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Rossa - For a boy

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PrisonerZero · 17/05/2011 19:23

When you see the name Rossa, how do you automatically pronounce it?

I love this name but am worried that people will think he is called Rose - a (and theink he has a girls name). Its meant to be pronounced Roe-sa (I think, any corrections welcome) Its an Irish name that I came across recently.

Only have a couple of weeks left to decide so any thought welcome.

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SocialButterfly · 17/05/2011 19:28

It does sound quite femine to me Rose-a and Roe-sa sound the same to me and both sound like the girls name Rosa. If it was written down I would probably have pronounced it Ross-a which is more like a boys name I guess.

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CoteDAzur · 17/05/2011 19:29

Is Rossa even a name? For boys?

How about Ross?

thisisyesterday · 17/05/2011 19:34

i would pronounce it Ross-a

I think it's ok. makes me think of the formula 1 driver

tattycoram · 17/05/2011 19:36

I really wouldn't do it. Anyone seeing it written down will think it is Rosa with a typo

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PrisonerZero · 17/05/2011 19:36

Its a gaelic name (also Italian I think)

I had to 'learn' the pronouncation though as I automatically pronounced it Rosa, or Ross-a, but I do like Roe-sa. The 'O' is short so Ro -sa rather than Rooooooo-sa.

Not keen on Ross. I've been spending my early nights reading a book and one of the characters is called Rossa, and he is so manly and lovely.

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CaptainBarnacles · 17/05/2011 19:37

It's quite a normal name in Ireland. But it's pronounced Ross-a.

FlingonTheValiant · 17/05/2011 19:40

I think as a general rule that if you are not sure how exactly a name is pronounced no one else will be either, so your DS will spend the rest of his life correcting people.

ClipArt · 17/05/2011 19:41

I'd assume it was pronounced Ross-a. But I would also think of the name Rosa, and wonder "Why not just Ross for a boy?"

meditrina · 17/05/2011 19:44

I saw it as "Ross-a" as well, and thought of Jonathan (sorry).

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PrisonerZero · 17/05/2011 19:47

Thank you CaptainBarnacles

Its out now anyway after Meditrinas post.... I have two other DC and guess what one of them is called....

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CaptainBarnacles · 17/05/2011 19:53

MelinaM · 17/05/2011 20:01

A bit too effeminate for a boy me thinks, Ross is lovely

galois · 17/05/2011 20:18

But it totally rhymes with tosser

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PrisonerZero · 17/05/2011 20:42

Rhymes with tosser

Ok, I really haven't thought this through... will cross it off the list

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ClipArt · 17/05/2011 22:37

What other names do you like? :)

MissHonkover · 23/05/2011 14:55

I know a lovely Rossa!

GwendolineMaryLacey · 23/05/2011 15:00

I don't like it, sorry. I love Ross and I also love other -a Irish boys' names, Dara, Enda etc. But no, it'd get confused with Rosa.

hulabula · 23/05/2011 15:18

I've never heard it but would probably pronounce it Ross-a. The two 'ss' make it clear that it is not Rose-ah.

mathanxiety · 23/05/2011 17:37

This was one of my favourite names for a boy but I never used it. I would pronounce it ROSS-a. There was a 19th century Irish patriot named Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa, and the name caught my fancy in History class.

I don't know how anyone would confuse it with Rosa as there are two Ss and therefore the O is short. Being Irish, it doesn't rhyme with tosser to me.

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