Comments on: Name of the Day: Kelly http://appellationmountain.net/2009/09/02/name-of-the-day-kelly/ Where Every Name Has a Story Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:32:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Sunday Summary: 1/15/12 | Appellation Mountain http://appellationmountain.net/2009/09/02/name-of-the-day-kelly/#comment-28633 Sun, 15 Jan 2012 20:30:15 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=3115#comment-28633 [...] a name.  The article assigns Homer, Tabitha, and Agnes to the old-fashioned category; Harlow, Kelley, and Mason to the unisex group.  But I don’t buy Mason as unisex, and I don’t think [...]

]]> By: Fetching Names: Joyful J Names | Appellation Mountain http://appellationmountain.net/2009/09/02/name-of-the-day-kelly/#comment-26351 Thu, 10 Nov 2011 07:03:03 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=3115#comment-26351 [...] name was most famously worn by a Disney Channel character, and by the late son of John Travolta and Kelly Preston.  Jett first debuted in the US Top 1000 in 1999, and has climbed steadily to #353 last [...]

]]> By: Fetching Names: Apple Edition | Appellation Mountain http://appellationmountain.net/2009/09/02/name-of-the-day-kelly/#comment-25358 Fri, 14 Oct 2011 07:04:10 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=3115#comment-25358 [...] – He’s the poetic, preppy choice of Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly, and an apple, too.  The ends-in-s names feel like a trendlet, led by [...]

]]> By: In Defense of Riley Anne and Evan Marie: Ten Reasons Boys’ Names on Girls Are Not a Sign of End Times | Appellation Mountain http://appellationmountain.net/2009/09/02/name-of-the-day-kelly/#comment-22055 Sat, 02 Jul 2011 18:36:25 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=3115#comment-22055 [...] call him C.J.  And parents do seem to be daring to consider gender-shifting choices like Robin and Kelly for their [...]

]]> By: Baby Name of the Day: Farrah | Appellation Mountain http://appellationmountain.net/2009/09/02/name-of-the-day-kelly/#comment-20916 Mon, 16 May 2011 07:03:41 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=3115#comment-20916 [...] debuted.  There were three Angels at work investigating all manner of wrong-doing:  Sabrina, Kelly, and Farrah’s Angel, [...]

]]> By: Baby Name of the Day: Moses | Appellation Mountain http://appellationmountain.net/2009/09/02/name-of-the-day-kelly/#comment-17412 Mon, 17 Jan 2011 11:20:57 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=3115#comment-17412 [...] of legends, Gene Kelly and Donald O’Connor sang the silly “Moses Supposes” in 1952′s Singin’ [...]

]]> By: Panya http://appellationmountain.net/2009/09/02/name-of-the-day-kelly/#comment-8248 Thu, 03 Dec 2009 03:16:25 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=3115#comment-8248 For the nickname Katie, Kato is the only one I can think of.

I really wish there were more options for this one, since my mom is Kathy and I’d love to honor her in a son’s name.

]]> By: Kelly http://appellationmountain.net/2009/09/02/name-of-the-day-kelly/#comment-8237 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:42:30 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=3115#comment-8237 I have to agree that even with me being one who likes unisex or softer names for boys that some of those names are a stretch for a boy. Kellie and Kacie would easily be usable in my opinion if they were spelled Kelly and Casey (or some other “standard” spelling), but the spellings used in that sibset make them girlier in my opinion. Krissie is barely passable, maybe a little more so if it were a nickname for Christopher or some other Chris/Kris name. Katie on a boy (unless it is strictly an initial nickname) is a downright “Boy Named Sue” type name to me (unlike Krissie I can’t think of any masculine names right off hand that would easily lend to Katie as a nickname).

]]> By: Jeanetta http://appellationmountain.net/2009/09/02/name-of-the-day-kelly/#comment-8213 Sat, 28 Nov 2009 16:14:03 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=3115#comment-8213 I always disliked girly names on guys but my son was in school with a boy named Kellie (yes, with the ie, not a y) and I’ve come to like it. What I found interesting is that he has three younger brothers and they all have names that sound like girls.

There’s Kellie, Kacie, Krissie, and Katie. That’s the order they were born and you notice that, in my opinion, they got girlyr with each boy. (Katie, goes by the initials KT.)

I think maybe the family really wanted daughters. Krissie, by the way, is now in high and quite a football player. I think someone would be ill-advised to tease him about his name. He’s a BIG kid.

]]> By: Wasino http://appellationmountain.net/2009/09/02/name-of-the-day-kelly/#comment-6953 Sun, 06 Sep 2009 05:04:36 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=3115#comment-6953 I have 2 male Kelly’s in my family. My brother-in-law gave himself the nickname “Kelly” because he is a big fan of R. Kelly. I refuse to call him that because his real name is the dashing Jude, which I love!

My husband’s cousin’s son (yes, that is a mouthful), goes by the nickname Kelly as well. I’m not sure how that came about.

Both of my Kelly’s are Nigerians living in Spain and Ireland, respectively.

I don’t love it for either, because their real names are more interesting to me. I don’t really like Kelly for male or female. It could be because my full name is Shelly, so it’s so close to Kelly. And the sheer abundance of Kelly’s in their assorted spellings in my generation makes the name still tired for me.

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