Oona

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17caterpillars1mouse · 20/06/2021 10:55

What do you think of the name Oona? I imagine a lot of people will prefer the spelling Una, which is actually a family name for me (though she pronounced it you-na) but I just love the spelling Oona

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PuppyMonkey · 20/06/2021 21:56

peaceinourtime · 21/06/2021 05:38

I like Oona and love the double Oo

RickiTarr · 21/06/2021 05:45

For a name that a lot of people dislike, a lot of nations are keen to claim it.

CliffsofMohair · 21/06/2021 05:48

@ILoveStickers

I prefer Úna, pronounced oo-na, but the Anglicised Oona is also kind of cool. It's used in Finland too, I think, so has a kind of Scandi thing too.

I personally don't like Oonagh as much - the Anglicised vowel spelling plus the -gh as a sort of Irish flourish is a bit weird to me. The -gh isn't in the Irish spelling of the name, so I see no reason to use it.

For the craic. We add the -gh for the absolute craic of it

RickiTarr · 21/06/2021 05:50

😂

SeanChailleach · 21/06/2021 08:21

@theyearofsmallthings yes "The Growing Summer" - it was Great-Aunt Oonagh wasn't it? Spreading the laundry out on the gorse bushes and leaving the kids to fend for themselves.

ILoveStickers · 21/06/2021 08:33

@CliffsofMohair Fair!

TheYearOfSmallThings · 21/06/2021 09:24

it was Great-Aunt Oonagh wasn't it?

Ah no, it was Great Aunt Dympna - Miss Oona was the kindly neighbour who helped the children.

Now Dympna is a name you don't see much these days.

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