Ohhh,... girl.

[familyguez.livejournal.com]

So, I have a daughter already, her name is Aida, pronounced like Ada not the opera.

My husband and I are going to start TTC this fall, and we have been talking alot about names and how much we want a boy. However, I just found this girl name that I'm totally head over heels in love with and I am now desperately hoping for a girl just so I can use the name.

Nona

What do you think?

Aida & Nona. Her full name would be Nona Emery Lee Rodriguez. I am just obsessed with this name now! I think its the best thing since sliced bread.

So, make it or break it for me.

Comments

[spaceandclouds.livejournal.com]

It's not my style, but I think it's a nice name and it sounds wonderful with Aida!

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

Nonna is grandmother in Italian so it just seems really wierd as a little girl's name to me.
But then I work at a school in an Italian area so I hear it daily (also ruined Zia [Aunt] for me) ymmv

[blue-raine.livejournal.com]

it goes along great with aida. to me, i wouldnt add the lee, but nona emery sounds good :)

[after-the-ashes.livejournal.com]

I love Nona. We have a neighbor with this name, and it really made me like it because she's just the perfect embodiment of it. Nurturing and quirky. Sounds great with Aida.

[ber-waves-of.livejournal.com]

I like it! :)

[blosmbee.livejournal.com]

I think grandmother, but if you don't love in an are a with a lot of Italians it might work.
I really love Emery and think it would work great as a first name and goes with Aida.

[lyrehca.livejournal.com]

Love it.

[requiem-morrow.livejournal.com]

I like it. It first hit my radar on a true crime show (dead girl's name) but despite how I met it, its still cute. I think the whole name works. Good job! And Good Luck!

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

Well to be honest the first thing it makes me think of it Nonna or Nanna... so grandmothers. Which is of course not a bad association! Just probably not something I'd name my kid.

[sweetest-asylum.livejournal.com]

and there is a song for this one, too.
i like it.

[waitingonsunday.livejournal.com]

Love it! There's something very sweet about Nona, and I'm surprised at how little I see it used (basically, never).

[frost.livejournal.com]

Like a few others have said, I also think of grandmothers.
I don't like it.

[retrodancekitty.livejournal.com]

Nona is the feminine form of "ninth" in italian ("nove" is the number nine)
Also, "nonna" means grandmother in italian.

I never realized your daughter's name was pronounced like Ada, I thought it was Ah-ee-da.

[laminy.livejournal.com]

It sounds like something a kid would call their grandmother. And as I read the other comments, I realize there's a reason for that. Other than that, I personally think it's quite ugly, and I don't like sibsets that match, and Aida and Nona do that for me, just because of the ends.

[quitmyscene.livejournal.com]

I like it. My friend's sister is named Norah and they call her Nona a lot, so I associate it with her rather than grandmother.

[hwar.livejournal.com]

I also think of grandmothers. I prefer Nina or Nora.

[muggleish.livejournal.com]

This is my great aunt's name. She is about umm. 55, but she is pretty sweet lady. Never cared for her name though. :O

[longlostblue.livejournal.com]

It's not my taste.

[aymen.livejournal.com]

My aunt's BFF is named Ramona and they cal her Nona for short. She denies being "Ramona" and only goes only by Nona. LOL I think Nona is a pretty name and it works well with Aida! Good luck TTC!! <3

[satunian.livejournal.com]

To me, Nona and Nonna have different pronunciations. Granted they're not drastically different, but different enough to my ear that I would hear Nona and not think of Italian grandmothers.
I also went to school with an Aida pronounced the same way. I love Aida, not a huge fan of Nona in general but it's not horrible, and it goes nicely with Nona.

[solitudete.livejournal.com]

I like it. I think it's pretty.

[becomingun.livejournal.com]

Yep, this.

[gipro2003.livejournal.com]

It isn't my style.

[silentyrs.livejournal.com]

agreed

[roseofjuly.livejournal.com]

Not crazy about it *shrugs* but I don't see anything wrong with it. It's pretty.