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[laminy.livejournal.com]

A family friend and his wife had their first daughter together over the weekend, and I have been waiting to see the exact spelling of it to share it with all of you: Kahlin Gwendolyn; Gwendolyn after the child's late grandmother (edited to include pronunciation: Kay-lin, as best as I know).

At first, when she came back from visiting them, my mother thought it was Caden, and I swore a little. Then she thought it might've been something like Kaylee/its various spellings. But their Facebook was updated today, and it is Kahlin Gwendolyn.

Which I still think is pretty horrible. My mom thinks it's a nice name, just with a bad spelling, but I think it's just a bad name. WDYT?

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[shweetnettie13.livejournal.com]

If it's meant to be pronounced like Kay-lin, I think the name itself isn't bad. The spelling makes me want to say it as Kah-Lin and I'm not a fan of that.

[laminy.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure it's supposed to be kay-lin; I haven't talked to them and heard it myself, but considering the names my mom got it confused with, I think it's kay-lin.

[longlostblue.livejournal.com]

I'm not a fan of Kaylin/Cailin/etc anyway, but that spelling is especially bad. I would've assumed the pronunciation was Kah-lin.

[sarahness.livejournal.com]

It looks like a weird spelling of Collin. KAY-lin is the third pronunciation I came up with, actually. CAL-in was the second.

I really like Gwendolyn.

[holidaylights.livejournal.com]

I prefer Kahlan, which is legit, but I honestly think it's kind of cute.

[laminy.livejournal.com]

Legit how? I'm pretty sure they're all just different spellings of the made-up Kaylyn (of which Baby Names gives the stunning meaning of Kay+Lyn).

[penguiny7.livejournal.com]

So it's like Colin? But on a girl and spelled terribly? Heck, I don't even really like Gwendolyn, but at least it's a normal name!

[laminy.livejournal.com]

It's pronounced Kay-lin.

[penguiny7.livejournal.com]

WOAH that doesn't even make sense. Why is there an h? That makes it a short a. GAH, as if misspelling doesn't bother me enough, using phonetics incorrectly REALLY does!

[holidaylights.livejournal.com]

A quick Google seemed to suggest it's Irish.

http://www.babycenter.com/baby-names-kahlan-19885.htm
http://www.baby-names-and-stuff.com/irish-baby-names/kahlan.asp

[laminy.livejournal.com]

Ah. Well, I couldn't find it on BehindTheName, which is the best site I use.

[fellclutch.livejournal.com]

Yeah...it definitely does not look remotely like Kay-lin.

And it rhymes, so I'm not a fan.

[cremepuff.livejournal.com]

On the plus side, Gwendolyn is nice...

[spookymrsboo.livejournal.com]

My cousin's name is Kaylyn, but every just calls her Kay-kay

[frost.livejournal.com]

I'm pronouncing it Kah-lin/Collin...
Kay-lin, I hate.
Gwendolyn is okay.

[http://users.livejournal.com/___heyvanity/]

Gwendolyn is my second favorite female name (if I was to have a second daughter I would name her Gwendolyn (I don't even have 1 daughter yet, ha)). Sad that it's paired with Kahlin.