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Gaia for a girl

67 replies

DonnaKJ · 20/08/2023 14:27

Whats your thoughts on this name

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Olika · 20/08/2023 17:20

Love it

Vitriolinsanity · 20/08/2023 19:55

Love it.

Maia is so over.

floraswiltingflower · 20/08/2023 19:57

I don't like it.

Daisybuttercup12345 · 20/08/2023 20:30

Perfer Maia.
Anything wit Gay is open to teasing. Even the spelling.

justmyluck1234 · 20/08/2023 20:47

watcherintherye · 20/08/2023 14:48

Not a huge fan, but the name will always have sad associations for me because of the story of Gaia Pope.

Sadly this is what first came to my mind too

Orphlids · 20/08/2023 21:06

Really love it. We nearly named our DD Gaia, and I’ll always slightly regret not using it. I picture Gaia as an intelligent, well-read woman, who is very cool and slightly mysterious.

Neverseenbefore · 20/08/2023 21:20

Daisybuttercup12345 · 20/08/2023 20:30

Perfer Maia.
Anything wit Gay is open to teasing. Even the spelling.

Where’s the “gay”? It’s neither spelled or pronounced like that.

Isthiscorrect · 20/08/2023 21:26

Lovely name but then I do have a lovely friend with this name.
A pp said she would be worried about teasing not sure that's ever happened to her.

userxx · 20/08/2023 21:37

watcherintherye · 20/08/2023 14:48

Not a huge fan, but the name will always have sad associations for me because of the story of Gaia Pope.

Me too. Tragic.

I thought it was pronounced Gay-ah

WildCherryBlossom · 20/08/2023 22:01

It's a beautiful, classical name.

WildCherryBlossom · 20/08/2023 22:03

It's not spelt or pronounced like "gay" and I don't think school children use "gay" as an insult any more anyway do they?

Greensleeves · 20/08/2023 22:04

Gaia Pope was my first thought too. It's a pretty name but the association is too sad for me.

AbigailGabbIe · 20/08/2023 22:06

I absolutely adore it and would have added it as an extra middle name for DD if her name wasn't already on the long side.

babybird123 · 20/08/2023 22:06

No idea how to say it.

Highdaysandholidays1 · 20/08/2023 22:07

I would assume the person had New Age/hippy parents. It's a pretty name though.

Snugglemonkey · 20/08/2023 23:14

Thefamilywaster · 20/08/2023 14:41

If you’re aware of the meaning you should also be aware of the businesses and conspiracy media channels using it and decide with that in mind.

a friend named her daughter isis in the 90s and it didn’t work out well for her

Such a shame when this happens. I love the name Isis.

Snugglemonkey · 20/08/2023 23:15

Daisybuttercup12345 · 20/08/2023 20:30

Perfer Maia.
Anything wit Gay is open to teasing. Even the spelling.

There is no gay in it?

Qbishy · 20/08/2023 23:18

Hippy dippy

MaggieBsBoat · 20/08/2023 23:18

Beautiful name!

liveforsummer · 20/08/2023 23:21

Amethyst2023 · 20/08/2023 14:36

I genuinely don’t know how to pronounce it?

Like Maia/Maya but with a G

DramaAlpaca · 20/08/2023 23:25

I like it. It's a beautiful astronomical name.

It's the name of actress Emma Thompson's daughter.

stickygotstuck · 20/08/2023 23:29

Beautiful name with a beautiful meaning.

charliechaplins · 20/08/2023 23:39

Is it or ounces gay-a?

RitzyMcFitzy · 20/08/2023 23:40

Nooo idea why my brain hangs on to this useless information but I remember when Emma Thompson's daughter was born Stephen Fry said it sounded like the name of an internet search engine.

Amethyst2023 · 21/08/2023 00:40

liveforsummer · 20/08/2023 23:21

Like Maia/Maya but with a G

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