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-a names with -er surname?

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ViolaCrayola · 08/02/2012 19:33

So, DH and I are discussing names ATM for our DC2, and lots of the names we like for girls are two syllables and end in a.
Rosa, for example. However, our surname has two syllables and ends in -er. Think Hooper.

SO, does Rosa Hooper (or similar) sound OK? Or does it rhyme too much? Thanks in advance to anyone who can be bothered to answer this rather silly question!

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PopcornBiscuit · 08/02/2012 19:38

I'd go for something that didn't rhyme.

CheerfulYank · 08/02/2012 19:48

It doesn't rhyme to me at all, but in America the "uh" sound would be emphasized more, so to me it's RO-suh HOO-per...two very different sounding words.

mumatron · 08/02/2012 19:54

My dd2 has a A ending name and a ER ending surname.

It doesn't rhyme.

ViolaCrayola · 08/02/2012 20:02

Thanks for the replies. Should have said I know it doesn't actually rhyme. Blush It just sounds a bit the same. But maybe it's fine - probably over thinking this...

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PopcornBiscuit · 08/02/2012 20:38

There is such a thing as "last syllable rhyme". Does the "a" of Rosa rhyme with the "er" of Hooper? I would prounce these both as "uh" so in my accent yes, they rhyme. Ros-uh Hoop-uh. In other accents they wouldn't rhyme, such as the American (or Irish, or SW English) Ros-uh Hoop-err.

Pozzled · 08/02/2012 22:56

When I got married, my name changed to that combination, -a and -er. I did think it would be a bit weird at first, but noone except me thought anything of it. We also chose a name ending in -a for DD2, so it certainly sounds ok to me!

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