Jetta for a girl?

[jbakedbean]

Just found out from logging on to mums net tat the name we did have picked out as a front runner has had the curse of Katie price calling her son a similar name so now I think we need to change tack.

Just in case though what do my fellow mums betters think of jetta for a girl?

[Seaweedy]

I like it. Have never heard of the car, but then I cannot think of anything duller than car brands.

[Piffpaffpoff]

Someone I worked with had a child called Octavia. At the time, we had an Octavia as well, except it was green, had four wheels and excellent fuel efficiency. Don't give your child a car's name.

[AndWhenYouGetThere]

Ebony is strong, and beautiful, and the name of a black stone.

[bridgetsmum]

*full

[bridgetsmum]

My dh has an Aunty Jetta, but her fu name is Bridget with Jetta as nn.
She's lovely, so I like it

[raisah]

Awful name sorry. Please think again, all I could think of was the phrase 'jetting off on holiday.'

[Tortoise]

I haven't heard of the car but don't really like the name.
I don't actually see the problem with it being the name of a car but then my DD has a car name, Xantia.

[iamusuallybeingunreasonable]

How about Quashqai or maybe Ka, perhaps even Multipla

[Quaffle]

Why? Just why? Why would you do this to a child?

[hettienne]

I've not heard of the car, but would presume Jetta was Scandinavian/German/Dutch and pronounced Yetta. Jette is a prettier spelling imo.

[nooka]

No it's a VW sedan. According to Wiki there have been 10 million plus sold since 1980, although not always in the UK.

[brightnearly]

Jetta could be a short form of Marietta - which I think is a beautiful name.
Wasn't the car a Vauxhall??

[JassyRadlett]

I'm not a car person but I still think car. It just doesn't work, sorry.

[kelda]

Jette is a dutch girl's name, pronounced Jetta/Yetta.

[nooka]

I don't think the problem with the name is that it is unusual. More that it is very strongly associated with the car and almost nothing else. It might be worth knowing that VW rarely change the names of their cars so Jetta as a car name is likely to be around for the next twenty years as it has been for the last twenty.

I like unusual names, and have one myself, I suspect I am the only person in the world with my name combination and like that. I'd just pick a different unusual name instead of Jetta, or something longer that could have Jetta as a shortening (like your boys names). I see that Beyond the Name has Jetta as a diminutive of Henrietta.

[jbakedbean]

In Scandinavia it is pronounced "yetta" however this is the same as Jessica being pronounced "yessica" in other languages isn't it.

I'm pleased it wasn't a total attack on the name although overwhelmingly negative and thank you to those with constructive criticism and for the other suggestions. I'll have a think and let you know if I'm brave enough.

[jbakedbean]

Ouch roadtotupeka. Since I have a german mother, I do have the pleasure in England of an "out there" name, have never felt inflicted and have always enjoyed knowing very few people would be able to consider identity fraud and the fact I am the only one with my full name in the country.

[GwendolineMaryLacey]

Jensen cars haven't been around for ages.

Most people on this thread said car, therefore it's well known enough.

[MissStrawberry]

Never heard of a car called Jenson.

Or Button.

[Writerwannabe83]

It made me instantly think of Rosetta Stone and those adverts are extremely annoying!!!

[Calabria]

It hasn't done Jenson Button any harm being named after a car!

And the Mercedes car is named after a girl.

[AnneEyhtMeyer]

Jetta is a car, and one that has been around for years, so very widely known.

You are kidding yourself if you think people won't immediately think "car". You might as well call her Weetabix and expect people not to think "cereal".

[RobinV]

I personally like Jetta - and the Scandic / jet rock connotations - and by the time your daughter is older the car will probably be out of circulation! But if it's worrying you, how about Etta? Or going for a different kind of Scandic name? x best of luck it's so tricky isn't it!