The name [name_u]Kelley[/name_u]/[name_u]Kelly[/name_u] has a lot of meaning to me, and I’d love to one day give my daughter a name that could honor this meaning, but I’m not a fan of [name_u]Kelly[/name_u] by itself.
I know there’s [name_u]Kelsey[/name_u], but I’m not sure if I could use that name or not.
The meaning behind [name_u]Kelly[/name_u] comes from 3 different people, the sibling my mother miscarried before I was born (last name would have been [name_u]Kelley[/name_u]), my cousin who commited suicide when I was 13 (his last name was [name_u]Kelly[/name_u]), and my best friend who was killed in a car accident when I was 8 (her name was [name_u]Kelsey[/name_u], thus my hesitation to use [name_u]Kelsey[/name_u])
Any other ideas? Or names that work with [name_u]Kelly[/name_u] or [name_u]Kelsey[/name_u] as a middle name?
At a stetch, [name_f]Katelyn[/name_f] maybe? Katelyn? Maybe [name_f]Katelyn[/name_f] [name_f]Elsie[/name_f] or [name_f]Katelyn[/name_f] [name_f]Elena[/name_f]? [name_u]Kendall[/name_u] might just work too? Kendall Elyse?
Or maybe first/middle combos that would make [name_u]Kelly[/name_u]?
[name_f]Kaia[/name_f] [name_f]Elsie[/name_f]/[name_f]Ellie[/name_f]/[name_f]Ellen[/name_f] ‘[name_u]Kelsie[/name_u]’ or ‘[name_u]Kelly[/name_u]’
[name_f]Kadence[/name_f] [name_f]Ella[/name_f]/[name_f]Ellie[/name_f] ‘[name_u]Kelly[/name_u]’
[name_m]Kerrigan[/name_m] [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_f]Kara[/name_f] [name_f]Elowen[/name_f]
[name_f]Karissa[/name_f] [name_u]Ellery[/name_u]
[name_f]Kerensa[/name_f] [name_f]Lilly[/name_f]
Or perhaps [name_f]Kaylee[/name_f]/[name_f]Kailey[/name_f] or [name_f]Kallie[/name_f]/[name_f]Kally[/name_f] as [name_u]Kelly[/name_u] alternatives
I know a Kellya or Kellia or something (keh-[name_u]LEE[/name_u]-a)
You could also do something like
[name_m]Kellan[/name_m]
Mckellan