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So DH is adamant this is what DD2 will be called. I don't get overawed with it, but I like it enough to go with it. So I have some say in the middle name, but I don't like our current choice of "Faith". DD1 is X@nthe Gr@ce. Any ideas welcomed. No matter how out there, we quite like unusual names.
How do you pronounce it? Is it like Eye-a or Ay-a
I am seeing Aya Michele :)
Aya's nice :)
Eye-uh, though I don't mind if people say aye-uh. Our surname is long, starts with H, ends with m@n.
Aya Ianthe
Aya Niamh
Aya Neve
Aya Rani
Trinity
There are names I wish I could have chosen for a first name, but might be a middle name instead.
Marieke
Hadassah
Mical
Would you consider having the same middle name.
I think Aya Grace sounds really pretty, friends of ours did that, they have 2 girls and both have Grace for the middle name.
Aya Hope
Aya Jade
Aya Matisse
Aya Louise
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Aya Faye
Aya Jane
Aya Sabine
Aya Elsbeth
Aya Kate
Aya Crystal
Aya Janae
Lots of middle names go with it, it depends what you like :)
Personally i would suggest picking a name you would love to use but havent :)
I'm with megs- Aya Grace is the first thing that came to mind.
But obviously I might be biased ;) lol
Oh I love the suggestion of Aya Neve :)
Aya Hadassah sounds lovely too.
Aya Nevada
Aya Regina
Aya Linda
Aya Hope
And I can't get away from Aya Sofia, I don't know if it's corny to anyone else, but I like it.
How about Aya Harmony?
Elsbeth?
All of these I think are beautiful.:
I love Elspeth. I haven't seen Elsbeth so much, but heck, yes, why not? It's so pretty.
Was my high school German teacher's name! ;):
I think you should use one of the names you would have chosen.for a first name
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Thanks all :)
Aya Rose
I know Rose is a super common middle name now, but I think it goes really nicely with Aya.
Louise, Lucy, Cleo, Caprice.
HELP!
I'm having second thoughts about this name because it is pronounce eye-uh, which is how we say ire. I don't want to sound like I'm saying ire when I call out her name. Did you think of this? I'm also worried it is too simple. I like the sound, but the association with ire is making me very uncomfortable.
Be honest please!
Aya Lauren
Aya Kate
I wouldn't think that. Didn't even consider it until your post.
My first thought for a middle name was Maree. Aya Maree.
I think that people who don't know will say Aay -uh
Aya is a lovely name! I don't think many people would come up with the association to 'ire' - I didn't until I saw your question. Ire is also probably one of those words that's pronounced a bit differently by different accents depending on if they say the 'r' as an 'r' if you know what I mean. It may be that it's only our aussie accent that make them sound similar.
Of the middle names suggested I like
Aya Louise
Aya Elsbeth
No...because I pronounce "ire" as "eye-er", and that name as"eye-ah"...it is a subtle difference, but ire would never have occured to me had you not said it. :)
I think that most people would pronouce it Aay-uh. I don't think the connection to ire is too great - not a problem for me. Though I know where you are coming from - I ruled out Noah as I didn't like that the name starts with No (as opposite to yes)
I like the idea of using a "virtue" name and continuing the "theme" from Grace. Faith is nice, but I also like Prudence, Charity, Constance, Patience, Trinity. I don't think you could use Honour though!
Love Hadassah.