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[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

Since my fiance and I can't agree on a Jewish name for our future hypothetical daughter I started reading names from babynames.com to him to see if we could agree on any name at all. I just want us to really both love a name not settle for one because the other likes it.

Anyway said he liked Kaia, I like alot too. It means "to rejoice". If we chose it, her Hebrew name would be Chaya (which means "life").

According to social security baby names site Kaia was the 698th most popular name in 2005.

What does everyone think of Kaia?

Comments

[tiffrobyn.livejournal.com]

I like it. I think it's pretty.

[cluckydude.livejournal.com]

Love it, and I would use it myself, but I fear it might be getting trendy. If you're trying to avoid a trendy name (as I am) one good thing to do is to look at Kaia for each year of the last ten and see whether it's rising or falling, and how quickly. Also, think of alternate spellings and combine those to get a true sense of how popular it is - I suspect that Kaia is not the most popular spelling.

[darabelle.livejournal.com]

I am not really sure how I feel about Kaia. I think it's pretty and I like the way it sounds, but I'm not sure if I'd ever use it myself. But I love Chaya - it's my sister's Hebrew name and one of the prettiest and most meaningful Hebrew names out there. =D

[trissyd.livejournal.com]

It's the feminine form of my boyfriend's name (bias)... so I love it :)!

[space-monkey340.livejournal.com]

Kaia is pretty :)

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

well up until 2000 it was not in the top 1000 names. After that it was
2000 - 903
2001 - 892
2002 - 582
2003 - 616
2004 - 699
2005 - 698

so it seems like it started to go up quite a bit and then down and now slightly up again. But it's still not very popular.

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

It's a very pretty name, I like it =)

[elemmennope.livejournal.com]

I think it seems more popular that it is because it's a two syllable K name and really blends in with the trend crowd. It also is similar to Maya/Maia which is pretty popular.

It's actually been one of my very favorites for quite awhile. If I had a baby today, I no longer think it would be my choice, but I do still like it.

I think of it as meaning "ocean" or "sea," a female version of the male name/word Kai. It's a name that has meaning and usage in many different languages.

[spiceycreations.livejournal.com]

I like Kaia. I think it's pretty. :)

[septembergrrl.livejournal.com]

Eh. It's not awful, but it feels a little trendy/cutesy.

[krosp.livejournal.com]

Are you pronouncing it like KAY-a or KYE-a?

The only Kaia I've ever known pronounced it the first way.

[cherryrider.livejournal.com]

Pretty.

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

thanks :)

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

The meaning I quoted was the Latin meaning for Caia actually but we both like it better spelled with a K.
The funny thing is, my best friend's brother's name is Kai. But he lives in B.C. so it wouldn't be confusing or anything.

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

Yeah we both love Chaya, we're just leery of using it as an english name because I fear most people won't be able to pronounce it.

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

teehee biased answers are okay!

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

thank you

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

thanks for your input :)

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

thank you :)

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

does it seem trendy because it rhymes with Maya? Because it's not in the top 500 names.

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

KYE-a.

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

thanks

[septembergrrl.livejournal.com]

Actually, Maya feels less trendy/cutesy to me, go figure. Kaia just seems really insubstantial. It feels to me like it goes with names like Kaylee or Kadence, and those just don't seem like names that will age well.

I think I like Maya better because I associate it with Maya Angelou. Kaia (personal perception, here) sounds like someone on a reality TV show.

[elemmennope.livejournal.com]

And I meant to say that the meaning I think of is the Hawaiian one. Someone I forgot to mention that. :P

[elemmennope.livejournal.com]

Somehow... jeez, I can't type anything right.

[anapology.livejournal.com]

I'm really not a fan of K names..
Kaia seems a bit wishy washy to me..
Like it's more of a sound than a name.
Anyway, it's great that you've found a name you both love :-) 698 is nothing!

[anapology.livejournal.com]

oh one more thing, i prefer Kasia -kas-ee-uh
which is only on letter removed. probably no of consequence but just thought i'd mention it!

Kaia, Kaya & Kia are all rising in the ssa stats but i dont guess it's much to worry about as they are so low down.

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

Does Kaia remind you of Kaylee and Kadence because it starts with a K as well? Because it doesn't sound similar to those names other that that.
Would you like it better if it were spelled Caia or would your opinion remain the same?

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

would you like it better if it were spelled Caia, or would it not make a difference?

And in response to your second comment I like Kasia as well but fiance does not (he's so picky with girl names!).

Maybe I should teach my family to make the Hebrew letter Kaf sound (like KH sorta) and then just use the name Chaya.

[septembergrrl.livejournal.com]

Caia's actually worse, it looks like "caca." But the K is probably part of what made it feel trendy to me.

I'm not arguing with you, but I don't think we're going to agree on this name. You clearly love it, where to me it's at best an "eh" -- I don't think it's completely and totally horrible, but it's still not a name that I would ever consider. There's no arguing taste, and all of that.

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

lol, we don't need to agree
I'm not completely 100% behind the name yet either. I haven't decided if it's better to use Kaia because it's almost of the transliterated version of Chaya or just use Chaya (kheye-ah) as an english and hebrew name both. I would just have to teach my family to make the kh sound.