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Help[Opinions] WDYT of Keeley?
This name has really been on my mind lately-I think it's sweet and spunky. WDYT?
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I like it.
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I don't mind it, but it's not a fave of mine.
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While "sweet" and "spunky" are good qualities, I think you should shoot for more than just those two qualities. What if your daughter doesn't grow up to be sweet and spunky? What if she grows up to be serious and reserved? Would the name still fit her then?
Keely sounds like a very childish name to me, and a little too sweet.
Keely sounds like a very childish name to me, and a little too sweet.
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I like keeley for a name, it sounds really sweet.
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having an informal name didn't hold back Coco Chanel or Cokie Roberts
I think it has a sweetness to it. seems like someone who lives near the ocean would have this name. it does seem a bit more like a nickname but I like informal names. do you have any middle name ideas for it?
Luxiana
p.s. incidently, Cokie Roberts was born Mary Martha Corinne Morrison Claiborne Boggs Roberts and Coco Chanel was born Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel.
more info on the aforementioned professional women:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cokie_Roberts
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coco_Chanel
I think it has a sweetness to it. seems like someone who lives near the ocean would have this name. it does seem a bit more like a nickname but I like informal names. do you have any middle name ideas for it?
Luxiana
p.s. incidently, Cokie Roberts was born Mary Martha Corinne Morrison Claiborne Boggs Roberts and Coco Chanel was born Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel.
more info on the aforementioned professional women:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cokie_Roberts
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coco_Chanel
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But if they'd *had* trouble...
They would have had full names to fall back on. Little Keeley wouldn't.
I don't really care one way or the other about the name, but it does strike me as rather flighty and not all that pretty.
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They would have had full names to fall back on. Little Keeley wouldn't.
I don't really care one way or the other about the name, but it does strike me as rather flighty and not all that pretty.
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my point is *using* an informal name didn't hold these women back
in their professional lives. if they had "trouble" I doubt a name change would solve it.
Luxiana
in their professional lives. if they had "trouble" I doubt a name change would solve it.
Luxiana
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It has "keel" in it; enough said.
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Sounds too cutesy and immature, imo. And makes me think of "keeling over". :-/
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I agree.
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Agree.
I can picture an old women with it though. "Oh poor Great-Aunt Keeley. She keeps trying to water her fake plants." I'd personally have trouble taking someone seriously with a name like this. It just wouldn't age well.
I can picture an old women with it though. "Oh poor Great-Aunt Keeley. She keeps trying to water her fake plants." I'd personally have trouble taking someone seriously with a name like this. It just wouldn't age well.
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I hate being negative, but Keeley strikes me as unoriginal and plain. It doesn't help that it's one of those surname-trendy '-ley'-ending names along the line of Kiley/Riley/Haley/Bailey/Finley/Presley/Marley/Paisley...
If you like the name, then that's really all that counts. :) But could you imagine a 30-, 40-, 50-, 60- or 70-year old named Keeley? Will the name grow with her as she gets older? Could you imagine a professional woman who has long grown out of toddler cuteness carrying this name? Will she be the only Keeley in a classroom or will she have to write her surname's initial on all her paperwork for school? Just questions to think about.
If you like the name, then that's really all that counts. :) But could you imagine a 30-, 40-, 50-, 60- or 70-year old named Keeley? Will the name grow with her as she gets older? Could you imagine a professional woman who has long grown out of toddler cuteness carrying this name? Will she be the only Keeley in a classroom or will she have to write her surname's initial on all her paperwork for school? Just questions to think about.
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I kind of agree but...
Its kind of cute. I know the -ley endings are popular, but I dont know. Its simply, feminine, but not overly done.
I dont know if it ages well though, but as far as if she is the only one in her class...I grew up being one Kristina fish is a sea of them...I never signed my first name on anything I turned in (unless it was typed or something). I was the only one with my surname, so I always used that. Some teachers even started calling me by my surname because it was less confusing. There are ways around the ever-so-popular names...
Its kind of cute. I know the -ley endings are popular, but I dont know. Its simply, feminine, but not overly done.
I dont know if it ages well though, but as far as if she is the only one in her class...I grew up being one Kristina fish is a sea of them...I never signed my first name on anything I turned in (unless it was typed or something). I was the only one with my surname, so I always used that. Some teachers even started calling me by my surname because it was less confusing. There are ways around the ever-so-popular names...
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Well put!
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