Mia Donna ?

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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 😢❤️

No. My Lady. It's a name she would be embarrassed about forever.

You cannot give your daughter both those names.

Not a fan, sorry OP.

Personally I'm off the name Mia since DH pointed out its a military acronym (missing in action), and I don't think Mia Donna is right at all.
Firstly, please consider very carefully giving a person a name which directly translates to 'my woman' and secondly, the idea that your DHs mum was 'his woman' is really odd and made me feel a little queasy.

I totally understand wanting to honour the MIL, but I'd be inclined to keep Donna as a middle name and give the baby a first name which will allow her to grow into her own person, rather than living with a weird connotation or under the shadow of someone's memory.
There must be another first name to put in front of Donna which works better and doesn't saddle your child with the connotation that she's someone's property, surely?

Yeah, don’t take her to Italy.

I have the song 'Senza Una Donna' playing in my mind now.

Can you rearrange the names, or add another one in, to make it less 'My Woman'.

I think Mia = Me-a, Maya = My-a

I think it just does not work, sorry. It vaguely sounds like "prima donna," it sounds like it means something in Italian, the sounds are too match-y.

I would either choose a different first name, or see if MIL's middle name works better.

Cara Donna?

It would mean 'love Donna'. But it doesn't make a sentence in the same way as Mia Donna does, and the names don't run into each other in the way that Mia Donna just sounds like Madonna.

Then she would have Cara as her own proper first name, just hers, but if your DH chose, he could think of that name as symbolising the love he has for his mum - and also the love you have for him, to call your child for his mum's memory.

Could you put something in the middle?

Mia Rose Donna
Mia Louise Donna

Etc

It doesn't work as is, sorry.

Maradona I'm afraid!

Maya is the more common spelling for my-ah.

I think to names ending with the same sound are a mouthful.

Cara Donna means 'dear woman'. It's no better than Mia Donna.

Yes it is :)

Donna-Mia? It still means my woman but not quite so obviously. Otherwise go for Mia Something Donna to break it up. Your mum's name?