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I think I really like it, but it came as a bit of an out of the blue idea, so I'm not sure if it's just a crazy pregnant lady idea!
Boys options are old faithfuls like William, Samuel, James, Daniel, etc, which gives a sense of our style. |
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Love it, easy to spell, read and pronounce. Suitable for all ages.
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Stunning.
If those are your boys style, Anna is in the same league as them. |
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Anna is lovely and very much in the style of the boy names you like. I love Hannah too.
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We have an Anna.
It's a great name! Not super common, easy to spell and pronounce, classic, pretty. |
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Perfect.
Works on someone as a kid and as an old lady. Super easy to spell and not overly common. Amazing choice! |
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Dd1 is Anna
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Anna was one of our top choices for a girls name, unfortunately certain associates of ours pronounce it with an absolutely horrid nasal twang and make it sound so whiny that we couldn't saddle a child with it.
We compromised and gave our daughter the name "Aiyanna", it get's contracted to Anna but they use the pronunciation we wanted. I still sometimes wish we'd gone with Anna as the boys have boringly conventional mainstream names and her exotic sounding full name sticks out like a sore thumb. |
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Anna is beautiful.
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Love it. In the delivery room we wavered from our original choice and nearly went with Anna. If I had another girl that would probably be her name.
It is the sort of name that is feminine, simple, but strong. You could be the prime minister or a rock star or just a normal mum! |
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