Jovi, Thaissa or Saffy?

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These are currently our three favourites for Dd2, what are your thoughts?

Hmm... none.

Jovi = Bon Jovi.

Thaissa I don't know how to pronounce... Thay-sah?

Saffy is the name of my dog. She was named for Ab Fab. It doesn't strike me as a proper name. Isn't it typically a shortening for Saffron? A type of rice?

Jovi? Tres bon!

Sorry, was a big fan back in the day.

Is Saffy a full name, not short for Saffron etc? Never heard of Thaissa

See I like Saffy, but I also know a really cute dog called Saffy so that puts me off.
How do you pronounce the middle one?

Cross post with Pluto30!

People will assume that the parents of a Jovi are huge fans of stadium rock.

Saffy is OK - better as a nn for Saffron (

Thaissa (tie-ees-sa) is a lovely name (I have come across one Thais in RL, but this expanded version only on a contestant on this week's Only Connect)

None of the above!

Sorry Thaissa is pronounced tie-ee-ssa, it's Brazilian.

I like Saffy but not keen on Saffron as a full name, is it short for anything else??

You could probably have a Seraphina or Serafina with the nickname Saffy.

Saffy could be short for Sapphire or Safyra.

'Jovi, as in Bon' - would totally become her first name

Thaissa is a mouthful
Saffy is a bit 1996

I thought it was a variant of the Greek name Thais. She was a kind of consort of Alexander the Great, and the name is often used in early dramas for prostitutes and courtesans. St Thais was a reformed prostitute.

I know a Taissa (pronounced Tie-ee-sa) but she is Ukrainian, not Brazilian. Might be easier without the 'h' in terms of lessening confusion.

Neither Jovi nor Saffy seem to me to be proper names. Jovi of course makes me think of Bon Jovi but also sounds like some odd abbreviation of 'jovial' which isn't a bad adjective but makes me think of Dickensian rubicund portly old men. Saffy is the Ab Fab daughter, a shortening of Saffron. Could be, as someone else said, short for Sapphire. Safiya is a Moslem form of Sophia so could also be short for that.

I love Sapphire with nn Saffy. Not keen on others sorry.

I love Thaissa, what a beautiful name OP.
Please name your baby this. ❤️

I have a chicken called Saffy, short for Sapphire (also have Pearl and Ruby, should anyone care )

I name all my pets names that I'd give a child, so I like the name a lot!

Thaissa.

Saffy is usually short for Saffron, but how about Safiya/ Safia, Sapphire, or at a push Persephone?

Or Sapphina.

Saphina even !

I like Thaissa, and Saffy short for Sapphira/Sapphira or Saffia/Safiyah