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Koa?

37 replies

casey101 · 08/06/2015 23:05

It's the name of Kian Egan's son, it's Hawaiian and means 'brave/ fearless/ warrior' what do you think? Not sure :)

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caitlinohara · 09/06/2015 11:20

Are you Hawaian? If so, then yes: go ahead. If not, I wouldn't.

SevenEleven · 09/06/2015 11:17

I thought Koala too.

AngryBeaver · 09/06/2015 10:26

I met one in a coffee shop the other day!! His granny did the whole Hawaiian explanation thing, too. I smiled and nodded and said something polite like "ohh, lovely".
She probably does that x10 a day! I was trying to recall the name today actually and kept getting Cacoa.
We live on a very hippy dippy island though, so daft unusual names are expected. I've heard some corkers! The kid next door was called Moby. I involuntarily mouthed "dick" everytime someone said it...

Hellolemonade · 09/06/2015 10:16

It's also the name of a wood used for making musical instruments. I quite like it actually! Girls seem to get away with the most outrageous names these days but dare to name a boy anything other than samuel or jack and you are a freak :D

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casey101 · 09/06/2015 09:35

thanks for your comments so far everyone!

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BertrandRussell · 09/06/2015 08:14

Any name whose owner has to say "Hello,my name's Koa no it's not short for koala actually it's Hawaiian and means brave warrior" every time is not a good plan.

I often think that about name threads- people say "But it has q wonderful meaning". Well, yes, you know that, and we know that now you've told us, but everyone this poor child meets for the next 90 years isn't going to know thwt.....

mrstweefromtweesville · 09/06/2015 08:04

Oh dear me. They've already gone for it. Ah well.

mrstweefromtweesville · 09/06/2015 08:04

Sorry, I can't go with this one. It does seem like an abbreviation for koala, or a misprint for kia-ora (a particularly nasty orange drink I haven't seen for years).

Kyle? Kai? Both a bit uneducated, but better than Koa.

Cathal?

WellErrr · 09/06/2015 08:02

It WILL be called Koala throughout school and life

sweetpeame · 09/06/2015 08:01

It's awful frankly. There are so many good names out there which don't sound ridiculous or strange, not sure why someone would pick it. Bit different if you have some Hawaiian connection or it's a family name (in which case I still wouldn't like it but would understand the context more).

FireCanal · 08/06/2015 23:20

I'd probably assume it was short for koala tbh. But I'm very old-fashioned about names, I like actual names spelt correctly rather than random combinations of letters and hyphens.

JanuaryJuniper · 08/06/2015 23:15

Hmm it's not my style at all but if they like it that is all that matters tbh, I'm sure they wouldn't like my style Smile

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