and Wendall.
Read the comments and other opinions. There are people named Kyndall that commented and love their name.
I saw a Kyndall Lee and a Kyndall Paige and a boy named Kyndall that commented.
So as I said...I respect your opinions but IF I choose Kyndall, that will be the spelling.
Thanks kindly,
KC
Absolutely she could. Because her education and work ethic will far supersede the likes of shallow people. It's not like I wanna name her Apple Seed. Lol
Katherine, Kelly, Keri, Kimberly, Khloe, Kourtney, Kendall, Kylie (kardashian style), Kayla, Kyla, Kira, Karen,
I have a friend who works in recruiting and wades through thousands of applications a day. If she looks at a name and it is oddly spelled or looks hard to pronounce, it goes straight to the 'vertical filing bin' aka the garbage. When you deal with a high volume of applications, you develop a quick screening process to determine whose resumes get a closer read. Kyndall Reign wouldn't pass her test, just saying.
Name your kid whatever name, with whatever jacked up spelling you want. It's a free world. But don't be surprised if she [and you by extension] are judged negatively for it.