Does this honor count?

General Name Discussion
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When expanding our ideas of ways to honor someone, I realized maybe we already did. What do you think?

So this person loved the name Ambha, which DH quickly vetoed. However, she also loved the name Kahli (CAH-lee).

We have a daughter named C@rly.

Kahli, C@rly. C@rly, Kahli.

Kahli sounds like C@rly…with an accent.

Should we scrap the idea of honoring this person with our next child? Or is this honoring too much of a stretch? Does it work, even though it has nothing to do with the person’s name - only a name she liked? Or does it not count because it counts, but we didn’t realize it at first?

Any input is appreciated!

  • Sure, C@rly can be an honor for someone who likes the name Kahli.
  • No, they’re too different. Honor her with something else as planned.

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Personally, to me this is a little too stretchy for a true honor name. It’s a nice coincidence for sure, but I don’t know if it truly “honors” the person in mind.

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Yes, that’s kind of my line of thinking right now, too…that’s why I was curious as to what others would say! :blush: DH thinks it works, but I’m not so sure!

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I feel like it would “count” if you had used C@rly with the intent to honor — for me the intention is a big part of honoring.

I think the name alone works as a honor name, but I wouldn’t consider it a honor as much as a nice coincidence.

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I think it works perfectly as an honor, but the fact that you didn’t go into it with it being an honor already in mind is what throws me off. If you had done it already with the intention of it being an honor I think that’d be perfect, but because it’s an after thought to me it wouldn’t be as meaningful

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It would be one thing if the person’s name was Kahli, but it seems weird to say this in an honor because it sounds like that the person simply likes.

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I’m usually in the its the thought that counts so anything can be an honor if you can explain it camp but in this case it was already stretchy and you didn’t do it on purpose so I’m leaning towards this not counting since you didn’t originally choose the name to honor them. Its still a sweet connection though.

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Thanks, everyone!

You pretty much confirmed what I was already thinking! :heart:

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Kahli is how many native [name_u]New[/name_u] Englanders (especially Bostonians!) would pronounce [name_f]Carly[/name_f]. :laughing:

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When it comes to honouring, the thing I think is important is do you find it enough? [name_f]Do[/name_f] you feel like it reminds you enough of the person? Would you be happy to tell you daughter that her name was inspired by someone else?

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