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HelpRe: Help me choose an English name!
in reply to a message by oaktree_137
I love your meaning behind your new name choices!
As an outsider looking in, both of those names seem very "chosen" because they're in the style of the time you're picking them, rather than the time you were born.
"Kellyn" is enough of a cultural mismash that I don't think it would be jarring on an East Asian person.
It seems to me that you prefer it to Kylin, even though the cultural meaning is super cool.
Kai is maybe an obvious alternate choice. I personally like Kai better because the -lyn ending (or -len or -lin or whatever) is SO ubiquitous now that I'm turned off by it (though it is a good way to cue gender neutral). Kit is similar...
As an outsider looking in, both of those names seem very "chosen" because they're in the style of the time you're picking them, rather than the time you were born.
"Kellyn" is enough of a cultural mismash that I don't think it would be jarring on an East Asian person.
It seems to me that you prefer it to Kylin, even though the cultural meaning is super cool.
Kai is maybe an obvious alternate choice. I personally like Kai better because the -lyn ending (or -len or -lin or whatever) is SO ubiquitous now that I'm turned off by it (though it is a good way to cue gender neutral). Kit is similar...
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Thanks a lot!! I already know a Kai though, and I'd feel weird saying that name to the mirror and thinking of him each time haha.
Also, around what time period would you say that the -lyn ending was/is most popular? I know a few Carolyns and Caitlins my age (I'm 20 this year, and have been told I look younger), so that's why I thought the -lyn endings on these names wouldn't be toooo generationally out-of-place.
Thanks again :)
Also, around what time period would you say that the -lyn ending was/is most popular? I know a few Carolyns and Caitlins my age (I'm 20 this year, and have been told I look younger), so that's why I thought the -lyn endings on these names wouldn't be toooo generationally out-of-place.
Thanks again :)
This message was edited 3/15/2022, 7:54 PM
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I would say it's most popular now. And while there were a ton of single names like that before like Carolyn and Caitlyn, the modern style is to have a made-up name, which Kellyn and Kylin fit mroe in the style of. But to be fair, I do know one Kellan and one Kylen around my age (born 1990).
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Thanks! I was actually thinking 'Kylen' instead of 'Kylin' – see the edited post. And I agree. One concern with both names is that they sound made-up. I will have to think about it more...
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I like the Kylin spelling better Lin, more feminine than Len. The lin ending quite suitable for your age and ancestry
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