‘Our baby daughter’s name is a mash-up of our first names’

“Trolls say her name is a tragedy, but we reckon it’s super unique,” the proud parents reveal.

Kevin and Kellie both have fairly conventional names, so when they found out they were expecting a baby girl, they thought they’d try mixing it up and giving their daughter something unique.

But the couple didn’t go to a run-of-the mill baby name website, or even look to celebs for something different -  Cosmo, Daisy Dove, Radix or Lyra Antarctica anyone? – they decided to take their own names, smoosh them together and see what came out the other end.

We think we’re being pretty objective when we say the result isn’t pretty, but Kevin and Kellie love their daughter’s name.

What’s her name already, you might be wondering.

The lucky little girl’s name is Kevleigh. Mmm. It won't help when we explain that it's pronounced "Kev-lee".

You know, like the “Kev” from “Kevin” plus the “lie” from Kellie, only spelled “leigh” because why not?

Kevleigh. And in news that will surprise no one, when Kevin and Kellie posted a photo of their little girl’s first birthday cake on the internet, the internet didn’t focus on the cool unicorn shape, it zeroed in on Kevleigh’s name.

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Kevleigh's name was a family affair until her parents shared her birthday cake on the internet. Photo: Facebook

Internet hates parents' unique baby name

Lots of people commented that the name Kevleigh came really close to being an actual name.

One person said although Kelvin is usually a boy’s name, that would have been a better choice than Kevleigh, while another person said Kellin was close too and an actual name (although we’ve not familiar with it).

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Some picked on the creative spelling. “Kevly wouldn’t be that bad but… Kevleigh eeee,” they said.

“That’s HORRIBLE,” was another person’s frank assessment.

Others had more sophisticated insults.  

“If this name tells me anything, baby getting half of each of the parents’ genetics was already more than the baby had bargained for,” one person said.

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Baby names inspired by parents

Lucky (or unlucky?) for Kevleigh, she’s not the only child whose parents took baby name inspiration from their own names.

“My name is Kerri – parents Kelly and Jerry. I think it worked out better for me,” one person said.

“My mum is Leona and my sister’s dad is Brian. They named my sister Briona and I always thought it was really unique until I searched her name on Facebook and found thousands of them.”

*Quickly does Facebook search for Kevleigh and finds… a bunch of men with the first name Kevin (Kevin), surname Leigh.

Originally published as ‘Our baby daughter’s name is a mash-up of our first names’