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35 replies

CaitlinEJ · 04/06/2021 18:18

Ines Maya
Rowan Maya

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KnottedFern · 05/06/2021 16:08

I love Nina & Ines together. But I do think Nina & Maya is good as well. I lived with a lovely girl from Poland called Inés while I was at uni so has good vibes for me.

TatianaBis · 05/06/2021 17:42

If Inès you need to use the grave accent, otherwise it’s Innes.

Either that or use a z - Inez.

Chilldonaldchill · 06/06/2021 23:17

I really like Ines and I think it sounds good with Nina.
I adore Maya though and personally would pick Nina and Maya as the first names.
Rowan is nice but the girls I have met with that name have pronounced it with row sound like argument instead of row like a boat and I think it would cause confusion.

Posieandpip · 07/06/2021 05:52

Ines Maya.

Ines, Maya and Nina are all names I'd put in a similar category (classy, international, timeless) do shocked to hear posters say Ines and Nina don't go well together. I think they're perfect! Also, Ines is very much a girl's name so pretty surprised to see posters saying it's boyish. It's lovely!

Rowan is nice but a bit too trendy and not as classy or international as the others.

Posieandpip · 07/06/2021 05:53

I can't believe anyone has pronounced 'Rowan' with a 'row' sound to rhyme with 'cow'... that's insane! 😂

ApolloandDaphne · 07/06/2021 08:29

@Posieandpip

I can't believe anyone has pronounced 'Rowan' with a 'row' sound to rhyme with 'cow'... that's insane! 😂
I know several Rowan's pronounced like that. Both female and Scottish. Rowan like the tree. How else is it pronounced? I know a male Rohan, do people pronounce it like that?
Fauvist · 07/06/2021 11:48

Just curious as to why you think that. To be honest I’m not too bothered about how their names sound together as they’re individual people, as long as it it’s too much of a mouthful as I will probably be saying them together a lot.

I think they are too similar with the een sound in the first syllable of each. Of course they are individual people but you are quite likely to be addressing both children quite frequently. I also think they might be difficult to distinguish when heard from a distance/less distinctly (eg calling one child from downstairs while both upstairs, in the playground where it is noisy, etc).

KirstenBlest · 07/06/2021 18:43

Ines

Chilldonaldchill · 07/06/2021 20:40

@Posieandpip

I can't believe anyone has pronounced 'Rowan' with a 'row' sound to rhyme with 'cow'... that's insane! 😂
I asked one of the parents once and they said it was the Scottish pronunciation for the female Rowan.
Chilldonaldchill · 07/06/2021 20:43

I pronounce the tree to rhyme with rowing a boat.
I prefer the pronunciation like Rowan Williams and Atkinson. Like Ro-uhn.
The Rohans I know are pronounced Ro - Harn.

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