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Alva

85 replies

Leeloo1233 · 05/07/2021 17:19

What do you think of this female name mostly given in Scandinavia?

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Newmum110 · 05/07/2021 22:12

I also think Vulva it's the spelling, if you loved the name could you use Ailbhe? If Vulva is the first thing that adults think of you can imagine kids thoughts!!!!!

Kollamoolitumarellipawkyrollo · 05/07/2021 22:06

Is the A as in hat? Written, I too thought Vulva. If it is pronounced Alva with a hard short A then I think it is ok but prefer the Irish spelling.

MyFartWillGoOn · 05/07/2021 22:04

I'd probably be the only one as I'm in the industry but ALVA is the Association of Leading Visiting Attractions in the uk.

So to me, it will always be associated with that-but I'd probably be in the minority!

Lockdownbear · 05/07/2021 22:04

Reminds me of the village even although I've never visited it.

Alba as well as being a cheap electronics brand is Gaelic for Scotland so I'd maybe think twice about using that alternative.

Names / words having different meanings in different languages is apparently something that gives car manufacturers a headache.

thefirstmrsrochester · 05/07/2021 22:04

It’s nice enough, but it’s a village in Clacks, Scotland to my ear.

MitheringSunday · 05/07/2021 22:01

Can't say I've ever seen them - but going back to Alva, shoehorning a vulva association in there is rather juvenile tbh.

ArrrMeHearties · 05/07/2021 22:01

Alva is a town beside where I'm from. Not heard it as a name before

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MaMelon · 05/07/2021 21:59

Do you also think of vulva when you see a Volvo?

That’s hardly unusual - there’s even a raft of memes about this.

Chwaraeteg · 05/07/2021 21:57

I associate it with the popular brand of cloth nappies. It also has a sort of medical ring to it.

MitheringSunday · 05/07/2021 21:53

Thomas Alva Edison. But that's not an overwhelming association, so I think it's fine, and quite pretty.

I really don't get the whole 'vulva' associations Confused Do you also think of vulva when you see a Volvo?

scrivette · 05/07/2021 21:49

Written down I thought vulva but not when I said it out loud. I like the Irish spelling of it (which is nothing like vulva).

WaitinginVain · 05/07/2021 21:45

I think it's a beautiful name. Also love Ailbhe but if you're not Irish the spelling/pronunciation can be an issue. Vulva would really not occur to me and can't understand why it would.

MaMelon · 05/07/2021 21:35

Alva is an old mining town in Clackmannanshire as others have said. If you’d been there you’d know not the first place you’d name your daughter after!

QueenAdreena · 05/07/2021 21:29

I think vulva

Yeah, me too, sorry OP. Alba is lovely though.

TheYearOfSmallThings · 05/07/2021 21:28

I know a few little Ailbhes in Ireland. I like it with that spelling, and I like the nickname Alf.

MoChridhe · 05/07/2021 21:27

Vulva.
How about Ava

Wbeezer · 05/07/2021 21:23

Me too but then it's only a few miles away, and while it has a nice park and a view of hills it's not a romantic place at all, a bit rough around the edges!

SylvanianFrenemies · 05/07/2021 21:21

It is pretty but also says "Clackmannanshire village" to me.

DramaAlpaca · 05/07/2021 21:21

@Anoisagusaris

I love it in Irish - Ailbhe. Don’t like the ‘look’ of Alva as much.
Same here.
TheLovleyChebbyMcGee · 05/07/2021 21:19

To me, it is the village closest to Menstrie in Clackmannanshire

ditto!

Kanaloa · 05/07/2021 21:15

I think it’s nice. I do prefer Alba though, just based on sound.

Eviebeans · 05/07/2021 19:31

Agree with drpet

Flamingo30 · 05/07/2021 19:25

I thought Vulva too

Rosesareyellow · 05/07/2021 19:23

Vulva, sorry. Looks nice written down - and in another language it would sound better (aalvaa) but the English ‘uh’ at the ruins it. Many names that end in a sound better in other languages.

StarryStarrySocks · 05/07/2021 19:21

Like PP, when you say Alva, I think Clackmannanshire. You could consider that for a middle name?
Seriously though, there's much nicer names out there.