Looks like baby will be nameless........

[Freya]

I am all for the viking-type names so I just say tell him to stick it, Arika it is. I also like Arienne.

Some other names I found when googling scandinavian names...................Ara (Aw-ruh), Adisa, Ase, Asta (Aws-tuh), Brinja, Beyla, Disa (dee-sah), Dalla (dah-lah), Eisa (ay-suh), Elja, Edda, Eilina, Eir (goddess name - Ay-r), Eirny, Esja (es-yah), Evja (ev-yah), Eyja, Halla (as in Valhalla), Jora (yoo-ruh), Kata, Kitta, Luta (loo-tah), Runa, Sida (bit iffy on prn of this, see-duh is the most common Ive found), Tora.

Hope that helps a little!

[Hollybolly]

What if you change the R to an L? Alika?

Its probably made up but it sounds pretty to me... and DD2 may have trouble pronouncing the L part & pronounce it Arika anyway?!

[smiles4u]

yep ... fwiw how is it pronounced? ayrika? ahrika? or Rika (as in arrhhh)

i prefer that spelling of Ahrika ... seems easier to pronounce !

have to say i really DO like your name choice

if you need any other choices my DD's middle name is Ariane

[Rowellen]

Plan of action was to wait till she was born and then just look up at him and say "Arika" ... with a smile. I mean, he can't say no to me just after I have been through labour can he?

I'm having the same problem with my DH and this is my plan too (but replace Arika with Amelia). He just won't discuss it with me. Everything I suggest, he shoots down and the best he has come up with is "Stephanie". Hmmm. Nice enough BUT it doesn't go with our last name and I have an ex called Stephen so I'm really not a fan. So - you're not alone! I don't think I can help much with names as you seem to like different names to me but I'll give it a go.

Aaralyn
Ainsley
Amara
Avalon
Ameia
Bessie
Brooklyn
Cameo
Cecelia/Cecily
Elewyn
Eleni
Harper
Hella
Jenaya
Letitia
Luella
Mabel
Mali
Nala
Natalia
Nyssa
Nyree/Ngaire
Ruvae
Shanae
Skyla
Talia
Tamika
Valerie

Good luck!

[Kitt3n]

Thank you everyone for your replies......... looks like we might have come up with a compromise, highly based on some of the ideas in this thread!!

Amika/Amica

(Ah-mee-kah)

WDYT?

[thepixie]

Mmmm I like it!

[rufalina]

Amika - I like it with the K better... It sounds pretty.

[Rowellen]

Very nice! I prefer the K too.

[luna moth]

I like Amica.

[meow]

Amika is beautiful! I like it with the K.

[thepixie]

I like it with the c, but the k might be cute with your last name... Hmmm I just wrote the whole name and I think I like it better with the c

[Pandora]

I would be MUCH more likely to pronounce it correctly with a C

[Hollybolly]

I like it with the K

[Inanna]

Arienne is beautiful IMO... Adrienne?

[Inanna]

To me it sounds like arnica. But maybe that's because I use homeopathics.

[meow]

To me it sounds like arnica. But maybe that's because I use homeopathics.

With the C it reminded me of arnica. With the K I think of Tamika without the T.