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Cassia, Mara or Juno?

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Jericha · 02/10/2022 12:19

This is our girl's name shortlist, baby sister of Leo. Please can you let me know your thoughts? We know of the film "Juno" (in fact we had four songs from the soundtrack at our wedding) and this doesn't really bother us.

We also love Vada from when we had our son (my girl inspired) but since then Star Wars seems to have had a resurgence via Disney so we've agreed to forget it which is a shame.

Thanks!

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BackT · 05/10/2022 18:16

Isn't Cassia pronounced Cash-ah though?

Or is that how you wanted it.

Jelly4444 · 05/10/2022 16:41

Cassia is beautiful OP. Definitely under used and so pretty. Juno is not my kind of name and it doesn't work with Leo in my opinion. Mara is nice but plain I suppose.

Arcticlife · 05/10/2022 16:32

Vesper is similar to Vada. Also Kasia or Keziah are lovely.

zukiecat · 05/10/2022 16:31

Cassia or Mara

Cassia is beautiful, I know one, and she is lovely!

I like Mara too, it means Sea in Gaelic

Don't like Juno at all

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Jericha · 05/10/2022 16:25

MurderAtTheBeautyPageant · 04/10/2022 22:03

I like Mara. It means 'sea' in Irish.

Juno is a bit 'manic pixie parents in 2010'. It's okay though.

Cassia is meh.

Tbh I'm feeling meh about all three now! I do still like them all, just not love. I want a name to slap me in the face and DH like it too. I hate picking baby names Grin

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MurderAtTheBeautyPageant · 04/10/2022 22:03

I like Mara. It means 'sea' in Irish.

Juno is a bit 'manic pixie parents in 2010'. It's okay though.

Cassia is meh.

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Jericha · 04/10/2022 21:59

Thanks all.

Juno not June because we much prefer it. These are the three names we both like (there's lots of names we independently like but the other one doesn't).

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Daisybuttercup12345 · 04/10/2022 01:12

Why not June? Why the o?
Cassia sounds like a calculator brand.
You could always have Cara or Tara
Farrah, Laura, Sara or even Marjorie.

DramaAlpaca · 02/10/2022 22:26

Love Juno.

I don't like the other two, sorry

Mumofgirls2017 · 02/10/2022 20:54

Love Juno but too matchy with Leo, equally love Cassia so would opt for that

S25 · 02/10/2022 19:59

Cassia - sounds like a brand name to me.

Mara- as mentioned it means bitter/death ☹️

Juno - is the best of the three but doesn’t go with Leo, I don’t think!

What about Junie or Junia?

User6761 · 02/10/2022 19:46

I like Mara the best. Knew a Mora, always thought that was nice.

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Jericha · 02/10/2022 19:14

Wow thanks all for the replies. I did not know Mara means death, so very glad I asked Blush thanks pp. I just googled and it also means "bitter", perhaps a no for Mara in that case!

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Luredbyapomegranate · 02/10/2022 19:11

Cassia - lovely and underused, and Cassie is nice too

I like Juno, but Leo and Juno is too twinny.

Mara is both nothingy and slightly sinister.

Vada is nothing-y dash sci fi with a side serving of soviet so I’d leave that too. Nice for a Bond girl.

Pineappleflowers · 02/10/2022 18:36

Cassia is lovely, Juno quite nice
(also maybe consider Juniper, aka Juni?)

Mara means death which I think is a weird thing to call a baby 👀

Devo1818 · 02/10/2022 18:34

I like all 3, but Mara and Juno best.

Also - Clara, Viva, Vida

halfsiesonapotnoodle · 02/10/2022 18:25

Cassia is lovely.

urbanbuddha · 02/10/2022 18:23

I like Juno but I don'think you can use it with Leo.
Mara is stronger than Cassia (is it "Cass-ee-ah" or "Cash-a"?)

so Mara, which is lovely.

lulalulalula · 02/10/2022 18:18

I think Cassia is gorgeous both spoken and written down.
Mara is ok but seems something short of Maria. I think Cara or Lara are better.
Juno is ok but reminds me of saying "d'you know?"

LegoFiends · 02/10/2022 18:17

Cassia

Unlikelyfarmerswife · 02/10/2022 18:16

Ah see I really like Mara - but also love Martha

Cassia is lovely too

Not a fan of Juno personally, and I don't think it goes very well with Leo

Mara for the win for me!

Pumpkinpatchlookinggood · 02/10/2022 18:15

Mara. Juno sounds l slang for June imo! Bloody awful!

KylieCharlene · 02/10/2022 18:12

Cassia- pretty.

Juno reminds me of a clown (I don't know why- sorry pp).

Mara sounds very dull.

JunebuginDecember · 02/10/2022 18:09

As a Juno myself I'm pretty biased. It is quite the cool name 😎

(Although it does always get auto corrected to 'Junk' which can be quite irritating 😂)

GlassDeli · 02/10/2022 18:06

I like Cassia best. It's a refreshing sounding name.

Mara could be misheard as Myra, which obviously has negative connotations.

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