Surname begins with a vowel

[eryan]

Do you think first names ending in an "ah" sound should be ruled out? Too awkward to say with surname? (A changes to an before orange for a good reason.) Pity because it excludes some very pretty names.

no, we did it; it's pretty common in Italy too...

No, its very common in Ireland, I wouldn't worry about it.

Thanks ladies. Anyone else?

I don't like it. our surname begins with E, so we ruled out any girl's names ending in 'a', which is an awful lot of names! and like you say, including lots of pretty ones. but I wanted DD's names to flow nicely and not sound clunky or clumsy together

I'd like to pass my opinion as my real name ends in an 'ah' sound
('rah' to be more specific).

I'm not clear from your first post on the sounds that you mean (got totally lost on the 'A to an before orange!)

Could you help me out? x

Not at all. I know an Olivia with a surname beginning with O and i think it sounds lovely as well as having some pretty unusual initials!

Mamma,
Surname sounds similar to O'Sweeney. Liking Cecilia at the moment, but think the "a" and "O" sound a bit clumsy together. I was referring to how the word "a" changes to "an" before nouns beginning with a vowel as it is easier to say. Thanks!

It's ok. My name ends with an A and my maiden name was a very common surname starting with E. When I was in my teens I decided it was a bit of a mouthful and started using my middle initial (J) to break it up, which it did.

I wouldn't not use a name I loved because of it.

I still think it's ok. Names like Olivia O'Reilly, Sarah O'Sullivan, Cecilia Ahern, are common enough in Ireland and aren't clunky I don't think.

I wouldn't do it because people tend to add an r sound eg Oliviaradams. How about converting the names you like to French? Eg Cecille

I have the same dilemma, although our surname begins with A. With dd we used a name that ends in a closed sound (like Christine). This time I'm thinking of Talitha as a first name, it's the only one I really like. I think because it's quite long and it has the "t" and "th" sounds it doesn't all run together to badly.

Thanks for that, OP. Like the other posters, I don't see a problem with your proposed name combo.

The only sound I'm not keen on are like-sounds following one another, e.g. Sarah Russel, Cordelia Adam (if you said the final 'a' in Cordelia abruptly, as people tend to do here in the Midlands) x

My surname begins with O and so for my 3 dc I avoided names ending with a vowel sound as personally do think it sounds a bit awkward.

Another one with a surname beginning with O and finding it hard to find girls names that dont end with A!

My name begins with an uh and ends with an uh (think it's the no1 name) and I wouldn't have taken my dh's surname if it had begun with a vowel. Too many glottal stops.