Anne, Anna, Anya, Annie or Ariana?

[sloaneBear]

Which of these names for a baby girl to honour her recently departed grandmother Anne?

Ariana is chavvy to me. Anne and Annie are old/fuddy duddy. Anna, or at a big push, Anya

Anything but Anna. Joint with Sarah as the most dreadfully dull girls name.

I like Anne, followed by Anya.

Annabel

Anna is beautiful
Rosanne or Marianne would also be nice choices

Anna is classically beautiful. Otherwise, I like Anya, also lovely.

Not keen on the others. Annie is twee, Anne a bit literal, Ariana a bit low-rent (sorry!)

Anya! Or Annie.

Any other than Ariana which I don’t like and people will just think Grande. It’s not a classic name.
I like Anna a lot.

Anna, Annie or Anya are all lovely. Anne seems dull, and Ariana will get lost in the crowd of similar trendy names.

Annie or Anna!

Anna or Anya.

I absolutelyove Anna and Annie could easily be the nickname.

Anna is a beautiful name.

Anna nn Annie

Well if her grandmother was Anne, then to honour her, you need to call your daughter Anne.

I genuinely can't think of something that would piss me off more than being told someone had been given a different name from mine 'in honour of me'. It's just rude. If you like the other names, great. But don't pretend it's honouring Anne to call your daughter Ann, or Annie or Adriana. That's not respectful.

Thanks. We like Anna but we are a bit worried people might think it plain or boring.

I like Marianne etc but it doesn’t feel close enough to Anne. But maybe I should reflect on that. Arianna probably off the list for the same reason although it was the suggestion of my older kids who think it’s it’s the most “peng” name ever!

I have an Annabel, named for my Nan who was Annie.

What about Anne-Marie? Pretty

I have an Annie. She thinks it's old fashioned but what does she know, she's 13

Anna isn't plain or boring!

@bridgetreilly don’t be ridiculous and cruel.

The names are all very close to Anne.

I actually told my mum before she died that I would call the baby after her and she was really pleased but said she had always wished her parents had given her a more “interesting” name, we then discussed these options (minus Ariana which I hadn’t thought of). She loved all the ideas and said she felt honoured.

When wading into a thread where the person has mentioned being recently bereaved maybe think about how kindly you make your points.

If it's to honour her grandmother, Anne, possibly with nn Annie.
I prefer Ann.
Of your list, with no honouring, I'd choose Anna. Annie I like too.
Anya is nice but seems a bit wet.
Ariana is too much, and will be Arry Ah-na or Arry Anna, and will have an extra n put into it.

I love the name Anna. I like Annika too and Rhianna but not sure if they're close enough to Anne.

Or Ah-ree-ah-nuh, which I don't like.

Fine, if you talked to her about it and she had some input into the name.

But I don't think it is either ridiculous or cruel (over the top, much?) to point out that giving someone a different name does not feel honouring or respectful.

Anya is a nickname for Anna in Russia.

I love it but it's a bit silly to Slavic ears, like calling a kid Natasha on the birth cert instead of Natalia.

Anne's lovely. Use it. It's not boring as it's refreshing from all the frilly names, but in her nan's time it was probably very popular. It was massively popular as a middle name in the mid 20th century.
Sorry about your loss and congratulations on your baby daughter.