I’m not expecting, but I wanted some suggestions for use in the future.
It is definitely a tradition in my family to honor family in middle names, like my middle name is my Grandmother’s name and also my mother’s middle name (which was just a funny coincidence), and my brother’s middle name is our great-grandfathers name, and my sister’s is my other grandmother’s name, and it’s the same for my dad and his siblings, and my grandmother and her siblings, and my cousins have already started honoring this tradition, but my biggest problem is that i’m not a huge fan of any of the names of the people in my family that I would want to honor! I’ll have more options whenever I meet the person I end up having kids with, but I do know that the first person I would honor in a girl’s name would be my mom, [name_u]Kelly[/name_u].
It’s not urgent or anything, but I would like to start exploring options. Any ideas?
[name_f]Raquel[/name_f] comes to mind.
If you aren’t a fan of the first name why not use your shared middle? or maybe her maiden name?
Or you can always go with something else that reminds you of her, a favorite color, flower, place, etc.
Sometimes trying to come up with an “honor” name that isn’t the actual name ends up unrecognizable to the name you are honoring and you may not even love it, so maybe explore other ways of honoring if you don’t love any of the names.
There are plenty of names that share sounds with [name_u]Kelly[/name_u] ([name_f]Kylie[/name_f], [name_u]Keely[/name_u], [name_u]Kelsey[/name_u], [name_f]Raquel[/name_f] from pp), but none of these names really seems like they would honor [name_u]Kelly[/name_u] to me. You could use a name with the same meaning, but the meaning of [name_u]Kelly[/name_u] is “war” which isn’t particularly nice.
Another option would be to use [name_m]Kellen[/name_m]/[name_m]Kellan[/name_m] for a boy’s middle. Or you could ask your mom to help you pick out a name or ask her what her favorite names are and see if you like any of them. I know my mom would think that was more special than having her name used and it gives a special connection being grandmother & granddaughter.
Because [name_u]Kelly[/name_u] is also a surname, I think it would sound fine as a middle name with almost any first name.
I’m with @mamaenzi. You could always use your shared middle (or a version thereof), her maiden name or favourite flower or colour or even a book/TV character she likes (anything could work for an honour name). [name_m]Even[/name_m] if the tradition is to use the actual name, you could shake things up and do something a little differently.
But, if you’re set on [name_u]Kelly[/name_u] or a version of it, here are a few suggestions:
Bricel/Brikel/Brikelle
[name_m]Kelyn[/name_m]/[name_m]Kellan[/name_m]
[name_f]Raquel[/name_f]
Kella / Kela
Kelianne/Kelliane
[name_f]Kailani[/name_f]/Keilani/Kelani
[name_f]Kelcey[/name_f]/[name_u]Kelsey[/name_u]/[name_f]Kelsea[/name_f]
[name_f]Kelilah[/name_f]/[name_f]Kelila[/name_f]
Keleka
Keletina
[name_f]Kellda[/name_f]/[name_f]Kelda[/name_f]
[name_f]Makella[/name_f]/McKelle
[name_f]Kelulah[/name_f]/[name_f]Kelula[/name_f]
Akela
[name_f]Kelis[/name_f]/Kelisa/Kelise
[name_f]Keila[/name_f]
Lokelanea
Leikela
Lakela/Lakella
Kelitah/Kelita
Keleos
Kelemon
[name_f]Araceli[/name_f]/[name_f]Aracelis[/name_f]
Celeisha/Celisha
Celmira
Celosiah/Celosia
Jaceline
Kacela
You could even get creative (which some people here seem to frown upon) and makeup a name or change one a bit to work. I.e [name_f]Calliope[/name_f] -> Kelliope or [name_f]Kallista[/name_f] -> Kellista.
The only two names I can think of that would be close to [name_u]Kelly[/name_u] and haven’t been mentioned are Mikelle (I’m not sure of the legitimacy of this name, but I know a girl named Mikelle) and [name_f]Kelila[/name_f].