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Avonlea?

119 replies

hannahfaith · 18/02/2020 23:47

Might just be my hormones but I recently have been obsessed with the possibility of having a little girl named Avonlea.
It's a fictional literary place name from Anne of Green Gables but it sounds like it would fit so well with all of the other vowel girls names with v sounds ( i.e. Olivia, Ava, Evie)
DH said he'd consider it if we could find a cute middle name for it so send some suggestions. We both prefer short middle names as our last name is quite long.

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Onceuponatimethen · 20/02/2020 01:40

No sorry op. Poor baby if you did!

Anne with an e yes
Diana
Marilla
Cordelia

All yes!!

HalfManHalfLabrador · 20/02/2020 01:30

It’s a place name not a baby name Confused

username1724 · 20/02/2020 00:10

Avianna
Avalie
Avery
Avonlea just doesnt look or sound right..

Kolarola · 19/02/2020 22:48

I think it's awful, sorry op :-(

sweetkitty · 19/02/2020 22:40

It’s the name of our local care home sorry

mathanxiety · 19/02/2020 22:32

Avonlea with any middle name sounds like a pedigree name for cats.

It's also a clothbound cheddar made in Prince Edward Island.

The US is a very big place and that sort of association wouldn't strike the vast majority. The Anne of Green Gables reference would be picked up by most women from an educated home, and imo it's very charming.

The only issue I would see with it in the US is that it might sound a bit like the word heavenly, which is a bit stripperish.

QuillBill · 19/02/2020 22:29

Marilla is lovely!

TheDIsiilusionedAnarchist · 19/02/2020 22:23

I’m not a huge fan of Avonlea but go for it. I named my youngest Marilla and almost nobody linkis it to Anne of Green gables as it seems hardly anybody has read the book.

Avonlea Margaret
Avonlea Elizabeth
Avonlea Charlotte

I’d go for something very traditional as a middle name to balance out Avonlea.

DameSylvieKrin · 19/02/2020 22:19

@Canapes Nope, you’re thinking of Leslie Moore. She calls her daughter Persis after Persis Leigh, her second husband’s grandmother (?).

Parkandride · 19/02/2020 21:59

Aldi knock off brand

Buttercup54321 · 19/02/2020 21:56

No forget it. Terrible idea.

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hannahfaith · 19/02/2020 21:54

I like Cordelia (and have since I was young) but DH doesn't like it

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hannahfaith · 19/02/2020 21:51

For everyone saying it sounds like a dairy company or the name of a house, I live in the United States. There is no dairy brand called Dairylea here nor do we name our houses.

Besides that thank you for your feedback. We have also considered it as a middle name if we can find a short first name we like

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LemonScentedStickyBat · 19/02/2020 21:49

I actually met a little girl called Avonlea in the States. She seemed to like her name!

FelicityFebruary · 19/02/2020 21:48

I see Cordelia isn't the original thought I imagined it to be!

Honestly, I prefer Shirley to Avonlea. Sorry.

Canapes · 19/02/2020 21:46

Yes, @DameSylvieKrin, Persis. Though doesn’t gorgeous Persis spend years married to a man with brain damage who turned out not to be her husband, but a lookalike? Grin

Maybe Cordelia is safer. Or Anne.

MrsPelligrinoPetrichor · 19/02/2020 21:42

It's such a mouthful,don't do it!

DameSylvieKrin · 19/02/2020 21:41

Persis

Ohyesiam · 19/02/2020 21:37

It’s your hormones op.
To me it sounds like a new build estate outside Bristol that’s trying to sound like it’s both rural and long established.

EllaWallace · 19/02/2020 21:32

Oh goodness I can't find anything to like about Avonlea, I'm sorry!

LOVE Cordelia though! Or even Marilla!

OwlBeThere · 19/02/2020 18:13

Afon (pronounced Av-on, with the av like have) is welsh for River. Maybe Afona works appeal to you if you like the sound of Avonlea?

OwlBeThere · 19/02/2020 18:10

Mumsnet is hilarious, of all the god awful names I’ve seen on here this isn’t even close to the worst.
If you like it OP go with it.

DryHeave · 19/02/2020 17:42

Sounds like a nice place to live. Probably produces excellent dairy.

TooExtraImmatureCheddar · 19/02/2020 17:41

Anne
Cordelia
Marilla
Diana
Ruby
Jane
Priscilla
Stella
Hester
Leslie
Cornelia
Susan
Lavender
Philippa

All Anne names. Don’t use Avonlea!

FakeFraudSquad · 19/02/2020 16:21

It’s not pronounced like Stratford Upon Avon or Avon Lady.

The Av rhymes with the word have.

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