I adore the name Honor, but it doesn't work at all with my surname which begins with an 'ala' sound and is three syllables long. Sort of runs together.
It's my favourite baby name and the one I'd choose if not for this issue. I love virtue names!
Have recently met a baby Honora, pronounced similarly to Annora but obviously this depends on your accent and pronunciation. This would work with my surname.
Do you like it?
Other virtue names I love are Joy and Mercy, but Mercy seems to be hated on Mumsnet.
Hope and Faith are old favourites but maybe too popular now. What do you think of these names?
If relevant, the child will have duel citizenship with Britain, but won't be growing up in Britain - although will have British family and friends so don't want a name that is widely considered awful in Britain for any reason we aren't aware of. I think from the other thread it seemed that Mercy seemed to be disliked due to having un-feminist connotations (it was said a few times that a girl called Mercy implies that she needs to be gentle and forgiving while boys get strong names). But we actually love Mercy from a religious perspective (we are religious and live in a more religious culture, where the name Mercy is more to refer to God's mercy rather than to say anything about the child) so didn't think of this until it was brought up. This kind of issue is what I'm wondering about - any other cultural issues I might have not considered with any of these names?
(I know Joy might be a grumpy little thing, have considered that issue with Joy
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Thank you.