Like or dislike?

What do you all think of the name Arena for a girl? Is it too abstract? Can you think of a middle name that goes with it?

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my second choice for a girl is "Aria" which happens to be the same name a 'friend' named her baby girl 5 years ago (not a common name). This friend is on my facebook but we havn't actually communicated since high school almost 15 years ago. My sister seems to think its rude. WDYT?

TIA :)

Arena - I don't like
Aria I love :)

li like aria over arena

I really dislike the name Arena, sorry. It's perfectly ok to use the same name as a FB friend though, and Aria is a lovely name.

Thats OK...I'm not really that sure of Arena...LOL ..but thought I would see what others feel.

I don't think theres anything wrong with using Aria either...

Thanks for your response :)

Ummmm....I am not a massive fan of either sorry!! But if I had to choose it would be Aria. (Can't help thinking of opera or Matt Moran's restaurant!! Which is better than Tina Arena though...IMO.)

Ignore me though. I am hard to please when it comes to names. DP and I joke that even after years of TTC, including all of the Assisted Conception and four unsuccessful IVF cycles, the hardest part of our journey will be coming up with a name we both like!!

LOL...finding names is the fun but hard part.

Everytime I think Arena I think Tina...(Tina Arena)...or Rod (Rod Laver Arena)...LOL

I really like Aria (*puts name into memory bank*) and don't think it's rude to use it at all.

Arena isnt my cup of tea, but thats just my opinion. All i get in my head when i see it is "Tina Arena", maybe if it was spelt different.........i dunno? Arina, Areena, Arinah etc. Actually, spelling it different changes the dynamic of the name an enormous amount for me, how interesting. I dont mind it with those spellings.

Aria is gorgeous!! I dont think you should worry about your "friend" having a child called that at all and i think its rude of your sister to say its rude of you to use that name. You dont have contact with this person really so why cant you use the name if you love it? It would be different if this was your sisters name choice or your BFF's or something, but an aquaintance, not an issue i say.

I agree with others, Arena doesn't work for me (makes me think of a sporting arena or something) but Aria is lovely.

For another idea, friends went with a similar name "Ahlia" which they took from the sound of Aria and I think it is lovely.

aria is awesome- in music it means ' a little air'!
its also the name of the singing movement of a piece of music
very pretty
btw i also like allegra as well ! it was our girls name which we didnt need
another one for ya!

I really like Aria but am not to keen on Arena.
I don't think it is rude if she is only a facebook friend.
The name game can be very hard! :D

I don't really like Arena sorry. I know a 5yo Aria (wonder if it's the same one?) but I do prefer the name to Arena. If you never see the child then I don't see the problem. We have friends who have a Juliet who is 6m older than our Juliette - we were concerned at first but they have never actually met so they are unlikely to grow up close and now it's a non-issue.

I LOVE it! It reminds me of Aroura (sp?) which I also rally love. I'm pretty sure a BB gal has a girl named that as I it in a sig.

Another one who it not a fan of Arena but I like Aria. I think if this isn't really a close friend, I'd still name my child that, although I personally would try out other names prior and unless something else grabbed my attention, I'd go for it

Arena - I don't like
Aria - I like

if you wanted to be a bit different to your friend you could go........... Ariana?

I was going to suggest Ariana too. Don't really like Arena or Aria though, sorry.

I know I child called Arina (she is Russian) which I don't mind. Like someone said with the "e" it makes you think of a sports arena or something! So I don't mind it with the "i".

I like Aria a lot, and Arena is very nice too. A girl off Mastechef shares that name, and my first though was 'isn't that a gym complex?' but I actually think its a really nice name now. Its different but now too far from the 'regular'.
Similar names i've come across incluse Aurora (Sleeping Beauty's real name), Auriyah (sounds like Orr-eye-ahhh) and Aurelia (all girl names).

Im not such a bit fan or Arena - but like Aria.

I also like Arista and Avalon :)

One of my besties little girl is Ariani which I absolutely love. I like Aria more than Arena.

Wow, thanks everyone for your thoughts and suggesting other names...

I think now its the sound combination that I like more than the actual name Arena because the alternatives you all have suggested are really nice like Ariana and Ariani...

Thanks heaps guys for taking the time to share :)