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Is it too rhymey? Be honest!

27 replies

soontobemumofthree · 18/06/2012 22:07

I love the name Anna. Surname is McKenna.
Is it too rhymey?

I do have other names I like but still really like the name Anna the best. Middle name prob Bridget after MIL

Other main preferred names on shortlist Caitlin, Erin, Clodagh.
Opinions please!

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belgo · 18/06/2012 22:08

Sounds fine to me.

yellowraincoat · 18/06/2012 22:08

I like it.

FootballFriendSays · 18/06/2012 22:08

Sounds ok. Nice name.

QueenOfIndecision · 18/06/2012 22:10

sounds ok. morwenna mckenna too rhymey, anna mckenna is fine! and i prefer anna to the other names on your list. erin mckenna doesn't go well imo.

amck5700 · 18/06/2012 22:10

that is very similar to my own name (married name not my original one!) and I think it sounds fine :) We have 2 boys, but for girls we had Mairi and Kirsty which I thenk go well with the surname too.

EverybodysSleepyEyed · 18/06/2012 22:10

I think it is too rhymey (perhaps my accent)

I think Caitlin McKenna sounds really nice and I would pick that in a shot!

Erin McKenna sounds wrong

I am not 100% sure how Clodagh is pronounced!

amck5700 · 18/06/2012 22:11

my boys have names with a "k" sound at the beiginning and I think it goes well with McKenna.

EverybodysSleepyEyed · 18/06/2012 22:13

Yes - I think Kirsty McKenna sounds pleasing to the ear too so I can imagine your boy names do too

StellaAndFries · 18/06/2012 22:13

I like it :)

vinobaroness · 18/06/2012 22:21

Love Anna McKenna-good strong Irish sounding names. Caitlin also lovely. Clodagh McKenna is my fave though. Everybody Clodagh is pronounced Kloda.

EverybodysSleepyEyed · 18/06/2012 22:22

That's what I though.

I would go for Caitlin or Clodagh then. I think the name trips off the tongue nicely

PullUpAPew · 18/06/2012 22:25

haha at morwenna mckenna. I agree it is just the right side of rhymey and not too much.

amck5700 · 18/06/2012 22:26

my other halfs favourite name for a girl was Jenna.......nuff said!!!

StepOutOfSpring · 18/06/2012 22:29

Too rhymey

MacMac123 · 18/06/2012 22:37

Caitlin McKenna is better. More interesting and stronger sounding

soontobemumofthree · 18/06/2012 22:45

Thanks very much for opinions. Spent couple weeks trying to love the name Ann or Anne, like it but just don't love it!

vinobaroness - i have an Irish DH, glad someone else knows the name Clodagh, doesnt seem so hard/strange to explain pronunciation when you see someone else do it!

amck5700 - thanks, Mairi or Kirsty lovely names, definitely beat Jenna!

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amck5700 · 18/06/2012 22:47

What are your other two called? I have Craig & Ciar

amck5700 · 18/06/2012 22:49

The thing is I quite like the name Jenna but immediately put it with the surname and laughed my head off and he just looked at me bemused until I said the whole name and then he groaned - I think he thought he'd come up trumps with a lovely name :o)

soontobemumofthree · 18/06/2012 23:00

They are James and Niamh.

My DH suggested Emma also, but Emma McKenna harder to say!

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Staceisace · 18/06/2012 23:50

I really like Anna.

Lannie33 · 19/06/2012 02:15

Def not too rhymey. Sounds great and Anna is a nice name. I also like Erin on your shortlist. Never heard of Clodagh before (I'm canadian) so not sure about that one, but could grow on me :)

JoanOfNark · 19/06/2012 11:50

Too many n's

Mollydoggerson · 19/06/2012 11:53

Ciara McKenna is lovely as is Clodagh. I really like Anna as a name but I do think Anna McKenna is a bit rhymey.

MerryMarigold · 19/06/2012 11:53

Too many 'a's and n's', I think. Kirsty is great! Or Kirsten/ Kristin?

AKMD · 19/06/2012 11:55

Looks and sounds fine to me. Anna Montana and Jenna McKenna are too rhymey.

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