first impression on the name Basia

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hello,
we are expecting our first baby girl and have come across the name basia (pronounced Basha). I learned later it is a slavic name and liked it however I've never met anyone with this name. I'm interested to know strangers first honest impressions on it thanks

I think it looks really pretty, however i wouldn't have known to pronounce it 'basha'. i would have pronounced it 'bass-ee-a'.

all the best and congratulations

Really, really pretty.

Character in Reign called Bash (short for Sebastian) and I've always loved it.

Really cute name.

Really don't like it, sorry OP.

I think it will get mispronounced and the correct pronunciation- Basha - isn't nice either in my opinion.

It’s short for Barbara, it’s very pretty.

I have heard it as a nickname for Barbara.
I know an older Polish lady with this name. It quite suits her but I can't imagine it on a baby.

I know a few Basia's, pronounced Basha. They tend to be Polish. It's very nice!

I knew it was "basha". But you will get people saying Bass-ee-ah or Basher.

Kasia - "kasha" - is nicer.

How about kasia (pronounced kasha)?

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I would have pronounced this 'bas-see-a' and thought it sounded like a medical condition.

I don't really like the name 'Basha' either and if you don't have any Slavic connections it seems like an odd choice.

Would assume her family was Polish. It's quite a common Polish name AFAIK.

I was going to say Polish, diminutive of Barbara.
There was a 1980s singer called Basia so I knew it was pron. Basha.
Not sure if I like it but there's nothing wrong with it or Barbara. I prefer Barbara, I think. Both are fine.
The problems with taking a name from another culture is that it will get mispronounced quite often, a connection with that culture will be assumed, and it might be dated in that culture.

I wouldn’t be sure how to pronounce it. And Basher isn’t a very nice name.

Basher isn’t very nice, sorry.

I like it, but think it would get pronounced wrong, can you spell it Bashia?

She will spend a lot of time telling people how it's pronounced and correcting spelling.

I would pronounce it BAZ-ee-ya and assume it meant "kiss" in Latin -

da mi basia mille, deinde centum,
dein mille altera, dein secunda centum,
deinde usque altera mille, deinde centum.
dein, cum milia multa fecerimus,
conturbabimus illa, ne sciamus,
aut ne quis malus inuidere possit,
cum tantum sciat esse basiorum.

Give to me a thousand kisses, then a hundred,
then another thousand, then a second hundred,
then without cease another thousand, then a hundred.
Then, when we have made many thousands,
we shall mix them up, lest we know their number,
or lest any is able to cast an evil eye us,
when it knows such to be the total of our kisses.

It's the first Latin poem you translate when you do Latin in school! (Catullus)

I knew a polish Basia and always thought it was really pretty, although agree on the pronunciation.

I'm not sure it works in English - Basher. Bash her. Kasia is better, I agree. Masia is Polish, I think - a form of Mary. Or there's the Russian Masha.

The first thing I thought of was Basal Cell Carcinoma (a type of skin cancer). Sorry OP.

I would assume the nn Basher would be a good deterrent from using the name tbh.

Yup, I also thought Latin. Da mihi basia mille etc.

There is a male character in the Expanse books called Basia. It's the only time I've heard the name; he makes some mistakes but he's a good guy! So, good name!

I wouldn't of known how to pronounce it and not keen on the sound bash. In my area if you bash somebody you hit them. I like Sasha though which has a similar sound and Zosia, similar feel

Never heard of it

Would pronounce baze ee ah

Basra would be 'basher' round here