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Kala

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SelfIdentifiedTable · 20/12/2018 11:43

Thinking of Kala Anadahlia for soon to arrive DD. I think it's pretty and unique, but a friend said it may be too much? What do you think?

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TheRedFox · 20/12/2018 23:32

I think there are too many "A" sounds when you say the names together, which makes them sound rhymey and a bit OTT. Perhaps Kala would sound better with a simpler middle name.

I was going to suggest Kala Violet (for example) but that sounds a bit like Parma Violet...

Picknickers · 20/12/2018 23:27

What Fartniss said.

FartnissEverbeans · 20/12/2018 21:17

Mumsnet has outdone itself yet again.

‘Ewwww it sounds weird! I’ve never heard it before, I hate it!’ It sounds forrin

Straightforward, simple, real name with an unusual middle name. I fail to see why it has provoked such a hostile reaction.

Maybe people should bear in mind that there is a real, pregnant, woman reading this who is just trying, as we all do, to choose a beautiful name for her child. This thread is horrid.

RCohle · 20/12/2018 17:32

I'd assume it was pronounced Ka-la, like Cala homes. I wouldn't have thought it was a particularly hard name to pronounce Confused

I think the middle name is a bit odd, but middle names don't matter that much really.

Flamingosnbears · 20/12/2018 17:24

I thought Koala too, not a bad association mind...

GreatDuckCookery6211 · 20/12/2018 15:28

Looks like a Kardashian name to me sorry Op.

Pibplob · 20/12/2018 15:02

It needs to be Karla or Kayla. Then they are both b nice.

percheron67 · 20/12/2018 14:56

Makes me think of Tala (kitchen ware).

SnowyPaws5 · 20/12/2018 14:56

I don't know how to pronounce it and I think a lot of people wouldn't. If it's Ka-la, it sounds very wooden and clunky.

And I have never heard of Anadahlia before. I don't like it personally.

Abra1de · 20/12/2018 14:48

Gala is pronounced gah-lah, so Kala would be kah-lah in many parts of the UK. Very similar to Karla, in fact, for lots of people.

tammytoby · 20/12/2018 14:35

Exactly. Too rhyme with Gala! Not Garla Grin

NannyR · 20/12/2018 14:16

I would pronounce it kah-la, to rhyme with gala (which in my accent also rhymes with Karla, but I'm aware that a large proportion of the UK will disagree, due to differences in accents)

PinkCalluna · 20/12/2018 14:12

The pronunciation difficulties only come for people whose accents put r’s in where there aren’t any and don’t say them when they are there.

(Eg those people who pronounce Anna as arhna but drawers as draws) Grin

I’d say Ka-la as I’m Scottish.

I wouldn’t use the name though as there is a large Scottish building company called Cala.

KittenEsque · 20/12/2018 14:10

Bingo.

Sorry. When I saw the thread title in active, the first thing that popped into my head was Bingo.

IHopeThisIsAGoodIdea · 20/12/2018 14:07

Chavvy

CollyWombles · 20/12/2018 14:07

Ka-la I like the name, it was the name of a character in the Netflix series Sense 8.

ZebraKid71 · 20/12/2018 14:06

Tarzans mom was named Kala I think.

yerdadsellsavon · 20/12/2018 14:02

Both names are horrible

NotANotMan · 20/12/2018 13:54

Kala is a bit meh but the middle name is just awful sorry

tammytoby · 20/12/2018 13:54

There is no R in the name so why would it be Kar-la?

goldengummybear · 20/12/2018 13:52

Isn't Nala from the Lion King pronounced to rhyme with Carla? I wouldn't know if it was Ka la or Carla.

TamiTayorismyparentingguru · 20/12/2018 13:46

I know a Calla (like the lily) and I think it’s a lovely name. I’d assume the same pronunciation (no clue where people are getting Carla/Kayla from) but to be honest I much prefer the Calla spelling.

ZebraKid71 · 20/12/2018 13:43

I'd pronounce it the same as Calla. Which I really like, you will likely get issues with pronunciation but I doubt it would cause too many problems after people have been told once.

tammytoby · 20/12/2018 13:37

Why are people suggesting it pronounced Karla or Kayla when it is clearly Kala?! I'd say Ka-la.

ribblerobble · 20/12/2018 12:45

Don't actually mind Kala too much and frankly can ignore middle names (is that made up?) but the differences in spelling and pronunciation (when put together) would bug me.

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