Una

[velkoria.livejournal.com]

Thoughts on Una? I have madly fallen in love with this name... sadly I doubt I'd ever be able to use it (una = female 'one/only' in Spanish) but ugh looove the sound in English, so... thoughts?

Comments

[penguiny7.livejournal.com]

Gorgeous! I love it. I don't see why it's a big deal that it means one in Spanish... do you live in an area with lots of Spanish speakers or something? Maybe you could just make sure to spell it Úna or Ùna (whichever version you're going for) and people wouldn't think it was Spanish? I don't know.

[krosp.livejournal.com]

I like it better than Uma, but is that an alternative?

[velkoria.livejournal.com]

I live in South America (Venezuela) and my entire family is form here... with the exception of one of my cousins and my little brother and sister (not my oldest) no one is a fluent English speaker. So... that is why I could nto really use it... there's an old saying here, "Sola como la una" that translates "alone like the number one" (all in female form).

I might eventually say 'to hell with it' as I don't plan on raising my kids here but yeah... my parents might have to poke fun at the name a lot.

[velkoria.livejournal.com]

ick, no I don't like Uma at all... but thanks for the suggestion though.

[arbus.livejournal.com]

i love it. i know a girl, high school aged, named oona. would that help? :/

[penguiny7.livejournal.com]

I see. Quite the conundrum!

[velkoria.livejournal.com]

lol yes... you should see their faces when I come to them with a name like Rhiannon... or a French name... I totally blame this on them for having me learn the languages =P

[velkoria.livejournal.com]

oh no that sounds really bad in spanish... the double O is not usable here at all =/ Thanks for helping though and yes *sigh* I love it too.

[velkoria.livejournal.com]

lol that's pretty funny, I used to love watching Aeon Flux and the people on the other side of the walls called Monican Citizens... awesome because my name is Monica ^.^

[meeksnmeebs.livejournal.com]

If she's your first girl, it may not be a problem, you know? Or if she's the only girl, etc.
It could be a nickname even? I'm not sure for what, but I'm sure creative people here could come up with something.

All that aside, it was a character's name in the movie Stardust (great movie, everyone should see it!) and all her brothers were named things like Primus, Secundus, etc. up to Septimus. So if I saw that name on someone, that's immediately what I would think of.

[laminy.livejournal.com]

I think it sounds kind of ugly. I don't find it attractive at all.

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

It also means "one" in italian too (as in, "one girl", or other feminine nouns).
I think I prefer Luna, though, it's more of a real name and that way it's like having two names in one!

[mommyaubrey.livejournal.com]

i think of the game Uno of some insane reason lol. it sounds pretty but i think it would be a better nick name, and not necessarily short for something, just something you called her =]

[jexia]

My grandma's name. I love it.

[kitchen-poet.livejournal.com]

It's totally a guilty pleasure name of mine, except I prefer it spelled Oona. I know an Oona and she is the coolest. :)

[sereneignorance.livejournal.com]

How is it pronounced? I only know one person named Una and it was Oo-na, like saying 'una' in Spanish.

[monkey-fruit.livejournal.com]

I don't really like it. =/

[solitudete.livejournal.com]

I think it's lovely.

[amandidda.livejournal.com]

I think of a city around where I live and let me tell you, you do NOT want to name a kid this if you live in SC. The city is pronounced You-nah but I'm assuming this is more of a Oo-nah