Arya or Sansa?

[ChunkysMum]

Been watching 'Game of Thrones' and thought these were really pretty names.

What do you all think?

Arya. Prefer the character too.

I'd never heard either before and I don't take to them, sorry.

Of the two, I'd prefer Sansa, simply because I wouldn't know which possible variant of pronunciation it was, and I know I'd get irritated by an enduring need to explain.

Like both very much. Love GoT too.

I think they're lovely names, but I'm not sure I'd ever be brave enough to use them as they're a bit unusual.

Out of the 2 Arya sounds the best.

Sansa mqkes me think of an electrical brand, Like Sanyo or something.

I did point this out on the other thread about Arya the other day, so sorry to repeat myself, but Arya is too much like Aryan for comfort for me. A bit white supremacist IYSWIM. I think that connotation might come across to people who dont know GoT.

It is a pretty name, I just thought I'd better point out the possible negative connotation!

Arya is cooler as a character :-). Both lovely names though.

I heart does have a point...

Actualy yes I Heart, I hadn't thought of that but now you say it....

Anya?

I like Arya. Or Kaleesi.

Sansa doesn't sound good the way it is pronounced in English.

I love GoT/ASOIAF but don't love either of these names enough to use them.

Slightly prefer Arya, and she is a fantastic character (though in the later books her storyline is becoming somewhat dark and unsettling, so maybe I'd want to wait and see how she ends up).

Iheart I never noticed this!

There's an mp3 player on the market called the Sansa Clip. Just saying.

You can adapt the spelling of Arya slightly, by sticking an 'i' in it:

Ariya.

This is a persian name, I think, and is very pretty. And it gets rid of the
Arya(n) risk. It will also probably help people know how to pronounce it (Ar-ee-er). I think if you stick with the 'Arya' version, you run the risk of people saying it "Are yer?"....especially where I live with our accent!!

Ariya is a beautiful name :)

Arya reminds me of Aryan, so not good connotations. Sansa too much like Salsa!

How about Anya, Ariana, Sadie or Sanchia?

There's an Arianne in the GoT books as well, lovely name IMO.

Or you could spell it Aria instead? I haven't heard of the Ariya spelling but that's very pretty too.

Agree with the Arya Aryan connotations. Although there is an Aryan at my Dcs school which caused quite a few eyebrows to be raised.

Love Arya, and I like the idea to maybe put an I in, Ariya. But I would pronounce this Ar-eye-ya, not ar-ee-er as above!

Arya reminds people of Aryan? Ar-ya. Air-ree-an.

I've told Dh that if we decide on DC3 and have a girl, we'll call her Arya, although I love Sansa, too. Might give her Adolfa as a middle name just so there is no confusion on my white supremicist connections.

Arya, I much prefer her. A bit more feisty.

I like both, but slightly prefer the sound of Sansa.

Did you see there were three baby boys called Tyrion last year?!

I love Arya, not so keen on Sansa.

Aria is a "proper" name iirc, so a bit more 'normal' than Arya? (which I'd pronounce ar-ay-a rather than Ar-ee-a tbh)

What did u decide on op? I am having this problem now lol. Aryan is a common indian boys name btw and was around waaaaay before Hitler turned it into something negative. I think we are going to name our daughter Ariya xxx

a better idea would be to not name your child after an appallingly bad TV show