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Please help me decide!

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Princess95 · 20/06/2018 21:15

Already have an Arthur and due baby girl soon. I love the name Aria, but i'm worried that it's too similar to Arthur! What do you think? Are they too similar sounding? If so, any name suggestions?! Thanks xx

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Verbena87 · 23/06/2018 17:00

Esther
Ivy
Ida
Beatrice
Amoret

Elasticity · 23/06/2018 16:57

Annabelle

HJL2506 · 23/06/2018 16:54

I love old fashioned names and think Violet goes lovely with Arthur!

Aquamarine1029 · 23/06/2018 14:22

Arthur and Flora

AdaColeman · 21/06/2018 00:11

A lovely name with a musical theme is Allegra, and it wouldn't be too similar to Arthur.

Octopeppa · 21/06/2018 00:01

Anna
Stella
Phoebe
Emma
Willow
Faye
Harriet
Rebecca
Lydia
Jennifer
Beatrice
Claudia
Miriam
Victoria
Georgina
Isabella
Lena
Katherine
Diana

iamthefox · 20/06/2018 23:28

But if you love Aria then go for it. Sounds beautiful when pronounced properly!

iamthefox · 20/06/2018 23:27

Other ideas:

Imogen
Violet
Clementine
Josephine
Florence
Juliet
Genevieve
Eloise
Flora
Cordelia
Delilah
Elodie

saltedliquorice · 20/06/2018 23:02

Definitely avoid Martha with Arthur.
I wouldn’t mind two children’s names with the same initial.
Maybe Alice, Tilly, Lucy, Emily, Jane, Milly, Freya, Hope, Faith, Eliza etc.

MikeUniformMike · 20/06/2018 23:00

Ah. It's from GOT.
Never mind where it's from. It seems to have two ways of pronunciation and maybe two ways of spelling it. I think most people would say is as Are-ya, so it's a No from me.
Ar-ee-a rounds too like Arrears for my liking.

Sassy306 · 20/06/2018 22:59

I liked Aria orignally but it is far too popular these days...not just for humans but dogs too lol! I called my daughter Esme, might not be to your taste but I love it :)

iamthefox · 20/06/2018 22:57

We chose Aria for its musical meaning, which I’ve always heard with 3 syllables.

OP if you want to avoid same initial then I would also vote for Matilda.

iamthefox · 20/06/2018 22:54

Re. Syllables - exactly what Modest said.

If you are pronouncing it ‘Are-ya’ then I think of that as spelled Arya, as in game of thrones, and yes that is too similar to Arthur.

MikeUniformMike · 20/06/2018 22:54

Oh. Aria the musical term is Ahr-ya.

Modestandatinybitsexy · 20/06/2018 22:48

I like them both, but like a PP said they are very different styles and I personally would avoid matchy initials.

MumOfTwoMasterOfNone · 20/06/2018 22:48

I'm not keen on the name Aria or the combination. If it were me, I'd look for something which didn't begin with A.
I agree with a PP, the style of the names don't go together. There are so many lovely girls names which will go with Arthur. I'm sure there was a baby names website which suggests sibling names?

Modestandatinybitsexy · 20/06/2018 22:46

Ah-ree-yah
Arr-thur

MikeUniformMike · 20/06/2018 22:42

How do Aria and Arthur have different numbers of syllables?

iamthefox · 20/06/2018 22:35

My daughter’s name is Aria and she has a cousin called Arthur. I think the names sound fine together. Different no. of syllables so sound different when called out.

Aria has taken off in terms of popularity since we chose it, but it is still a beautiful name and our daughter loves it. Occasionally hear it called out when out and about but haven’t actually met any other Arias.

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Princess95 · 20/06/2018 22:33

Thanks, hmmm i'm not sure.... any other suggestions? x

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MikeUniformMike · 20/06/2018 22:29

Ann-ya

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Princess95 · 20/06/2018 22:28

Thanks for all the replys! You've conformed my decision... aria is a no!:( Anyway, may I ask how you pronounce Anya? It looks beautiful! I also love Matilda! Thankyou all :)

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MikeUniformMike · 20/06/2018 22:24

Apparently Oliwia is quite a popular name.

Postymalone · 20/06/2018 22:24

Aria is a poor choice

BewareOfDragons · 20/06/2018 22:23

Anya is a nicer spelling of 'Ania' which just looks weird imo.

Aria is quite similar to Arthur. Plus they'd have the same first initial which is kind of 'meh' these days.

Give her her own initial ...