Need help in deciding name for a girl

jkelly047 · October 2014

We don't know what we are having but we have the boys name all set. Need help picking a girls name. Do you like either:
1. Kaedyn
2. Kaelyn

NatureLovers · October 2014

Neither. The names are made up and the spelling is atrocious.

NatureLovers · October 2014

jkelly047 said:
We don't know what we are having but we have the boys name all set. Need help picking a girls name. Do you like either:
1. Kaedyn
2. Kaelyn

QFP

ashiscute · October 2014

I had to read it a couple times to see if there were different. Honestly, neither are good. I'd keep searching for something better.

allrightmeow · October 2014

No

baloneydisc · October 2014

Neither

suncake · October 2014

Kaden I have a friend named Kaden but he is a he. Kaylynn maybe ?

WashingtonQueen · October 2014

Run faaaaaaaaar away from those "names". They don't belong on humans.

JubilantSquirrel · October 2014

I can't take either of those names seriously.

Manateearmz · October 2014

I vote for option #3 whatever that may be.

ur_mom222 · October 2014

Both are cute and unique. People seem to have problems with unique names but I think they are WAYY better than common names. But I like kaelyn better. More girly

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JubilantSquirrel · October 2014

keeganbeck said:

Both are cute and unique. People seem to have problems with unique names but I think they are WAYY better than common names. But I like kaelyn better. More girly

There is unique and then there's youneek. These names fit the latter.

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SteffieR13 · October 2014

keeganbeck said:
Both are cute and unique. People seem to have problems with unique names but I think they are WAYY better than common names. But I like kaelyn better. More girly

There is a difference between unique and trendy names that aren't really real or have ridiculous spellings for no reason...you can choose a real name that is still unique and uncommon.

leela02 · October 2014

keeganbeck said:

Both are cute and unique. People seem to have problems with unique names but I think they are WAYY better than common names. But I like kaelyn better. More girly

Unique =/= good. If most people think a name is unusable on a human being, of course it would not be common.

rahkitt · October 2014

I'm guessing you're too young to remember Kato Kaelin.

TashaPlusNika · October 2014

Nai-thyr -.-

Dani0329 · October 2014

Bad spelling, the names are NMS but at least spell them correctly.

cwbh928 · October 2014

I am sorry - maybe my brain isn't working to well this morning or I skipped a Hooked on Phonic's session when I was younger, but I am having such a hard time trying to pronounce those names.

jac409 · October 2014

I know several Kaelynns. I don't think that one is bad, but I don't like the spelling you have. It just seems made up to me.

BeachBum678 · October 2014

Leaving my thoughts about made-up names aside...

So here's the real problem I have with both those names - I'm willing to bet that when you imagine them on your daughter, you picture a smiley baby or a cute, bubbly toddler. You're not naming a person, you're naming a 2-year old.

The thing is, your daughter won't be 2 forever. Could you picture "Kaelyn" or "Kaedyn" on an 18-year old Harvard freshman? A 35-year old woman looking for a job? A 75-year old grandmother? I can't; I'll always think of a 2-year old, and really, that's not fair to your child. A good name should fit a person at every stage of their life. It should grow and adapt as they do, i.e. Billy in elementary school, Bill in high school, William as an adult (or Bill if he so chooses.)

Can I make a few suggestions? These names are all "real" names, but are "cute" and will also age well:

Kaya

Keira

Kaitlin

Violet

Carissa

Edit: formatting

BeachBum678 · October 2014

keeganbeck said:

Both are cute and unique. People seem to have problems with unique names but I think they are WAYY better than common names. But I like kaelyn better. More girly

I wouldn't really call "Caden" unique. Caden (just like Aiden, Jaden, Braden, Hayden, etc.) is extremely common, not to mention a boy's name.

I don't understand the thinking behind taken a very common name, twisting up the spelling, and calling it unique. It's like you're saying, "Well, I want to give my kid a popular name so they'll be just like everyone else, but I'll spell it a crazy way so they'll be 'unique.' It's different but not THAT different, so best of both worlds!" Sorry, it doesn't really work like that. A weird spelling doesn't make me think a child is unique, it makes me think her parents are uneducated and trying way too hard. And besides, when you call out the kid's name on the playground, no one's going to know if you spelled it Kate, Cate, Kait, Caet, Khayte...they all sound exactly the same. Tell me how that's unique.

Hey, I'm all for uncommon and unique names...provided they actually ARE uncommon and unique and actually ARE names. Pick an uncommon name and spell it correctly; there are plenty to choose from.

TashaPlusNika · October 2014

BeachBum678 said:

keeganbeck said:

Both are cute and unique. People seem to have problems with unique names but I think they are WAYY better than common names. But I like kaelyn better. More girly

I wouldn't really call "Caden" unique. Caden (just like Aiden, Jaden, Braden, Hayden, etc.) is extremely common, not to mention a boy's name.

You forgot 'Zayden/Zaeden/Zaidyn' whatever variation.

katiescarlett1 · October 2014

Of the two, I like #2 a lot better.

alysonmh · October 2014

Neither are particularly great, mainly because of the spelling.

UberBiz · October 2014

For what it's worth, my daughter's name is Caelyn, and I haven't had anyone tell me that it's an awful name and fake or made up or "yooneek."

WashingtonQueen · October 2014

UberBiz said:
For what it's worth, my daughter's name is Caelyn, and I haven't had anyone tell me that it's an awful name and fake or made up or "yooneek."

Most people don't comment on the name of an already born child to the mother's face.

UberBiz · October 2014

WashingtonQueen said:

For what it's worth, my daughter's name is Caelyn, and I haven't had anyone tell me that it's an awful name and fake or made up or "yooneek."
Most people don't comment on the name of an already born child to the mother's face.

I was including before she was born, too

thefuturemrsj15 · October 2014

Spelling a name in an odd way is just going to make that poor child have to correct people the rest of it's life. Nobody will ever say it the same way twice. It sounds pretentious.

ur_mom222 · October 2014

Just gonna leave it here that the names she posted aren't the types of names to be thrown out while being hired. Employers look at waaaay more things than a name. It can be a factor, but honestly it's not a huge deal unless the name is really bad (like Harry bal, a guy my sister went to hs with). I have conducted many job interviews and hired many people, not once have I not hired someone or thrown out their resume because of a name that isn't common or is cutesy. IMO a name that you guys say is "youneek" or trendy is still a lot better than most of the old gramma names trending right now. I've met many young adults and older with names that are like kayden and it doesn't seem weird to me. I don't even think twice about it. I've grown up with a boy name that wasn't trendy, is very unique and is a name you'd totally tear apart, but I received nothing but compliments on it and am a successful young adult so I think the whole argument about the child not getting jobs or into colleges because of a name is incredibly extreme.

PrimRoseMama · October 2014

Please don't do either. I would have a hard time taking an adult with this name seriously.

It's cute until the kid has to try to hack it in the real world. Then, not so much.

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