Name Sounds..?

[aqualectra.livejournal.com]

My daughter turns 13 in December. Im expecting baby no. 2 in September.

Ceilidh (pron. Kaylee) is my first daughters name. do you think Keeley is too similar in sound? its one of my fave girls names but i worry its too similar.

if the baby is a boy his name will be Finn Nicholas. but im am completely stuck on a girls name. I'm still playing with Seren and Salome also.

Im very confused.  thanks for any suggestions!

EDIT: any suggestions for middle names to go with Seren and Salome?

Comments

[moshimoshi-13.livejournal.com]

I do think Keeley is too close to Ceilidh, but I'm totally in love with Seren and its meaning. Salome is nice too.

[aqualectra.livejournal.com]

i tell myself if i use Seren her nickname will be Dipity. lol. my partner isnt thrilled with it but said i can have it. Im totally stuck on middle names too! Salome is a family name.

[calixbat.livejournal.com]

They are too similar and I also hate the name so take my thoughts with a grain of salt. I love the name Ceilidh though!! How is Salome pronounced? I kind of like the look of it but may be saying it wrong. lol
I do like Finn Nicholas

[aqualectra.livejournal.com]

SAL-o-may or Sal-o-mee .. i like the May version. Ceilidh loves her name too. I had the feeling Keeley was way too close. *sighs*

[elemmennope.livejournal.com]

My friends actually chose to pronounce it sa-LOAM, like Shalom with no H. I guess that's the way they'd always heard it in church.

I think SAL-o-may is prettiest myself.

[aqualectra.livejournal.com]

me too! i like May as a nickname.

[elemmennope.livejournal.com]

I like Sally as a nn. But my sister's name is Sally so I'm biased. It's a kicky fun nn that people always remember.

[aqualectra.livejournal.com]

i like Sally too, but everyone calls me Shelley (from Giselle somehow) so it feels a little close. *smiles*

[elemmennope.livejournal.com]

Keeley is definitely too similar. Way too similar.

Seren makes me think of sarin gas. My best friend's daughter is named Salome, so I really like that. It gets a lot of blank looks from people the first time they hear it though.

[aqualectra.livejournal.com]

We are used to blank looks. Lol. with a Ceilidh in the family. I worry that i will call her Salami. Lol.

[amspeck-myworld.livejournal.com]

Haha - My daughter's middle name is Salome and my MIL accidently said Salami to my FIL when we told it to her over the phone (she debates on whether her hearing is going and takes complete blame for this mishap).

My FIL now has his own personally nickname for her - slices - I still love the name though. I think Keely is too close, and Seren is lovely, but Salome wins for me hands down (either pronounced Sal-oh-May or like Shalom, the '-ee' ending I find unappealing).

I love Finn as well :)

[aqualectra.livejournal.com]

at least i know NO child will come up with a worse nickname for my kids. lol. Ceilidh has always been called Psycho, after the song Psycho Ceilidh in Claremorris 1987 by ron kavanagh. lol.

Being almost a teenager and abit emo, shes very happy with the nickname!

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

I pronounce Salome (actually Salomé) as Sal-oh-MAY.
I vote for this one.

"Kaylee" is way too close to Keeley!!

Finn Nicholas is really cool :)

[aqualectra.livejournal.com]

Thanks, everyone is totally confirming what i thought! there was this little hope that it would be ok, the similar sounds, but i knew it my heart it wouldn't be. I love Finn Nicholas too, i know i will call him Finicky but i think that's kinda cute too. *smiles*

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

haha, Finicky is cute!

[emtotherescuee.livejournal.com]

I agree with what everyone else said about Ceilidh and Keeley, haha. Is Ceilidh the Gaelic spelling of Kaylee, or were you trying to be...original? I think you've posted about her name before, and if I remember correctly, it was a special (by special, I mean acceptable, don't worry) spelling of Kaylee. Would you care to go into further detail? Does your daughter like the spelling of her name?

Anywayzzzzzzz, I like Finn Nicholas a lot:]. Salome sounds too much like "salami" for my taste, and I kind of want to say "dipity" after Serene, but I like Serene better than Salome. Congrats on being pregnant:]

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceilidh

[aqualectra.livejournal.com]

I never even thought to look here. *laughs*

[aqualectra.livejournal.com]

Her father is a musician and played in a ceilidh band. so using the spelling Kaylee, just wouldn't have been the same name. Ceilidh loves her name, and the history that goes with it, She also does Scottish dancing and feels very close to her heritage. I like that. The Salami association worries me to. but it is a family name so i like the history that goes with it.

Im in love with Finn Nicholas.

[blue-suspenders.livejournal.com]

I agree with other people that they're too close.

I love Finn Nicholas so much though.

[aqualectra.livejournal.com]

me too. that was the easiest name to come up with. i had the same thing when i was pregnant with Ceilidh, choosing a boys name was easy Emlyn Thomas (which i still love, but cant bring myself to use as im now with a different partner and the Thomas part belongs to my ex, lol).

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

I think Keeley is definitely too close in sound to Ceilidh. It is basically just one vowel sound off.

[aqualectra.livejournal.com]

*sighs* i tried hard to deny it .. haha.

[seksimaggie.livejournal.com]

Keely is DEFINITELY too close to Ceilidh in sound, and also completely doesn't match in style, imo.

I prefer Seren to Salome, but neither is my style.

[aqualectra.livejournal.com]

thanks!

Re: cheapo note since I can't edit comments

[aqualectra.livejournal.com]

yeah i know what you mean. and your right they are too close. i am guessing i will just have to wait and see. *smiles*

[jordle.livejournal.com]

I think Keeley is too close (Although I love the name).

I really love Ceilidh as a name :)

[aqualectra.livejournal.com]

thanks. she loves it too.

[satunian.livejournal.com]

Yes, I do think Ceilidh and Keeley are too similar sounding. But if you love it so much, why don't use it as a middle name for Seren and Salome?I love Seren but I think Keeley would go better with Salome.

Salome Keeley? how do you like it?

[aqualectra.livejournal.com]

i have a thing about the ee sounding names as middles. they always seem kinda unfinished or something. i dont know.

[laminy.livejournal.com]

I love Ceilidh. I think that it's so pretty. I do definitely think that Keeley is way too similar sounding. I like Finn Nicholas. Looking at it, Salome kind of reminds me of salami (that's probably just me), but I like the way that it sounds.

[aqualectra.livejournal.com]

nah.. i get the salami thing too. lol. I can be quite a cruel parent. When i type Ceilidh into my phone the predictive txt comes up with ceiling. lol. she says im such a great mum calling her Ceiling. haha. so i doubt a Salome in the family would get through life without being called Salami by us. *smiles*

[memorymaze.livejournal.com]

Way too close. Seren is way prettier anyways.

Seren Nicole, Seren Clare, Seren Amelia

[aqualectra.livejournal.com]

my partner is all for Seren Nicole, and i keep dreaming this baby is a girl and called Clare. lol. So Seren Clare often in is my head. *smiles* thanks!

[ifancylust.livejournal.com]

i think keeley is way too similar, but you could always go with another k name. i think that'd be fine.