Anonymous
Post 05/07/2024 00:49     Subject: Kelly for a boy?
I’ve had two male colleagues named Kelly and liked both. I wouldn’t personally choose it but I think it’s fine.
Anonymous
Post 03/30/2024 15:35     Subject: Kelly for a boy?
I like it, but one one else will.
Anonymous
Post 03/28/2024 20:06     Subject: Re:Kelly for a boy?
My BIL is a Kelly. He played high level college football, and is from a southern state. I’ve never questioned his masculinity.
Anonymous
Post 03/28/2024 19:54     Subject: Kelly for a boy?
Anonymous wrote:I like that it's androgynous


This is only cool if you're landed nobility. Otherwise
Anonymous
Post 03/28/2024 19:42     Subject: Kelly for a boy?
I like that it's androgynous
Anonymous
Post 03/28/2024 19:31     Subject: Kelly for a boy?
My husband has a traditional female name and hates it. Also I have a gender neutral name so it confuses everyone. We purposely picked gender specific names for our kids
Anonymous
Post 03/28/2024 17:34     Subject: Kelly for a boy?
Anonymous wrote:
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?


Kelly was traditionally male name until the trend began to give male names for girls, e.g., Carter. Dylan. Taylor, .etc.


I knew a kid named Kelly Jo, and all of us fellow kids assumed that her dad wanted a boy.

That's how much perceptions have changed over a relatively short time. I'd go for it.
Anonymous
Post 03/28/2024 17:08     Subject: Kelly for a boy?
How about Susan Kelly Surname? That way he can choose whether he'd like to go by Kelly or not. He may prefer Susan, or Suze, or Sue, or Suzie...
Anonymous
Post 03/28/2024 16:57     Subject: Kelly for a boy?
I remembered this thread when I had a male server named Kelly at a restaurant last weekend. He was around 30 with gorgeous green eyes.
Anonymous
Post 03/28/2024 16:52     Subject: Kelly for a boy?
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?


Kelly was traditionally male name until the trend began to give male names for girls, e.g., Carter. Dylan. Taylor, .etc.