Belle is a family name and we had decided on that but I have always been in love with Rose/Rosa and dismissed them because DH said he hated them. But then, the other day in passing he said that he loved them! (Anyone else’s husband do this by the way? Decide they hate a name (or vice versa) and then a few days later claim they love it (or vice versa) and deny having ever heard it before? 🤔)
Anyway, back on topic.
I adore both Rose and Rosa but Rosa has more positive connections for me as it’s the name of several strong, intelligent or inspirational women in history which is a connection i’d love for my daughter! We are also quite an international family (I’m from England, husband is from another country, we are living in a third country and because of our jobs will probably move elsewhere abroad in the future too) so I feel that Rosa travels really well.
I love the sound of Rose and Belle too - I just think they’re so beautiful!
My question is, what would you pick?
Belle’s middle name would probably be Roma, another family name which id love to use but couldn’t with Rose or Rosa.
My concern with Belle - if she went to school in England at any stage would everyone call her ‘Bellend’?
Also, our surname starts with an ‘al’ sound so it maybe a bit of a mouthful (although not too bad to say. The two names sort of flow into each other and need to be said with a bit of a deliberate gap between the two.)
Rose or Rosa’s middle name would be Genevieve (DH’s favorite name but one which we had to abandon due to both having an unexplained hatred of the nickname Jenny.) Can’t think of anything negative for either name and both sound fine with the surname, although I think Rosa flows best with Genevieve. Only issue is that older sibling has a name beginning with an R. Can I have two R names? (They don’t sound at all similar other than the initial and I’d make sure any future children didn’t have an R name! I’ve always thought it’s okay with 2 kids but more than 2 becomes a bit Kardashian?)
I’d really appreciate your thoughts, thanks everyone!