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I think Caoimhe is a lovely name and a wonderful way to honor your Irish heritage! You're right, Keva just doesn't look as pretty as Caoimhe! Now I personaly, and most of the others here on the boards, would know how Caoimhe was pronounced when we saw it, but if someone said kee-vah to us we might have a hard time spelling it, unless you said "it's Irish" and I'd only know how to spell it then because I adore Irish and Scottish names! :)
I really think that even though it may be hard for some of your friends and even your daughter's school teachers (future teachers) to spell her name that you should stick with this spelling, especially as it's really important to you! If you really felt you needed to you could let everyone else spell it Keeva (or Keevy) and use Caoimhe among your family, but that could get really confusing!
I encourage you to stick with Caoimhe because of how beautiful it is, and it will do others in this world some good to learn about a Gaelic name like this! :)

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P.S. Your name is also lovely Caragh! :)

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Ladybugs all dressed in red,
Waltzing thru the flower bed!
If I were tiny, just like you,
I'd dance among the flowers too!

This message was edited 2/28/2006, 3:14 PM