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Avia

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Junebugmissy · 12/05/2015 13:07

I've been liking the name Avia Rose for my soon to be little girl in June.
Do you think it's too different? some of my family and friends really don't like it :-(

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pookamoo · 17/05/2015 14:03

What magenta said.

Sorry for derailing the thread. These "celebrities" will hopefully disappear before long anyway.

Avia is quite a pretty name and sounds as if it might have something to do with birds (as in aviary).

2boys2girls · 16/05/2015 17:15

Pn/sounds like the place in spain

GlitterNails · 16/05/2015 17:10

The photo on their wiki page is one of hundreds they have done each year for a calendar. It's just silly faces, nothing to do with their name.

There has been debates for years on their name - but it's done, they're famous as the Shaytards, and it wasn't intended as offensive.

I cringed the first time I saw it as well, but I understand why he can't change it now.

They're hugely rich from it now, made millions on a deal by Disney.

WinterIsGoing · 15/05/2015 07:19

With you magenta I know tard as am insult too

MagentaVitus · 13/05/2015 21:43

(sorry to derail your thread OP)

MagentaVitus · 13/05/2015 21:39

Tard is a slang word, short for retard. I grew up hearing it said to describe my cousin with downs syndrome by our neighbours.

www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Tard

How ridiculous, just listen to yourselves.

Thanks for that.

pookamoo · 13/05/2015 21:27

No, of course "tard" is not a word!

But in slang terms, it is often tagged on the end of other words or parts of words to create insults. Just as bad as using r**d.

Then you only have to look at the "family photo" on the wiki page, where they are all pulling faces, to come to the conclusion that either they are in fact being offensive, or they are really ignorant.

I hopemagentavitus is right.

IvoryMadonna · 13/05/2015 21:11

Oh, so parts of words are offensive now, are they? How ridiculous, just listen to yourselves. 'Tard' is not a word.

KenDoddsDadsDog · 13/05/2015 21:00

Means granny in Catalan

MagentaVitus · 13/05/2015 16:43

Not yard - autocorrect just got me. T not Y.

MagentaVitus · 13/05/2015 16:41

The yard thing pookamoo was such ignorant, shortsightedness on the family's part. It comes from a reference to leotards. Ie, Shay was wearing one and as he wasn't called Leo, he dubbed it a Shaytard.

Even though he hadn't meant it to be offensive, it obviously is, and cringe every time I hear it. I agree, I wouldn't want my child associated.

CeriBerry · 13/05/2015 16:40

And they're all short sounds!

CeriBerry · 13/05/2015 16:35

I should probably say though that it doesn't sound like Ava! It's pronounced "Ah-vee-Ah" in my friend's case!

LorryHen · 13/05/2015 16:32

Sounds like a feminine hygiene product

pilates · 13/05/2015 16:31

Yes, Aviva the Insurance Company sprung to mind.

CeriBerry · 13/05/2015 16:17

I have a friend called Avia, I love it!

VT82 · 13/05/2015 14:55

I think of Aviva or Evian. Definitely something corporate about it. Not a fan!

pookamoo · 13/05/2015 14:11

Surely anything with "-tards" attached to it as a joke is wrong and inappropriate? Hmm

I'd not want my DD connected with it, tbh, but having just googled, it seems 3 million people are fans, so I may be wrong.

GlitterNails · 13/05/2015 14:00

I love the name Avia, and it's in my top two girls names. Also know the Shaytards and the yet lots of compliments. Shay named her after a girl he worked with on a missionary.

SevenEleven · 13/05/2015 07:03

Errr, so why ask, OP?

ItsRainingInBaltimore · 13/05/2015 06:19

Avia sounds like a bird disease or a car hire company

This.

And Avis is a really ugly, frumpy name and I cannot imagine why anyone would pick it. And an Avia will just get mistaken for Ava all the time anyway.

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Junebugmissy · 13/05/2015 06:13

Thanks for your input ladies. I see what you all mean but I live in North Queensland Australia and I have never heard of that name for an insurance company, a shoe brand, or any other company! We don't have anything at all called Avia anywhere near where I live and I've lived here my whole life. The only place I heard this name was on a young girl on YouTube called the Shaytards, and I really liked it. I know someone said the meaning is granny in Latin but the name means different things in different countries.
With all that said thanks for your honest opinions :) I'm seeing now that I'm in the minority with liking this name, which I guess in a way isn't such a bad thing

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sweetpeame · 12/05/2015 15:04

It sounds very similar to Ava so she may get called that. I love Ava as a name but certainly if you read mumsnet it appears to be very popular (not sure where it is in the stats but assume top 20). Funnily I've only come across one in real life to date.

Agree that Rose has become completely ubiquitous as a middle name, everyone seems to be using it. I'm convinced that middle names are largely irrelevant though so that shouldn't stop you using it IMO.

GuatemalanRum · 12/05/2015 14:14

Ava or Aria are both much nicer imo.

Agree that Avia sounds like company name.

Fwiw - my mum was named Avis at birth, she hated it so much that she changed her name to Ava in her 50s!

SevenEleven · 12/05/2015 13:32

Sadly I agree with the others. Avia sounds like a company name/mid-range car/bird disease/Aviva/Avis (although my great aunt was called Avis!).

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