I think we're going to ignore the surname issue. Are we mean?

[LoopyLupo]

Our surname rhymes with (and has the same number of letter as) pea but starts with a 'L'.

I am pg with dc3. We have two dds and I haven't used my favourite girls name with them because of the surname issue. The name is Rosa. So when said together it can be confused as one name.

Dh is all for throwing caution to the wind and saying the surname issue will be a minor one. He has also fallen in love with the name.

This is our last baby and will be the last chance to use it.

What do you think?

[QOD]

Do it. It's Rosie Lee you should avoid, this is Rosa Lee.

You know, my name doesn't go with my surname cos, guess what? I got married!!

Too many R's in my name now. Think Laura Rawlinson r r r r r r so its not a forever thing possibly anyway

[Trills]

I guess you could be reassured by the fact that half of the people on this thread think "Gypsy Rose Lee" rather than thinking "Rosalie".

Maybe she'll only have to explain that Rosa Lee is two names to half the people she meets.

Yamyoid that would be Lee, Rosa Lee.

[missnevermind]

I thought the same as Yamyoid.

This is my daughter Rosa, Rosa Lea

No problem

[LoopyLupo]

Its not going well is it Trills?

I think we're back to using Charlotte instead.

[TobyLerone]

How on earth will her name sounding like 'Rosalie' make her a target for bullies?

Rosa is a lovely name, OP. Use it if you like it.

[2beornot]

Ok so she'll (and you'll for the first x years of her life) will say "it's rosa lea, first name rosa, surname lea". If that's ok with you then do it. It's no worse than me always having to say "it's 2be, 2 hyphen be" and I dont care!

[KittieCat]

I honestly don't think it's a problem. I always pick up on initials and odd sounding names but Ros'A' Lee isn't one I'd notice.

Rosy Lee would make me think of a cuppa and it'd have to be Ros'E' to make me think of Gypsy Rose Lee.

The hard A sound in Rosa differentiates the name from the two 'problems' above. You will simply have to encourage your daughter to speak well (hurrah) and to pause appropriately between her names.

Also, honestly how often do you need to use your full name in a spoken manner? If these circumstances are the problem consider giving her a middle name she could use on those occasions she needs to 'announce' her full moniker.

There are people I know who only know my full name as they've seen it written through work, on emails etc and you would not make the connections above on sight.

I'd use it...

[KittieCat]

Also, if people thought she was called Rosalie they'd likely shorten it to Rosa anyway...

[LynetteScavo]

Rosa is a lovely name, and I actually think it goes well with the surname, obviously the only problem being people might think it was one name. But t's not that much of a problem.

(I also really like the name Rosabella)

[Fairylea]

I don't see a problem with it at all.... I think it's nice.

[whyno]

What Kittycat said

[RustyBear]

I doubt if it's going to be as much of a problem as people think really - we have a surname which is also a very popular girls' name, often used as a middle name. I was worried that whatever name I gave DD it would be confusing when I/she had to say it. I actually asked her once how often anyone had commented and she said "Twice I think, and one of those was xxx being a twat" (xxx being a friend who knew perfectly well what her name was) Mostly people just said "What a lovely name"

[SaggyOldClothCatPuss]

It's lovely. Use it.

[TheBleedinObvious]

I don't see a problem at all. It sounds fine together.

[MinnieBar]

Far too many Charlottes about (no offence - it's a lovely name, but I know at least four). Go for it!

[Mwirren]

What about Rosemary L......ee and then nn of Rosa

[Mwirren]

just realised rosie lee is a cuppa tea innit.

[OneLittleToddleTerror]

I don't think it's a bully target name. But she'll get sick of explaining to people that her first name is Rosa, and her surname is Lee. Most people would just think she has a hyphenated first name called Rosa-lee. It can get very annoying. DH hated his name because of it. His parents picked two one syllable names, and he hated how rapper it sounds. And if in any place he needs to use his full name, everyone automatically hyphenates it.

[TheContrastOfWhiteOnWhite]

Yes, sorry. I would think cup of tea and/or gypsy.

I speak as someone who had to can many names because of our surname, so I feel your pain.

[TobyLerone]

Oh, it's a rarity that people don't have to spell/explain their names nowadays.

I have a perfectly normal first name. And a perfectly normal last name, for that matter. I still have to spell both every time.

My maiden name was one of those which can be spelled with or without an 'e' on the end. I had to spell that since I was a child.

I am currently between last names, having recently got married. So I have to explain that, too.

It's perfectly normal. So Rosa Lee will be no more annoying than Jane Smyth.

[oscarwilde]

Is it rhyming slang or something? Not getting the tea/Gypsy Rose Lee thing at all....
Unless you live in East London I can't see it being an issue.
Rosa is lovely. I suspect that most people will be lazy and just call her Ros or Rose though, especially at school. Will that bug you?

[TheOneAndOnlyFell]

Rosie L = rhyming slang for cup of tea

Gypsy Rose L - gypsy woman famous for erm..something or other.

[Mwirren]

I think it's a bit like Annette Curtain. Would you {being objective with a different name} use Annette if your sur name was Curtain?? I think it's about the same.

I know a family with the sur name Byrne who named their son William, and she did think about the potential for willy burn and hmmd and hwwd over it and yet still decided that actually it was ok, it would be fine. So I think people can lose their objectivity.

[TheContrastOfWhiteOnWhite]

Rose Lee.

Am that her mum re-named her because she wanted to give the name to her sister. That puts things you see on here in perspective.

[LoopyLupo]

I don't think links like that help