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thread: Too much of a mouthfull????

  1. #1
    Registered User

    Jan 2005
    Mooroolbark, VIC
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    Too much of a mouthfull????

    Well I'm 37 weeks pregnant and DH hasn't even looked trough a baby name book! There is one girls name, however, that I love, love, love and DH does too. I've always liked this name so I know that it's not just a passing thing. Problem is although we both love it we are afraid that it is just too much of a mouthful with our last name and just sounds a bit too weird.

    So what do you think?

    Sacha Sharkey

    Too much of a mouthful?

    TIA
    Carrie

  2. #2
    BellyBelly Member

    Jan 2008
    In beautiful chaos!
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    Not at all I like it! Is it pronounced 'Sasha'?

  3. #3
    Registered User

    Dec 2007
    Sunny Qld
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    I'm not really a fan of first name and last name having the same initial - but thats just me.

    If you guys love it - go for it!

  4. #4
    Registered User

    Jan 2005
    Mooroolbark, VIC
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    yep, pronouned Sasha - I haven't even really considered different spellings as thought that we wouldn't be able to use it. Thanks for your reply...wonder what others will say...

  5. #5
    Registered User

    Jan 2010
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    I said it out loud a few times... it sounds like Sash-sha-sha Key! Maybe she would be a ballroom dancer!!

    It is quite a mouthful, but if you like it, go for it!

  6. #6
    Registered User

    Oct 2007
    Brissy
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    mmm, for me I think it is a bit much. But I don't like first and last names starting with the same letter either.
    Sorry!
    I love the name Sasha though!

  7. #7
    2014 BellyBelly RAK Recipient.

    Oct 2007
    Outer South East Melbourne :)
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    I love the name Sacha! - but it was a bit of a mouthful for me...hehehe...i had to think when i said it out loud

    If you like it hun you go for it!!!

  8. #8
    BellyBelly Member

    Jan 2008
    In beautiful chaos!
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    TBH I never say my kids last name. I always say their 1st and middle names!!! So what would be the middle name?
    haha and do what ever you like as I have my kids have MASSIVE long names
    Annabelle Marie Yates-Brierley
    Lucy Jeanne Yates-Brierley
    Im never saying all 4 of their names, even when Im mad hahaha

    Sasha is a name Ill always like but never be able to use

  9. #9
    BellyBelly Member

    Oct 2007
    Gold Coast
    860

    I'm a Sacha and when I married my last name turned into one starting with Sh and ending in y.
    It was a little strange at first, but to be honest, it's like everything - when you hear it all the time you just get used to it.
    If you love the name (and why wouldn't you? ) go for it. Or if it just doesn't sit right with you, what about a hyphenated first name - Sacha-Lee etc.?

  10. #10
    Registered User

    Jan 2009
    A Pirate Ship
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    I love the name Sacha but with your last name it is a bit of a tounge twister? However it's not that often that people really say the 1st and last name together so it doesn't really matter if you love it There are some names that we just can't use because they make other names when put with our last name so some times even though you love a name you just can't use it.

  11. #11
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    Mar 2007
    on cloud 9.....
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    I like it.... if you want to hear a mouthful, my little bubba is Arabella Ballangarry, even though it's a mouthful it flows I think.

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    BellyBelly Member
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    Sep 2008
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    I like it and if you do go for it

  13. #13
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    Sep 2008
    Australia
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    IMHO I think it is a bit of a tongue twister for me. But it is totally up to you guys. I tend to think what the name will sound like in different instances. I like names to sound right with the surname because I think if they were to become a high profile person that is how they're known.

    Could you use it as a middle name?

  14. #14
    Registered User

    Jan 2009
    In my own little fantasy world
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    I quite like. I said it out loud a few times & it wasn't at all difficult. I say use it!

  15. #15
    Registered User

    Jan 2005
    Mooroolbark, VIC
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    So at the moment I think we have 6 for and 6 against. Obviously it is just a personal thing......argg, so hard.

    So Sacha i my fav but other names on my list are:

    Heidi
    Kassidy
    Priscilla (Cilla for short)
    Chloe
    Hailey

    As you see I like ie, ey ending names!

    After all this I bet I end up having a boy!

  16. #16
    Registered User

    Jan 2009
    In my own little fantasy world
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    I like Hailey & Kassidy from your extended list. I think Cassie as a nickname is gorgeous.

    Good luck!

  17. #17
    Registered User

    Dec 2007
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    I love Sacha, it sounds so graceful! It is a bit of a mouthful with your surname (damn hubbies and their last names! I have this issue a bit too!) but try and imagine that it is being announced at school assembly for winning a big award, or when she is grown up an they are announcing her winning an olympic medal (or the nobel peace prize, whatever way she goes!) and see if you feel happy about it that way.

    Like a pp said, you aren't going to use it that way much so she will just be Sasha to you..

    Good luck deciding!

  18. #18
    smiles4u Guest

    oh i'm so sorry to admit yeh to me it sounds to be a mouth full, bit like she sells sea shells by the sea shore IYKWIM ... although i do love Sacha too ... Seems Sharkey is a hardish name to team a name with (my previous surname was the same).

    ***** I like Pricilla on your list there

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