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[snoglobel.livejournal.com]

Today I came across several K names, or hard C sounding names.  What is up with this?  Do you think parents with K names feel a greater need to pass on the sound than other parents?

Examples:
Dad: Klay
Sons: Kalob, Kamdon, Kolbon

Dad: Kevin
Mom: Kayleen (Kay)
Sons: Cole, Cameron, Carter (yes, these are spelled correctly with c's, but still have the same sound)

Mom: Kathy
Kids: Karla, Kiel

Comments

[lind-saay.livejournal.com]

I like them better when they spell them correctly. I especially hate names that are normally spelled with C's that parents INSIST on spelling with K's for no reason except to "pass on the letter." Ugh. It looks so TACKY.

So, in conclusion, the middle family is okay (I actually like all three kids' names, though I wouldn't use them all together in one family). The last one could be worse. But the first? HORRENDOUS.

[spaceandclouds.livejournal.com]

I strongly dislike the name Caleb to begin with, so seeing it spelled Kalob makes me cringe like nobody's business.

[aquilinum.livejournal.com]

Somebody I know mentioned that her boyfriend's side of the family is VERY attached to K names and passing them on.

His name is Kory, and the names they are considering:

Boys:
Kaysen
Kalon

Girls:
Kaydence
Khloe


I found keeping an open, non-judgmental expression on my face very difficult.



I think once families are in this K-only thing, they feel they MUST continue it, otherwise it's like admitting that they're being horrifically tacky. Fight the good fight and all.

[jeweledvixen.livejournal.com]

That first family is just horrifying. 8(

The middle one is ok.

The last one isn't as bad as the first, but still pretty bad.

[cremepuff.livejournal.com]

It must just be a "thing," because my mother did it too. She's Christine, I'm Katie (Kathleen), and my brother is Kevin. Oy.

[schexyschteve.livejournal.com]

I hate almost all K names, even ones that are meant to be spelled with Ks (and I say this as someone named Karen). K names just seem so tacky to me, since the above is what often ends up happening. Take perfectly good C names and give them a K.

[ikielove.livejournal.com]

I think when people use K instead of C they think they are being special/unique. Because no one else has ever been named Kaden, right?

[queenfinn.livejournal.com]

Kalob????

My co-worker is having a little girl in a month but if she had been a boy she wanted to name him Kayleb. I cringe thinking about it. The little girl is going to be Shyloh. I wish she wasn't using the y but its much better than Kayleb.

[deer-lanterns.livejournal.com]

I keep reading Kalob as "clob" and by golly, it just isn't very attractive.