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Re: Kayla, Kaylee, Kaylin and spelling variations thereof
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LolI love the name Lynn, and its variants - you might have seen my Linneth / Lynneth polls & posts a while back? :-)Anyways . . . I think 'slender lake' would come closest, as the bit of "Kayley" that meant 'slender' was the "Kayl" bit, and it seems the most likely of the meanings.. . . there's other meanings for Lynn? Oh, no! :-D
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I don't check out the polls, unfortunately, heh. Linneth is interesting, though--where'd you find it? I've never seen it before."Slender lake" would probably be right, but it just sounds...weird. The meaning makes no sense, heh. Array
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Lol, no, the meaning doesn't make sense at all - unless it was a very slim lake, hehe. Maybe a lake on a brook which is only just wide enough to be called a lake rather than just part of the brook . . . now I'm just thinking about that *way* too much!I'm not sure whether I found Linneth or just made it up. I used it in a fantasy story when I was in my teens, and I rediscovered it recently and thought "hey, that's actually not bad". It's basically a variation of Lynette, so it has the same meaning of "little lake".
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I think that we've effectively over-analyzed this entire Kaylin issue, lol.Well, Linneth is very pretty. I thought it looked like a weird combination of Lynn and Kenneth originally--which would make it "handsome lake" or "lake born of fire". ;) I think "little lake" is a pretty meaning, though. I love water.Array
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:-D Oh well, we now know with near certainty what to say the *next* time someone asks about Kaylin!I'm glad you like Linneth - I'd ask you what you think of Jean Elise and Linneth as names for sisters, but we're on the wrong board! :-DLol - a mix of Lynn and Kenneth, now that would be strange!
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