If Not Candy

[BambinA]

Definitely not "Candy"!  Please!

What about these....any one of these will go very well with Kitty....

...Keri...Kari......Kali...Cali

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no please ... all these names can be slang in thai =garee =ho

im serious

[tuky]

I am now more confused than ever

I like the Kat idea, cute to have a Kitty and a Kat.

[tom yum goong]

If you have a sun later on you could name him Kit.

Then your kids would be Kit and Kat.

I'll get my coat...

[BKK90210]

This is it....my last idea

Kitty......and ......Tiffany

[BKK90210]

Definitely not "Candy"!  Please!

What about these....any one of these will go very well with Kitty....

...Keri...Kari......Kali...Cali

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no please ... all these names can be slang in thai =garee =ho

im serious

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Opp!....Sorry about that....I forgot the meaning in Thai!

Thanks Miss BB

[tom yum goong]

surely not Tiffany.

have you been to Pattaya? your daughter would be Miss Tiffany

Edited December 20, 2005 by tom yum goong

[tuky]

[BKK90210]

surely not Tiffany.

have you been to Pattaya? your daughter would be Miss Tiffany 

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That bad huh? ...No, havn't been to Pattaya

OK....I'm done then!

[skylar]

I think you scare too easily. 

cv

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Roll those eyes if you must, but who would want to bring up a child up in Thai society with a name used by a falang minority that is marginalised and looked down on? Personally, Russian names are awesome. Natasha is a lovely name. And don't &lt;deleted&gt; me with the individualism thing... there is nothing nice about being called something equivalent to Pornsuk in the UK/US/NZ/AU.

[BambinA]

Cartier (like diamond)

(Kitty -Kat is lovely)

/edit no Cartier ..it sound like katheoy or Ga theam (garlic)

Edited December 20, 2005 by BambinA

[bina]

Kish Hebrew meaning gift

edit: found the list... awful, they are all names no on in their right mind would give a kid, and most mispelled as agreed by most of us anglos when writing out the names... they are pronounced with an 'chhh' throaty clearing the phlegm sound which most anglos and thais cannot pronounce !!

sorry, but NOT!! kish is a casserole , in yiddish!!!

'shai' is a boy/girl name meaning present or gift also

'matana' is gift for girls, 'matan' (stress on second syllable) is 'given' for boys (both usually shortened to mattie)

we dont have too many k names in hebrew... just kfir (young lion-boys name) but hard to pronounce, no other decent k/or c names that we use here....kalil is actually halil (an arabic name but in hebrew means flute) so stay away... caveat emptor with these name your kid sites... always check with native language speaker....

also, stay away from names with r and l....

we also do name groups; or initials, or associatives (my kids are 'gazelle', 'heavenward' and 'cloud' (in hebrew they are real names)... any others would have been flower names or other nature names)

sorry no useful suggestions : wait: carla, kandi , corrine, kaya ,

good luck

Edited December 20, 2005 by bina

[tom yum goong]

Kaya, thats a nice name.

"Got to have kaya now

Got to have kaya now

Got to have kaya now

For the rain is falling" - Bob Marley

[bina]

oh didnt know that was in a song (maybe subliminal suggestions?)

just have a kid with my daughter in school named kaya (they are finish actually)>...and i like the name short, easy to pronounce, etc ...

[skylar]

sorry, but NOT!! kish is a casserole , in yiddish!!!

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That's hilarious. What about koogle?

[BambinA]

Kaya, thats a nice name.

kaya is nice name.. i like it also ..but it sound like ka ya ขยะ =rubbish in Thai..

[Stephen Cleary]

'Kitty-Kat' - sounds nicer in English than in Thai.

'Kitty' is quite a popular Thai nickname these days with trendy Bangkokians. However the Thais pronounce the 'k' as a 'g'. So it comes out as 'Gitty. Thai language also spells it this way.

'Kat' (Cat) is a very popular nickname and the 'k' is certainly pronounced as a 'k'.

In Thai languange, the name 'Kitty Kat' would be pronounced as 'Gitty - Kat'. Thought i would just mentioned that.

