Vienna

[Klex]

Before i add it to my list, is this nice or just hormones talking?

I've known a couple of Siennas over the years so this seems like a slightly unusual take on it.

I looked at the stats for its usage over the years in my country and while its never been super common, the last couple of years has seen a spike in the number of girls named Vienna. (38 since 1974 but 23 of those were in the last 5 years)

I really like it. We have a very distant elderly DCousin named Venice. I think I prefer Vienna.

I have a niece called Vienna. They get lots of compliments on her name. There’s also one in DC3s class. I think it’s really pretty.

Is that all the time or just in relation to this name?

A big nope from me sorry
I'm grimacing at the thought of it

I know a family with multiple (now adult) children, all named after places and one is called Vienna. I find it a bit odd when it's part of a naming theme (people used to snigger a bit when they realised what all the children were called) but on it's own it's okay-ish.

I like it. I met a baby Vienna once (she’d be about five now) and I thought it was a pretty name. I don’t associate it with the sausages, aren’t they spelt Wiener?

In German Vienna is called Wien. So the sausage is a Wiener.

It's aesthetically nice. But Vienna is very anti-children so that sort of puts me off.

@Klex Did you end up using it or adding it to your list? I really like it. I know MN can be quite traditional and ridged on what’s a name and what’s not, but language evolves. Also there are a few characters in American fiction with the name and it’s been used before in history.

I think a lot of the negative points won’t really affect a child. I can’t imagine children singing an 80s song or really being aware of it and likewise a cat in an old British tv show.

😂😂😂

I say don’t, OP. One of my colleagues had a daughter named Sienna; my face must have flickered when he told me, as he immediately said “No - it was not where she was conceived.” You’ll face a barrage of questions about whether you had a romantic trip to Austria 9 months previously…..

Yeah, hearing that song as well! Brett and Angel from MAFS NZ daughter is called Vienna.

No!

How about Vivienne, Valerie, or Verity?

Just call her Vi

Vienna is horrendous as a name for a person

Mystic and soulful but it says nothing to me. 😀

Lovely. It does make me think of AHHHHHH VIENNAAAAA but I do like the song, so not an issue

It would sound to me like you liked Sienna but deemed it too popular so altered a letter. I don’t dislike it but I think if you like Sienna, just go for Sienna. Also, she’ll get fed up of hearing ‘oh, Vienna’ (showing my age).

I like it.
I also like Valencia, Veronique, and Venetia.

If you're put off by all the comments about Ultravox and Rigsby's cat, how about Vianne, like the character in Chocolat (the book/film)?

It's awful!

I'd assume you had some kind of particular connection to the place or that the child was conceived there.

Sausage
Holocaust complicit City
Vienetta ice cream
Goodbye Vienna
Ooohhhh Viennaaaaaaa

Just no.

I'd say Hormones. I liked Alaska at a similar stage when pregnant with youngest DC (not called Alaska).

By coincidence I met a teenage Vienna this week and asked her if all older family members/friends sang the ultravox song at her. The answer was an eyerolling yeah. But would affect a baby born now much less, I should think.

Makes me think of the Strauss waltz Vienna Blood, which isn't ideal. Nice apart from that though.

hormones

poor child will spend it's life having just one cornetto sung to them

First thing I thought was SAUSAGE.

That name is screaming out for an unkind nickname.