Kelly

[trivher.livejournal.com]

What does everyone think of the name Kelly for a boy?

I knew two guys with this name and have nice/happy memories of both.

One was my senior economics teacher who I had a crush on. The other was in the kindergarden group when I worked daycare; he spelt his Kele though.

Comments

[blush.livejournal.com]

your opinion.

[so-there.livejournal.com]

interesting.. I've never before been told that the word "son" meaning "male offspring" was just my opinion. I thought it was a given here in the english language...

[blush.livejournal.com]

I swear you can't comment anywhere on lj without the mommy police having to jump in and disagree with anyone and everyone to make themselves feel self worth. The OP asked for opinions. I gave mine, just because you don't agree you don't have to tell me I'm wrong. I feel that they are girls names and I honestly pity parents who do that to their boys.

[queen-mab.livejournal.com]

Well, it's just that any name ending in "son" is usually a last name because it means that all those who take that last name are the "son of" or ancestor of whatever the first part of the name is. So it's not really "her opinion" that names like Madison are usually used as last names or male names.. it's just that that's how it was before someone went and said it was okay to use such names as girl names.

Not trying to be antagonistic here. I just don't think it's fair to say stuff like "I can't believe people would do things like that to their boys" when those names started out as surnames and boys' names. That, and I happen to know a Kelly whose name I think suits him well and he happens to be really nice.