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[Opinions] Kaylabeth vs. Makayla
If you had to choose between Kaylabeth and Makayla for a daughter, which would you pick? Kaylabeth is probably my favorite girl name at this very second; this is susceptible to change, as always.
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I prefer the sound of Kaylabeth but it looks too long and it's an awkward mashup on paper, so I'd want it to be Kayla-Beth or something like that. idk.
Makayla is too 'poppy' for me. People are saying they'd spell it Michaela and while I like Michaela, I wouldn't pronounce it exactly the same as Makayla. Makayla is more twangy because of how much the "KAY" sticks out, and how the "KAY" is a bit separate from the "LA".
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Makayla, spelled Michaela, though neither is a favorite.
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Makayla, but would spell it Michaela.
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I'd choose Makayla. It's my daughter's middle name. These days I'd probably pick Mikayla over Makayla, but minor point.
Kayla is nice too, but Kaylabeth is just too cutesy.
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MakaylaIt sounds much more mature and elegant. The spelling is in such wide usage now I would t worry about it confusing people. I've met more people named Makayla than Michaela.
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Kaylabeth. I love Beth names, and I think that any name that ends with an a can have a Beth added to it. How does everyone feel about Mirabeth, Ninabeth, Isabeth, Corabeth, all that stuff?
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I like Mirabeth, Corabeth, and Annabeth. Ninabeth is good too, and Norabeth. I like Isabeth but I think I'd get confused between Isabeth, Isabel, and Elisabeth. Kirabeth? Larabeth? Willabeth? Hannabeth? Ellabeth? ETA: "beth" looks more scrambled the more I look at it. It reads like a "teh" style of typo even though it's in the correct order.

This message was edited 6/28/2023, 9:45 AM

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Mirabeth is ok, it sounds like a name. Maybe Isabeth too to some extent due to Isabel and Isadora etc. The others really stand out as smoosh names, they don’t work imo.
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Makayla, definitely, and preferably spelled Michaela. Kaylabeth is a monstrosity, it sounds like something a child would use for a toy. Why not just use Kayla with Beth as a middle name?
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