Torn; Victorian Names

[victoriandarling]

Hi all; I am torn between girls' names, and would greatly appreciate your input, so which two do you like best;

Ada May
Ada Grace
Ina Rose
Viola May
Alice May
Althea Rose

Only like Alice

They are all nice enough names, they just got dull from overuse.
I know a Sarah Jane who has a SIL called Sarah Jane, both use their married surnames but it's still confusing.

Viola.

Ada May is my favourite, but they are all very sweet

In order, I like:
Ada
Ina
Alice
Viola
Althea

I don't love any of your middle names, though. My choice would be Ada Violet or Ina Alice.

Love Ada!

Alice May.

Ada May my favourite, also like look of Althea Rose but am sure I’d mispronounce Althea!

I’m reading a book with a character named Althea, I hadn’t heard it before and it’s really grown on me as the book has gone along. I think it’s gorgeous!

Ada Grace is lovely.
Not too keen on May as a second name.. theres a billion lily-may ellie-may etcs. Lovely names but just so many now.

Unfortunately Viola instantly makes me think of the tragic band Viola Beach

Viola is beautiful ☺

Love Viola and Alice.

Ada - if you live in the midlands you get a lot of blokes called Adrian who nickname Ada and it just reminds me of that!

Viola May & Ada Grace.

Viola or Alice. Although not keen on May

Alice May

I love Ada (because of the Lovelace association mainly) and though Grace is a bit overused I do think it’s a beautiful name. Agree that Ada Violet would also be lovely.

I like Alice too.

Love Viola

Ada Grace made a face

I'm so sorry, but as a fluent Spanish speaker I feel obliged to let you know that "violame" (with "me" pronounced as "may") means "violate me" or "r*pe me" which, obviously, is absolutely not something you want to have as a name.

If it doesn't bother you and there's no chance of travelling to a Spanish speaking country, that's fine, but I had to let you know.

Sorry.

Ada May and Althea Rose are lovely.

trueblue - surely they're pronounced differently? Viola the name is pronounced something like VYE-o-la, after the flower, not the musical instrument. And isn't the Spanish more like vee-o-la? But I'm no Spanish expert.

daisypond Oh, I was pronouncing the name wrong! Sorry OP!

Many people pronounce Viola as Vee-ola e.g. Wiola is the Polish form.

Some languages would pronounce the sounds in Viola as Vee-o-la, true, but we say Violet and not Vee-o-let, as the French / Italians / Spanish, etc, would say that first syllable. Unless you're naming after the musical instrument, in which case Vee-o-la would be fine - bearing in mind the unfortunate rape sound that you get in other languages.

Viola - beautiful and original. Don’t like the rest.