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Willa

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17caterpillars1mouse · 25/03/2019 08:56

What are your thoughts on Willa? Do you know any?

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bibbitybobbityyhat · 27/03/2019 10:54

Love it! Gorgeous name.

GeriGremlin · 27/03/2019 10:52

I love it and have loved it for many years but ruled it out for my dd as there were too many Willows around and I feared she would forever be correcting people.

I think it falls in the trap of being too similar to Willow and Will and therefore becomes unusable. Just like Evie, Eva and Ava and Milly, Milla, Mila etc

AliceAforethought · 27/03/2019 01:02

Willy!

It’s very awful.

Chocolatecoffeeaddict · 26/03/2019 07:27

It sounds like someone saying Willy in a Lancashire accent. Please don't call your child this.

TroysMammy · 26/03/2019 07:05

Whenever I hear the name Willa I always think of Willa Jean in Ramona the Pest.

mrsgumpy · 26/03/2019 07:03

I love it. It was on our list if our DS was a girl.

Makes me think of Willa Cather who wrote the most beautiful book - My Antonia

Twelve8Ts · 25/03/2019 22:22

Seen this name quite a few times on the Birth Announcements in the Telegraph! (For any geeks like me that read them...)

Ohyesiam · 25/03/2019 21:26

I met my first Willa a couple of weeks ago. She was introduced round a table at a party, and no one mis heard her name, or needed to check it.
Quite nice and it suited her.

KingHenrysCodpiece · 25/03/2019 21:21

Willa is lovely as a pp said its edgy and cool but also sophisticated and unusual.

Love it!

AwkwardPaws27 · 25/03/2019 21:18

There's a Stephen King short story called Willa, she's a great character. I like it.

kingfisherblue33 · 25/03/2019 21:13

Willa Muir. Scottish writer. Lovely.

AnotherRoadsideAttraction · 25/03/2019 21:11

Ugh, I detest the name Willow - too wet and middle-class hippyish...but I think Willa is gorgeous and fresh.

axil · 25/03/2019 21:06

My friend's dog is called Willa. I thought it was a really pretty name for a golden retriever. I've not watched GOT so don't know it from there.

Willow would be a safer bet. Willa will be a nightmare at school.

Cbeebiesrehab · 25/03/2019 19:33

I really like Willa. It has an edgy, cool vibe that Willow doesn’t. It’s going on my imaginary child’s name listGrin

OnceWasBadEnough · 25/03/2019 19:14

I know a teenage one too, AuntieStella. Wonder if it’s the same one.

I’m not keen on it either to be honest. I much prefer Willow.

BayandBlonde · 25/03/2019 19:08

I'm not sure about the name.

Now interestingly as a child I had quite a bad stutter which I grew out of, gaining confidence helped. There were a few letters and words I couldn't pronounce, I just tried to say Willa out loud and couldn't!

I've not been unable to pronounce a word in nearly 30 years! But Willa has got me

AuntieStella · 25/03/2019 19:04

I know a teenage one.

I have to say it's name I'm not wild about,but I don't think it's difficult to live with.

aliceandkids77 · 25/03/2019 17:15

I have never heard this name before so I think if you don't want a popular name then this would be a good choice. I'm not really a fan of it it seems a bit 'made up' to me but remember what matters is that you love it! x

sunflower332 · 25/03/2019 14:26

Are all the Williams and Wills called Willy? Maybe a few but not the majority imo

Marcipex · 25/03/2019 14:13

She'll be called Willy. I think that's pretty obvious.

RayaJambalaya · 25/03/2019 13:58

I met a girl called Willa last year. Didn't think she said Willow because I listen properly and I think it's a gorgeous name!!

PBobs · 25/03/2019 13:14

My friend has just had a Willa. After the author I think. It's cute but not my cup of tea.

Sophronia · 25/03/2019 12:02

I like it. I’ve seen it a lot in the Telegraph BAs.

elQuintoConyo · 25/03/2019 12:01

I have neither seen not read GoT, so wouldn't make they connection.
I much prefer it to Willow - so flaccid!

Kokeshi123 · 25/03/2019 11:48

Makes me think of Willa-Jean in the Ramona series.... I dunno, it's not terrible but people will confuse it with "Willow."