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I don't feel like it is too dated to use but that is because I've never met a Kelsey. I've met quite a few Kelly's and Chelsea's but no or very few Kelsey's. Where are all these Kelsey's because the name was fairly popular and yet I've never come across one? I went to a K-12 school and I never saw any Kelsey's in my sister's age group or the slightly younger kids.

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I think Kelsey seems happy and peppy, it makes me think of big cheery sunflowers. I really like the name and I don't feel that it isn't intellectual. My science teacher Kathryn Kelsey and then there is Kelsey Grammer actually makes the name Kelsey have nerd vibes to me but the feel of the name gives it passionate nerd vibes. I imagine a Kelsey talking a mile-a-minute about some really nerdy thing she is super passionate about. Kind of like the character Leslie Knope but more of a nerd, so Kelsey to me has the personality I'd imagine from Leslie Knope and Ben Wyatt's daughter. Lol.

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That's why I used the name for my very passionate aspiring scientist character. Her personality is often quiet and completative seeming but in reality her mind is passionately dashing with questions, ideas, and possibilities. Ask my character about something she is interested in and be surprised with explosion of excitement and information. My character is inspired by John Muir, Leslie Knope, my father, and this amazing scientist I met in Maui named Cory.

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This message was edited 4/21/2020, 2:57 PM

I dunno... I know a 13 year old Kelsey and a 4 year old Kelsey. They both are hilarious, adorable and very spunky girls, which may color my perception of the name, but I don’t see it as dated. I’d much rather meet a small Kelsey than a little Deborah or Barbara or Dorothy. Lol