Anonymous
Post 12/20/2021 22:28     Subject: Re:Kay names -- please no hate!
Anonymous wrote:I'd go with Kayla if Kay absolutely has to be part of the name and Kathryn if that's not a necessity. It still has the letters in it.
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Or Katya. Or Yak.
Anonymous
Post 12/20/2021 20:22     Subject: Kay names -- please no hate!
Kayane is a popular Armenian name that is really beautiful. Pronounced Kay-ahn-ey
Anonymous
Post 12/20/2021 20:19     Subject: Kay names -- please no hate!
Kaylie
Anonymous
Post 12/20/2021 20:14     Subject: Kay names -- please no hate!
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Karen. Be bold.


Or abusive.


Got a good laugh out of this comment although I assume you're serious. Would get a smirk out of all the adults she comes across. She will always be the only Karen in the class. Totally worth it.
Anonymous
Post 12/20/2021 19:50     Subject: Re:Kay names -- please no hate!
Katherine nn Kay
Anonymous
Post 12/20/2021 18:56     Subject: Kay names -- please no hate!
Anonymous wrote:Karen. Be bold.


Or abusive.
Anonymous
Post 12/20/2021 18:29     Subject: Kay names -- please no hate!
Karen. Be bold.
Anonymous
Post 12/20/2021 18:21     Subject: Kay names -- please no hate!
Anonymous wrote:I am honoring a dear female relative who passed and I want to include Kay in the name, and no I don't just want it to be Kay.

I know some people think K names are lower class, so help me out DCUM, how can I honor my Kay and stay classy!

Kaylee
Kaylynn/Kaylyn
Kayla
McKayla


I could do two names . . . like Anna Kay or Emma Kay or Mary Kay but they seem old fashioned.

Thoughts?

Too many ys. How about Katherine, Katrina, Kristina, Kylie, Kendall, Kennedy


Anonymous
Post 12/20/2021 18:18     Subject: Re:Kay names -- please no hate!
I'd go with Kayla if Kay absolutely has to be part of the name and Kathryn if that's not a necessity. It still has the letters in it.
Anonymous
Post 12/20/2021 18:16     Subject: Kay names -- please no hate!
Anonymous wrote:If “pretentious” is an option to avoid “tacky”, Karenina.


I'm not sure naming a child after a famous fictional adulterer is a great idea.
Anonymous
Post 12/20/2021 16:42     Subject: Kay names -- please no hate!
But Anne of Green Gables specifically said Katherine with a K is much better than Catherine. K names are good!
Anonymous
Post 12/20/2021 16:40     Subject: Kay names -- please no hate!
Anonymous wrote:Thanks everyone. I may end up going with just Kay. Probably Kaye to make it a bit more interesting. Hope that is not tacky!

My relative was just Kay. Not a nn.


Kaye is a nice solid name. I know two and they are wonderful people.
Anonymous
Post 12/20/2021 16:12     Subject: Re:Kay names -- please no hate!
My middle name is Kay (a family name) and I passed it down to my daughter so it’s her middle name as well. I suggest making it a middle name!
Anonymous
Post 12/20/2021 15:53     Subject: Kay names -- please no hate!
Kayla. It's a known name. It was #13 in 2000 and at #217 for 2020 in Social Security database.

No one can accuse you of "low class" or "make-up" name.

It's a good name and meets your criteria.