'Cookie' is a cute Farang-style Thai name and quite popular. (c pronounced as a 'g')

I also like Farang names such as 'Lucy' and as said before 'Chrissy. Unfortunately that 'see' sound at the end, if pronounced in the correct tone, is a rude verb in Isarn dialect which means........let you guess.

'Tiffany' would be all right, however too long for a nick-name better off as a real name.

Edited December 20, 2005 by stevesuphan

[tom yum goong]

Kaya, thats a nice name.

kaya is nice name.. i like it also ..but it sound like ka ya ขยะ =rubbish in Thai..

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lol, didn't think of that.

I dont think Kitty would necessarily be pronounced Gitty.

My name is Kit, as in 'to think', and i have never been called Git, not by Thais at least

Also, dont forget that Hello Kitty is quite popular here, and Thais manage to pronounce it ok. Hello Kittee!

[Stephen Cleary]

Ok, as in Hello Kitty, you'll just have to stress that the 'k' is in fact pronounced a 'k'

As in hello kitty, it is spelt - if i remember correctly, from the top of my head.

คิตตี้

'Kit' is also a Thai name but it is pronounced with a 'g' sound and spelt as in 'Angrit' (england)

[BambinA]

'Kit' is also a Thai name but it is pronounced with a 'g' sound and spelt as in 'Angrit' (england)

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ok lemme say

Kit = git = กิต(g sound)

Kit can be คิท also (k sound)

as kitty =kit tee คิตตี้ and in TH we pronouce with K as ken /kat /kate

kid = คิด think

[Girlfrombar]

i would prefer to name my baby *luk-krueng* combination with thai-farang nick

Kitty is cute

what about

real name = Kittiya กิตติยา

nick name = Kitty คิตตี้

kinda cute to me

Edited December 20, 2005 by Girlfrombar

[tuky]

i would prefer to name my baby *luk-krueng* combination with thai-farang nick

Kitty is cute

what about

real name = Kittiya กิตติยา

nick name = Kitty    คิตตี้

kinda cute to me

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Hi Girlfrombar,

What my wife and I originally decided upon was Kittycha and nickname Kitty, but the Doc stuffed that by calling her Christty on her birth cert. Not to worry as she is the same little girl we love and Christty is a nice name anyway. Nickname is still Kitty or simply Kit.

I have only ever thought of Candy for our second girls name, but now I am open to new ideas for whatever reason.

My wife and I will have fun going through all these names.

She likes Paula, but that won't work with the rest of the family.

How about Corey? that can be a girls name too!!!

Here is the offending Kitty

[skylar]

She likes Paula, but that won't work with the rest of the family.

Anything to do with Paula Taylor perchance? Maybe they don't like the crazy lakorn she was in at the beginning of this year...

[bina]

cory can be a girls name too but in thai the r becomes l maybe li ko li (korea)?? and u can always spell it cori

multi lingual names always have problems with pronounciations and meanings.....

i just discovered that my hebrew name: bina is banya (wisdom) in thai and has the same meeting... pretty cool no??? although for the past few days i have been lacking in that department

how bout mai.... its works out in both lingos and is pretty (maya, may, mai (as in silk in thai)etc...

[Girlfrombar]

Here is the offending Kitty

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watchout paula, sonya, cyndi, odette,florence etc....

THE NEW STAR WAS BORN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Soph]

What about Kaya?

[tom yum goong]

i also suggested Kaya, but Bambina correctly reminded us that Kaya in Thai could sound like the Thai word for rubbish - Kha Yah

When Bob Marley sings about Kaya, its another name for weed.

That may or may not be a good reason to call your child that. Depends on what u like to do in your spare time i guess

[Soph]

Sorry, must have missed your post. Nice name though.

[kat]

She's beautiful, Tuky. She has the most perfectly, beautiful lips!

Anyway, I think Corey is also great.

[tuky]

What about Kaya?

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My wife likes Kaya.

watchout paula, sonya, cyndi, odette,florence etc....

THE NEW STAR WAS BORN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And I like Sonya

[Tippaporn]

I was watching a talk show the other night with an African-American guest. Can't remember the topic or discussion thread but what did stick out in my mind was that she mentioned a girl named "Candy," but spelt "Khandi." I thought it was rather a pretty variation. I've got to give credit to Afro/Americans when it comes to names - they are very creative.