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[juniorfan29.livejournal.com]

I heard two names today, that almost made me stop and do a double take. Both girls, the first was probably 3-4. The second was 22 months.

Kiki

Ayla


Not particularly liking either one.

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[xpaniic.livejournal.com]

Kiki is my old dogs name.

[xo-inthered.livejournal.com]

Kiki is my nickname, but oh sweet Jesus, I can't imagine not being able to introduce myself as anything but!
I adore Ayla, but I'm really quite biased, I was once completely in love with a girl named Ayla-Jade.
Which, when I think about it, is quite a trashy name.
(She's 19)

[in-the-starlite.livejournal.com]

My name is Kiersten and I went by Kiki all through grade school.

[freezemyazaleas.livejournal.com]

I'd like Kiki if it were a nickname for something. I actually used Kiki as a nickname for a while in 4th grade (my name is Karlie). I think it can be a nickname for anything that starts with K or C.

In 5th grade, we had 1st grade buddies and mine was named Ayla! I think she was Israeli or Persian. She was super cute, though I don't really like the name that much. To me it looks like it's missing a K or L at the front.

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

I'm not so fond of Kiki. It seems to me like a 3 year-old's name (so I guess it fits, in this case! =P) I don't like it as a nn either.
I do like Ayla though. I think it's pretty and I like the meaning.

[lovebird.livejournal.com]

I knew an Ayla in high school.

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

I like Ayala or Ayelet better than Ayla.

I knew a girl named Kerri whose nick name was Kiki (and Kerri was actually a nick name too because she had a long Greek name). So yeah, hopefully it's a nick name?

[lilacmermaid.livejournal.com]

Kiki is a great nickname, but not a given name.

And there was someone on American Idol a couple seasons ago named Ayla ... I don't like it, the pronunciation is not intuitive to me.

[cherrysorbet.livejournal.com]

I know someone who's dog was called Ayla, that's all I think about when I hear that name.

[chibiaichan.livejournal.com]

my friend named her daughter keegan diane, she goes by kiki for short.

[djador.livejournal.com]

I just found out last night that my friend's roommate has two kids, Ayla and a boy, Nikko. They're both too cutsy for me.

[pythianlegume7.livejournal.com]

My cousin is named Katherine and she goes by Kiki.

[heather80.livejournal.com]

I've heard kiki as a nickname lots. I'm not a fan, though.

[isoldereverie.livejournal.com]

Yes Ayla is the main character in the Earth's Children series by Jean M Auel. Great story, and I love the name in the story, but it seems odd for me to hear it in the real world.

I went to school with a girl nn Kiki~ seems to be pretty common nn.

[ouronlylight.livejournal.com]

Ayla was my pseudonym!middle name. When I was thirteen.

I pronounce it as AY-la, though, like Kayla without the K - I feel like I've heard it pronounced like Isla before.

[1grlrvolution.livejournal.com]

Kiki is actually fairly common as a nickname for Kristin, Kiersten, and Katherine, and I'm supposing several other names, so at least it's probably not the given name.

[crzydimond.livejournal.com]

I know an Ayla so it doesn't seem too strange to me...

Still don't like it much though.


Kiki is horrendous!