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Mia Donna ?

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hhhxxx · 04/03/2018 16:53

Thoughts on the name Mia-Donna as one name? Or Mia then Donna for the middle name?

Donna is after my DH late mother who passed a few years ago ❤️

Also I want 'Me-A' and partner wants 'My-A' for 'My Donna'.

She would have been 50 this year so he's really feeling it 😢❤️

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SignoraStronza · 04/03/2018 16:55

My Woman? Grin

SignoraStronza · 04/03/2018 16:57

As long as you/your child never travel to Italy and manage to avoid anyone who speaks the language, go for it!

LittleCandle · 04/03/2018 16:57

It sounds vaguely like you've mixed up some Spanish with something else. I don't like the combination of names however you pronounce Mia. If you are only going to call the child Mia, then if you have to have Donna for a middle name, okay. But I wouldn't hyphenate them at all. It sounds awful. They are nice names, just not nice together. Sorry.

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hhhxxx · 04/03/2018 16:57

Yes Smile just can't decide on how I want to pronounce it my way or his?!

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Agustarella · 04/03/2018 16:57

Kind of sounds like you meant to say/write Madonna. Be prepared for that question to come up frequently! Maybe put another name between them to avoid confusion? I think it sounds v. distinguished to have two middle names, and it's lovely to honour your DP's mum by using her name as well.

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hhhxxx · 04/03/2018 16:59

I like just Mia on its own me Donna as middle name, I also thinks it's awful as one name but thought I might have being a bitch!! So I'm glad others think the same

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Hogtini · 04/03/2018 17:00

Lovely thought to honour your relatives but looks/sounds like Madonna or Maradona Confused

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hhhxxx · 04/03/2018 17:02

I said it sounds like Madonna but he loves it 🙈 I think he wants the baby to represent his mom so bad I could call her anything related and he'd love it, bless him.

Don't know how to tell him it sounds ridiculous so think I'm just going to stick with Mia (Me-a) on it's own

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LittleMe03 · 04/03/2018 17:09

Sounds like primadonna Confused personally not keen imo

BelindasRedPlasticHandcuffs · 04/03/2018 17:12

Really?

Mia Donna ?
GreenShadow · 04/03/2018 17:14

My first thought was also 'Primadonna'.

I think you need accept that everyone will pronounce Mia the 'wrong' way, which ever version you choose. I'm ashamed to say I can never remember which child is called Me-a and which My-a.

ChocolateCrunch · 04/03/2018 17:17

Definitely Mia rather than Mya. Keep Donna as a middle name, don't hyphenate. It's not the nicest name, but I can understand why your DP wants to use it. Can you add another middle name to soften it?

ziggzagg · 04/03/2018 17:20

My name is Donna I quite like it Wink

Brittanyspears · 04/03/2018 17:22

Made me think of Madge sorry

chezmk1988 · 04/03/2018 17:47

I'm not a fan of hyphenated names so for me it's a no. Mia is ok but I dislike Donna and definitely not together.

DramaAlpaca · 04/03/2018 17:52

Missing the point of the thread I know, but i can't understand why you would want to give your child a name that translates as 'my woman'.

daisypond · 04/03/2018 18:13

I quite like Mia, but Mia and Donna translate as "my woman" in Italian, which seems odd. Definitely Mee-a for Mia.

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hhhxxx · 04/03/2018 18:17

The whole my woman is because his mom was his women, it's more of a "my Donna" he's looking for tbf

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squoosh · 04/03/2018 18:30

It's lovely that he's giving his mum's name as your baby's middle name but I don't think Mia Donna works. Plus without wanting to sound insensitive the baby's whole name shouldn't be about her late grandmother. She's her own new person and deserves a lovely first name all of her own.

daisypond · 04/03/2018 18:46

Could you consider another name that means the same as Donna - "lady"? eg, Freya and Martha both mean "lady", and there'll be loads of others. You could have Mia Freya, for example. So it's connected but not exactly the same name.

Callamia · 04/03/2018 18:55

I agree with Squoosh

It seems weird to call a baby ‘my Donna’ after their dead grandmother. Donna as a middle name, for sure - that’s lovely. It’s the sentiment that the baby is just a memorial for her father’s love of his mother that I find a bit much.

Give the baby her own name - don’t let it be all about your husband.

MamaDuckling · 04/03/2018 19:05

Totally agree with op, she is and will be her own person.

I wanted to honour my mum with DD but hated both mums names, so I kind of shortened one of them and used it for DD middle name (Jude). Mum always loved that name and I'm glad we didn't go with Beryl!!

There are far better ways to honour his mum than by lumbering your daughter with "my woman".

MamaDuckling · 04/03/2018 19:06

*agree with pp

Lotsofplanetshaveanorth · 04/03/2018 19:11

I think because of the my woman thing it doesn’t quite work and then makes me think of restaurants / pasta sauces and for the older brookside fans ‘casa bevron’

Did MIL have a middle name that could be used? Is there a different way of honouring her? 50 pounds in an isa for LO? Planting a tree?

Fauchelevent · 04/03/2018 19:12

As the wonderfully named Signorastronza said... you’re calling her My Woman and it’s just... i’m not a fan.

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