Honor Gianna 'Gigi'

Yes. I can hear it as I know several Giansomethings, a Giovanni and a Giulia.

It’s hard to transcribe the pronunciation completely accurately. It’s quite subtle - I would say much closer to Janna than Jee-Anna. Somewhere in between.

English J does not sound like Italian Gi.

Agree - proper pronunciation would be Janna. Gigi is pretty though

If you want her to be known as her middle name why not just use that as her first name? I think you're setting up a lot of confusion in the future.

I like Gigi a lot, but giving it to her as a middle name because 'Honor sounds better with Hugo' isn't a good reason. People tend to use middle names if their first name is a family name so others in the household are known by it. I would go for Gianna as her first name, Gigi is fine as a nickname as that is traditionally its origin anyway - my understanding is it is traditionally short for Genevieve.

Quite, @Beeeeeeeeeeeeeep.

They sound nice in their native language but wrong in a UK accent.

Gigi is a real name though - why make this harder than it has to be ? Just call her what you intend to call her.

Janna not Gee-AH-na

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Seriously, Gianna is not pronounced gee- anything. GI makes a J sound, not Jee, so it sounds like Janna. It only has two syllables. Similarly, Gianni and Giorgio are Janni and Jorjo.

True. And it's definitely not Gee-AH-a

Does Hugo go with Honor? I'm not sure it does unless you're pronouncing Honor with a 'h' at the start?!

'Honor India... Or else!'

If your highest priority is something that can be nicknamed Gigi, use that (though Ji-Aarna sounds terrible, and that's what you'll hear in at least half the UK). If you want a "matchy" name with your DS above all else - which seems an odd criteria, imo - focus on that. I wonder about Genevieve? Can be Gigi, "goes" with Hugo?

Honor Gianna is nice and flows better than Honor India, but don't call her Honor as a first name if you aren't going to use it. It causes so many admin issues as a PP has said.

Seriously, Gianna is not pronounced gee- anything. GI makes a J sound, not Jee, so it sounds like Janna. It only has two syllables. Similarly, Gianni and Giorgio are Janni and Jorjo.

Love Honor but not with India as a middle name. Don't like that they both end in a sounds and find a little difficult to say together. Honor would also be best with a middle name that isn't also the name of a place/thing because otjerwise it sounds like an instruction 'Honor India... Or else!'

Honor is lovely, but it really doesn't go with Gianna. Its also incredibly bizarre to want to name your daughter something but to choose a totally different first name and just hope that people go along with calling her a nickname version of her middle name? How about Genevieve? Gigi is a nickname for Genevieve and Hugo and Genevieve go together perfectly. Either give her a first name that can have Gigi as a nickname (preferably not Gianna though as I don't really like it and agree it doesn't go with Hugo) or just don't call her Gigi?

First names never used are a PITA for anything vaguely official: doctor's, hospital appointments, passport, school,exams etc.

I once went to a wedding of friend 'Chris' and was confused to hear him being called ' Mark' by most of his family. Turns out his name was Christopher Mark because they thought that flowed better but Mark was his name. When he went to school he found answering to Christopher/ Chris was easier than constantly explaining. So he had 2 names on the go!

Honor India is fine imo (I've always liked the name India since I first heard it in Gone with the Wind, although people hate it on here - it was used as a name before British occupation of the country though). Honor and Hugo make a nice "fit". Gianna is okay - just sounds very Italian to me compared to Hugo!

Or if you love Gigi but don't like the obvious Georgina/Georgiana, how about Genevieve, Gabriella or even Josephine nn Gigi?

^Gianna is not a natural full version, traditionally it is short for
French names like Genevieve or Georgette^

This is true. Gia is the dim of Guiana.

Sorry didn’t read your latest comment. Honor is also nice but may get misspelt frequently.

I would use Gianna as her first name. Hugo and Gianna sound great together.

Honor Gigi also sounds a bit like 'on a geegee'

absolutely

No - I know a few people who go by middle names, never an issue. Agree Gigi not a full name, though sweet nn. Gianna is not a natural full version, traditionally it is short for
French names like Genevieve or Georgette - so could be Genevieve, Georgia or Georgiana/Georgina here - though I think anything beginning with G is fine.

Unless you have Indian heritage I wouldn’t use India, I generally think it’s fine to use what name you like, but given the UK’s history with India I wouldn’t use this one if you are basically a white Brit.