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Re: Caleb
by Anneza
4/15/2020, 9:04 AM
in reply to a message by Billina
Low. Not one of the more user-friendly biblical names: it's impossible for me to overlook its roots, whereas for names like James and David, it's easy. It's short enough not to need a nn, at least if you like the full form, but if you try to shorten it, you just get Kay, or I suppose Cay, which isn't a recommendation for a male name.
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- Billina (RDNZL)   +7
4/15/2020, 9:05 AM
I like Kay/Cay, for a boy.
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- Anneza   +6
4/15/2020, 9:08 AM
If it could be a double initial, like CR for Caleb Ronald, poor child, it would be better than just a C or a Cay. Way too close to Kate for comfort. And kale isn't encouraging stuff to eat, so Cale would be quite a punishment unless he came from a long line of vegans with powerful jaw muscles.
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- A Masked Man (blaaarg)   +1
4/15/2020, 7:25 PM
Cale as a name isn't unusual in my experience
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- Manipura (glaucous)
4/17/2020, 1:57 AM
huh, I've never heard that before.
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- Cake or Death (queenv)
4/15/2020, 9:20 AM
When my daughter was a child, she had a neighborhood friend named Kail, pronounced just like kale. Cute little red-headed boy.
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- Billina (RDNZL)   +2
4/15/2020, 9:11 AM
Huh...I guess I just don't think of names the way some people do. Sure, you could say Cale/Kale is a terrible name because of the vegetable, but I don't think it's a big deal. It sounds name-y enough, to me. Agree to disagree.
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- Bex
4/16/2020, 6:27 PM
I teach a kid named Kale. He's 18 now!I think Kale is totally fine. Especially since so many of the kids named Caleb that I teach get called Cale or Cales.
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- Wisteria (Tawnee)
4/16/2020, 11:04 AM
Same here. If Gwyneth Paltrow can name her daughter Apple, why can't boys be named Kale? Haha
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