Etta

[gingaling]

Is this nice? It's not for me, friend wants unusual short girls names for ending with 'a'

I like it but for some reason I can’t accept it as a full name! Just can’t get my head around it not being short for something. Which is not like me at all!

Ate a what?

It's not said like ate, it said phonically

E t a

@gingaling yes that's how a lot of people pronounce 'ate a'. I eta plum yesterday etc. Not that it matters really. It's a nice enough name. I wouldn't use it as I don't pronounce both Ts together ends up not sounding very nice. So depends where you're from.

Makes me think of the Basque separatist terror group

I don’t like it. It’s just a bland, forgettable non-name and not a very nice-sounding one as well. Short for Henrietta etc, it’d be fine.

I like it.

I immediately think of Etta James the singer, it seems like more of a nickname than a full first name to me

And her name was Jamesetta really.

Had an Aunty Etta, lovely lady, nice name, traditional but not overused 👍

I love it. It would be on my list if I had another girl.. but it's not unusual. Not where I live anyway

No

Love it. Was on my list for DD.

Etta James is my first thought, which is a good association.

I really like it.
There are 2 Ettas in my family - one was my great Aunt and her given name was Janet but always known as Etta then a cousin named her daughter after her but just Etta.

It's ok as a nickname but not a full name.
I know someone with an Etta and she gets sick of everyone asking what it's short for.

My thoughts exactly

I know a couple of baby Ettas born in the last couple of years, I think it’s nice but agree it feels a bit like a nickname. There’s a lot of names it could be short for, my favourite would be Harriet.

I love it! Beautiful name ♥️

Love it!

I know an Etta Violet. Sounds like ate a violet. Don't like it, sorry.

Not really. It’s ok as a short of Henrietta. Also it’s having a moment and will date

Esther, Stella, Astra, Aster, Honor, Oona, Ida, Cara, Gaia, Hera, Katya, Philippa nn Pippa, Sara, Tara, Tessa, Zelda, Vita, Greta, Anya, Sorcha, Dinah, Thora, Frieda, Briar, Elva, Petra, Flora, Zelda, Ciara, Cora, Lissa.. are all preferable

The first thing that springs to mind is that the ideal name would have been Violetta (nickname Etta) in that scenario...

Margaret, Juliet(te), Alyette, Harriet/Henrietta, etc. all work as long names... but it sounds as though the short version is preferred. I really like just Etta on it's own!

Sound like a stutter.

I just don’t get what there is to like about it. It’s not a nice sounding name, it’s short and nicknamey and very ‘meh’.

I love it and it’s because it makes me think of a beautiful Etta James song/ Dua Lipa cover