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Zayda

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Buntysoven · 13/12/2017 01:54

After scouring list after list of names and OH and I thrashing out likes and dislikes we came across the name Zayda. Not sure we can use Angelica with it but we think it sounds lovely has a nice meaning and doesn't sound too sing-songy with our DD Nancy. Too far out for a typically British surname? I tentatively really really like it.

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DonnyAndVladSittingInATree · 13/12/2017 23:44

Sounds too much like Jayda which is just not an association you want right now? Grin

buttercup54321 · 13/12/2017 23:42

Really don't like it. Looks like it comes from a game.

BhajiAllTheWay · 13/12/2017 21:26

grandpa! Definitely the first thing I thought of.

MyBeloved · 13/12/2017 17:59

I concur with pp, it is indeed Yiddish for grandfather 😊

Battleax · 13/12/2017 17:59

Yes, 'uh' is probably a better rendering, actually. I'd never make a linguistics bod Smile

MikeUniformMike · 13/12/2017 17:58

an invisible not and invisible

MikeUniformMike · 13/12/2017 17:57

-er.
Names ending in a usually get pronounced as if the a is an uh.
If the surname or following name starts with a vowel and invisible r creeps in.
Sarah Atkins would be pronounced Sarah Ratkins, Anna Edwards would become Annuh Redwards. It just would.

Just because I say Law and Order doesn't mean that other people don't say Laura Norder.

BluePlasticBuddha · 13/12/2017 16:32

My mind also went straight to the Yiddish also. (My DDad is Jewish).

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Buntysoven · 13/12/2017 16:20

Thank you Sugarpie and Snowman ❤. Doesn't rhyme with Vader round here I can assure you all! Yiddish for grandad?! Well that didnt crop up in our research. Hmmm. Really dislike Zeta and Zora. Will mention the grandad thing to OH and see if it fazes him. Thanks for the input.

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Snowman41 · 13/12/2017 15:56

Samantha, Mathilda, Sara, Natalia, Alexandra, Xenia, Isabella etc all end an "er" sound.

They really don't. They and in AH. That's why the have an A on the end?

Why your you say samanther?

Battleax · 13/12/2017 15:29

I'm trying out accents now Grin

I can make it an "ah" in a kind of cod-Essex but I'm struggling for others.

lorelairoryemily · 13/12/2017 15:26

@Battleax it must be an accent thing. All those names you listed end in AH not ER. Samantha, not samanther.

Doingthebattybat · 13/12/2017 15:21

Yep, Yiddish for Grandpa. Because my mind went straight to this I couldn’t get past it as a name. It also sounds a bit like Darth Vader/Zader so there could be issues with getting teased about it.

Battleax · 13/12/2017 14:35

The name ends in an A which would give the sound AH

Is this an accent thing?

Samantha, Mathilda, Sara, Natalia, Alexandra, Xenia, Isabella etc all end an "er" sound.

Snowman41 · 13/12/2017 13:00

Zay-der? Or Zy-E-der?

Where are you getting the ER sound from?

The name ends in an A which would give the sound AH

OP, I really like it

Joinourclub · 13/12/2017 12:55

I like the suggestion of Zadie.

NauticalDisaster · 13/12/2017 12:50

I immediately thought of grandfather! It's a Yiddish thing :-D

HuskyMcClusky · 13/12/2017 12:11

My friend has a Zeta. I prefer that to Zayda.

StiltonForDays · 13/12/2017 12:08

I have a fondness for Z names. Never heard Zayda before, sounds vaguely Arabic? Not overly into it I have to say.

Zora is ace, though.

DonkeysDontRideBicycles · 13/12/2017 12:07

Prefer the spelling Zaida but yes, nice with Nancy.

SleepFreeZone · 13/12/2017 11:43

I like Zara, don't like Zayda though m, sorry.

QuiteLikeable · 13/12/2017 11:42

It's alright - my friend has a Zora which I think sounds a bit gentler.

Queenofthedrivensnow · 13/12/2017 11:38

It's Yiddish for grandad!!!

What about Zadie.

OhMyGoddd · 13/12/2017 11:33

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TatianaLarina · 13/12/2017 11:25

I prefer Zayna (usual Arab spelling Zaynab) or Zara.