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Favourite of these 4 letter girls names?

73 replies

BabyLlamaZen · 09/08/2024 20:33

What do you think of when you hear these names? And please vote for your favourite :)

Olga
Luna
Mina
Gaia
Juno

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RappersNeedChapstick · 09/08/2024 20:34

1 Juno

InvalidCrumb · 09/08/2024 20:37

Juno is the only one I like.

Gaia is a bit hippy/ sci-fi movie.
Mina is a bit nothingy.
Luna sounds like loony/ lunatic
Olga is at least a bit different - it could grow on me!

Sorry!

OlympicsFanGirl · 09/08/2024 20:41

I don't like them sorry

BabyLlamaZen · 09/08/2024 20:42

OlympicsFanGirl · 09/08/2024 20:41

I don't like them sorry

That’s ok but what do they make you think of?

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AtlasPine · 09/08/2024 20:44

Mina for me. Juno and Luna will date.
Olga is stolid.
Gaia will have to be spelled out every. Single. Time.

InvalidCrumb · 09/08/2024 20:44

Olga reminds me of a joke (in the Demon Headmaster) "olga mad if I don't stop..."

MrsSkylerWhite · 09/08/2024 20:45

Gaia.

Beautiful.

SpanielintheWorks · 09/08/2024 20:48

Olga = guinea pig or gymnast
Luna = every other puppy we meet
Mina was a friend of mine at college
Juno = permanently fed up wife of Zeus
Gaia = Earth hypothesis by James Lovelock

You possibly wish you hadn't asked by now.

Balloonhearts · 09/08/2024 20:49

BabyLlamaZen · 09/08/2024 20:42

That’s ok but what do they make you think of?

Me either, sorry.

Gaia - Final Fantasy. Bit Sci Fi character that's all cape and cleavage.

Luna - Harry Potter. Also sounds like a dogs name.

Juno - Wasn't that the kid from Spy Kids? Again dogs name

Mina - Character from a cheap vampire porn romance book.

Olga - Paul O'Gradys dog. Very cute dog but awful ugly name.

Bournetilly · 09/08/2024 20:49

Juno or Luna

Type2whattodo · 09/08/2024 20:50

Olga - ugly name. Conjures old European ww2 type vibe.
Luna - ok. More of a dog name

Mina - like it but very vampire-ish. MILA as an alternative?
Gaia - will get teased by teens. Wouldn't use Gay for the same reason.
Juno - ok. June is better.

What about Vera, Orla, Ines?

CuteCillian · 09/08/2024 20:52

I know of five dogs called Luna.

cheapskatemum · 09/08/2024 20:54

My favourite is Juno

Olga makes me think of Olga Korbut
Luna - Luna Lovegood
Mina - nothing really, it's ok.
Gaia - nice, quite like it.

BabyLlamaZen · 09/08/2024 20:54

SpanielintheWorks · 09/08/2024 20:48

Olga = guinea pig or gymnast
Luna = every other puppy we meet
Mina was a friend of mine at college
Juno = permanently fed up wife of Zeus
Gaia = Earth hypothesis by James Lovelock

You possibly wish you hadn't asked by now.

No it’s good, it’s what I wanted to hear!

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RappersNeedChapstick · 09/08/2024 20:54

How about Cleo?

Needmorelego · 09/08/2024 20:54

I like Luna and Juno.
Olga is a guinea pig.
Mina I don't like (Nina is ok though).
Gaia I am not sure how you say it - "Gay-a" or "Guy-a" ?
I don't really "think" anything when I hear them. They are just fairly regular names.

RappersNeedChapstick · 09/08/2024 20:55

Needmorelego · 09/08/2024 20:54

I like Luna and Juno.
Olga is a guinea pig.
Mina I don't like (Nina is ok though).
Gaia I am not sure how you say it - "Gay-a" or "Guy-a" ?
I don't really "think" anything when I hear them. They are just fairly regular names.

I like Nina too and it's definitely due for a comeback.

RogueFemale · 09/08/2024 21:02

BabyLlamaZen · 09/08/2024 20:33

What do you think of when you hear these names? And please vote for your favourite :)

Olga
Luna
Mina
Gaia
Juno

I voted Juno but only as best of a bad bunch.

What I think of when I hear the names:
Olga - the gymnast, or sounds like a cleaning lady
Luna - yawn or dog name
Mina - feeble, when there so many other more substantial names out there
Gaia - knew a nasty Italian woman called Gaia years ago
Juno - Roman goddess + some film I haven't seen about a young US girl who gets pregnant (?)

Are you UK-based? and what's with the 4-letter name thing?

BabyLlamaZen · 09/08/2024 21:07

RappersNeedChapstick · 09/08/2024 20:55

I like Nina too and it's definitely due for a comeback.

I’ve heard of a few Nina’s and like his Mina is more unusual, but point taken

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DaisyFloop · 09/08/2024 21:12

Olga is a very ugly sounding name and makes me think of an old angry Russian cleaning lady.
Luna is very common, especially with dogs but also with children!
Mina sounds like meaner?
Gaia very hippy, will be shortened to guy
Juno I know quite a lot of Junos and I just don't like the name.

Firsttimebabymummy · 09/08/2024 21:25

Juno is the only one I like out of those, sorry.

KirstenBlest · 09/08/2024 21:33

Yes:
Olga - like but might be dated in Russia
Gaia - like but diminished by the popularity of Maya/Maia
Juno - D'you know?

No:
Luna - OK for a dog or cat
Mina - Meaner

Like: Anna, Anne, Jill, Tess, Jane, Emma

The Yes ones are OK but a lot to live up to. You could add Hera, Cleo etc

BoleynMemories13 · 09/08/2024 21:35

Juno is nice.

I'm sick of hearing Luna, on babies and pets! It will date badly I think, a real name of the 2020s which has rocketed out of nowhere and will likely fade just as fast.

Mina is ok. Gaia isn't for me, nor is Olga which sounds very dated now. I'd expect a middle aged Eastern European lady if I met an Olga. I'm unsure of your heritage, or if indeed it is still popular on the continent, but it's not one I hear at all around me despite teaching in an area which a high Eastern European population.

Pocketfullofdogtreats · 09/08/2024 21:38

Juno. I don't like the others, sorry, apart from Gaia but it's a bit hippy/1970s. Luna is a rabbit's name. I really like Nina.

Equivo · 09/08/2024 21:39

I like Mina (favourite) or Juno.

Associations:
Mina - a lovely lady I know
Juno - the film
Luna - too strongly Harry Potter
Gaia - away with the fairies, hippy
Olga - a battleaxe German Nurse