http://tagban.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] tagban.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] babynames2006-07-30 10:18 am

Hrm..

What about some "fantasy names"

Like "Kalas". I used to roleplay on AOL and Kalas was a cute little boy with red hair.

The more I think about it, the more the name sounds interesting.

Kalas Kaos?

I dunno... Suggestions?

[identity profile] cocinadelfeto.livejournal.com 2006-07-30 02:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Is it pronounced like "callous?" Not a good association.

[identity profile] neroli.livejournal.com 2006-07-30 03:57 pm (UTC)(link)
I think the minute you put "Kay" in the name people are going to be more likely to think it is feminine (since the sound appears in a lot of the run-away popular names like Kaitlin, Kayley, Katie, etc.)

[identity profile] neroli.livejournal.com 2006-07-30 06:39 pm (UTC)(link)
By "it," do you mean the spelling or the pronunciation?

If you mean the pronunciation, I don't think most people make much of a distinction between where the consonant sound falls, so they would hear KAY-liss and KAIL-iss as identical.

If you mean the spelling, I thought it should be clear that I was referring to the Kay sound rather than the letters K-a-y based on the examples I included. And the fact that I used the word "sound".

[identity profile] bloomingtulip.livejournal.com 2006-07-30 06:41 pm (UTC)(link)
could you just spell it that way? (Kailis) I think it looks better anyway, if slightly feminine.

[identity profile] bloomingtulip.livejournal.com 2006-07-30 07:13 pm (UTC)(link)
also, i'm bored so i'm looking up names

thought you might be interested in this

http://behindthename.com/php/view.php?name=kallias

no worries if you aren't

[identity profile] bloomingtulip.livejournal.com 2006-07-30 02:29 pm (UTC)(link)
How would you say Kalas? I'm hearing Kay-lus sorta if that makes sense (I'm horrible with pronunciations)

I think it's pretty cool actually. Not digging Kaos.
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[identity profile] turabiannights.livejournal.com 2006-07-30 03:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Agreed. Plus, if Kalas is prn. "callous" - not so much.

[identity profile] miss-tee.livejournal.com 2006-07-30 05:10 pm (UTC)(link)
I think I would prefer it if it were spelled Callas (rhymes with Pallas, as in Athena) but then I don't know if that makes it closer to Callous.

[identity profile] monroehips.livejournal.com 2006-07-30 06:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Kalas I think is pretty cool, as long as it doesn't end up getting pronounced too close to callous. Kalas Kaos is really not my style, so I wouldn't use that as a middle name, but meanings aside, I do like the alliteration of the names together.

[identity profile] lilfaeriegirl.livejournal.com 2006-08-06 06:50 pm (UTC)(link)
i find myself looking at the MUD i play, trying to find some good boy names..lol.