Anonymous wrote:My maiden name is Kelly. My dad and brothers all have careers where they go by their last name so I'm used to associating Kelly with them as males.

Is it too female leaning now for a boy's first name?

Don't even worry about it. Chose a name you love.

I love Kelly for a boy but you could do Kellen or Keller

One of my best friends in high school was a male Kelly. We all called him “Kel”. They were Irish too. Ever since meeting him I loved the name Kelly for a guy. You can NN Kel or like others said, make Kelly the middle name

My brother went to school with a Kelly. Male.

I’m a female Kelly and I get SO many “dear Mr. Lastname” work emails from people I’ve never met in person.

I love Kelly as a boys name. Great idea. People rarely get a majority of positive feedback on these name threads - do it!

I love it! Go for it. And nice homage to your family. I like it better as a boy's name than a girl's honestly.

I LOVE it!

Pls don't

I love it.

Avoid Taylor too.

Anonymous wrote:No. It will be a pain in his ass. No Kelly, Stacey, Carroll, Gale, Ashley...

There are literally thousands of other excellent choices that won't cause him annoyance for 80 years.

or Loren. I know a male Loren and he hates it.

Kelly would grow tired of saying his pronouns; he/him

I love the name Kelly for a boy. When I was a kid, I was surprised to meet a girl Kelly, because it was a boy's name to me. I had a book featuring a boy named Kelly, is why.

They’ll probably think female if they see the name on paper and think trans when they meet them in person.