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Kitty or Ada?

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Myu5ername · 29/08/2016 22:25

I am having my second girl soon and trying to decide on a name. We both love Ada but everyone hates it - not that I often care of negative opinions but this time round it's making me think twice. Kitty was always a favourite name but I now know a couple of kitty's which is no bad thing but would probably prefer a name that I don't directly know someone with already.

What are your thoughts?

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nat73 · 03/09/2016 20:39

Kitty is cute but the child won't be a child for ever - one day she'll be in her 30s, 40s, 50s. Will Kitty last the test of time?

HettyB · 03/09/2016 18:45

I love Ada. Kitty is also nice, but Ada is fab.

Ignore everyone else - if you love Ada, name her that!

isitseptemberyet · 03/09/2016 13:17

i really like both, but reeeeeally think u need a longer 'grown up' name and Kitty as a nick name

allegretto · 03/09/2016 08:18

I love Ada and wanted it for DD but it didn't go with DH's surname unfortunately.

Ipanema01 · 03/09/2016 07:32

Ada is lovely

upaladderagain · 01/09/2016 23:01

Interesting that Ada is back in favour again. It was my mum's name: she was born in 1923, and her mother changed her mind about calling her Enid at the font!

Mum HATED it so much that though her best friend had the same name they always called each other Mrs X and Mrs Y rather use it.

She'd be turning in her grave if she knew it was being used again.

SatsukiKusakabe · 31/08/2016 22:32

Yes you were understood bingthing, was responding to dpotter who thought she wanted to pronounce it Ava. I was delving further into the murky waters of phonetics to try and clear it up Grin

RedLarvaYellowLarva · 31/08/2016 19:34

Kitty. Love it.

Ada too old granny for my liking.

cookielove · 31/08/2016 17:59

Ada

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Myu5ername · 31/08/2016 17:50

Lol yes I meant to rhyme with Ava ... I'm not sure how I could ever get away with using d as a v Grin

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BeingATwatItsABingThing · 31/08/2016 16:07

When I wrote Ayda, I was trying to write it phonetically to get my meaning across.

LemonBreeland · 31/08/2016 16:07

I know an Ada who is 5. Love it as a name. I also love Kitty though, so not much help.

SatsukiKusakabe · 31/08/2016 16:05

Op means it to rhyme with Ava, not spelled like Ava but pronounced Ada, I'm pretty sure. She was just pointing out that writing Ayda actually gives a pronunciation of 'Ida' rather than 'Aida.'

Why does anyone need an option about what they are called? I've never overthought myself to the point that I've noticed I didn't have any!

DPotter · 31/08/2016 15:48

Sorry but if it's spelt a.d.a it's pronounced Ayda. If you want to hear people calling your daughter A-va, then spell it a.v.a. Otherwise you will be 'correcting' people through gritted teeth faster than you can possibly imagine.
Maybe some adults have carried off Kitty, but why close options down with Kitty, when you could give your DD so many more with Katherine ?

SatsukiKusakabe · 31/08/2016 12:46

Kitty is lovely. FWIW I have a nicknamey name that is not to be taken seriously at all, far more frivolous than Kitty. I still managed to get a degree or two and jobs - it really makes no difference.

annatha · 31/08/2016 06:57

I love old fashioned names like these. Personally I'd go for Ada. Ada Katherine would be lovely and you could still use Kitty as a nn. As much as I like Kitty I agree with other posters that it would be better to keep it as Katherine officially so that she has options when she's older.

OhTheRoses · 31/08/2016 06:54

Kitty is a diminutive of Catherine so call the child Catherine.

Ada for me is "grannie" sans chic.

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Myu5ername · 31/08/2016 06:50

Thanks for all the input.
Ada would be pronounced as in Ava ... Ayda funnily enough is meant to be pronounced Ida but I know that's not always the case.

If we go with Kitty that will be her name rather than Katherine etc. Many adults have carried the name past and present with no problems although I agree it could sound too 'frilly' especially when paired with my first daughters name which has a girliness to it and an 'ie' ending.

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livinglooney8 · 30/08/2016 21:49

Definitely Kitty! Heard it called out in a playground recently and it sounded so cute.

Alisvolatpropiis · 30/08/2016 21:36

Chick

I know an Ada who matches that description, she's lovely. Could be the same one, it's not a common name.

DPotter · 30/08/2016 21:19

I'm not keen on Ada, although it has a long lustrous pedigree (Ada Lovelace mathematician and world's first computer programmer - probably). Kitty is OK, but I think shortened names cut off future options. If you use Kathleen or Catherine, you're leaving a wider range of options for your daughter down the line. My name is either 'little' girl or stuck up victorian, neither of which suit me - I don't think.

MrsBungle · 30/08/2016 21:13

Ada is a nice name. I really dislike kitty, it just doesn't sound like a proper name to me.

TwoLittleBlooms · 30/08/2016 21:10

I really like Ada, prefer it over Kitty.

Honeybee79 · 30/08/2016 21:00

Kitty would surely only work as a nickname, while she was little, for Catherine? Not as a given name in my view. It's just not grown up. If you went with Catherine, you could use Kitty when she was small plus have other options.

I like Ada.

Jooni · 30/08/2016 19:40

Love Kitty; Ada is just OK.