Is this first name too similar to our last name?

[rosareece]

I have name changed for this so that I can mention our last name.

It is Reece.

I love the name Rosa.

DH also loved it.

However, we are worried that "Rosa Reece" sounds silly and she will be teased.

What is the MN consensus on this one?

i think it sounds fine. i know someone who's child is called Rosa, it's a lovely name.

It sounds like rosaries.

no sorry i think its silly

Hmm... I am thinking RollsRoyce a bit. It is a pretty name though.

Could you go for Rosalind Reece, does that sound any better and then nn Rosa?

Or Rosanna?

Or why dont you add another surname in like your maiden name.

So Rosa xxxxx Reece

I agree with Broccoli

not great tbh

love rosalind

I think it's lovely, the names sound like the should be together!

We will add a middle name but I doubt that will make a difference. Nobody is known by their full name.

We have thought of Rosamund or Rosalind. But we are not too keen on either and if she is going to be known as Rosa then the problem stands, regardless of her full first name.

I was hoping more people would say it sounds poetic and pretty...

Rosaries is a problem that had not occured to me.

Any more opinions?

I quite like it - it has a nice ring

i don't think it sounds like rosaries at all, tbh, the stresses are completely different. i think it sounds poetic and pretty.

Shout it out loud (as you would do if you were telling her off or calling her in the park or something) how do you feel about it now?

I agree with BS. I don't think the names go well together.

Sorry I don't think they go either, we have the same problem our surname is very similar to yours and we didn't go for an R name either because of it.

I don't like those names together, sorry but I think it sounds a bit silly.

i like Rosalie

but how many times do you say the full name?>?
you wouldnt say it yoruself would you

Re the solution of using Rosamund or Rosalind - in day to day life presumably you'd call dd by her nn and obviously wouldn't use her sn. She'd simply be Rosa.

The times when her surname is used are going to be places like the doctors when they would call her by her full name - e.g. Rosalind Reece - so it won't sound to any one's ear like Rosaries/Rosa Reece. Even at school I very rarely call a student by their full name, even if there are two or more pupils with the same first name, since I usually address them directly or they know which one I'm calling out on a register as it's in alphabetical order.

But if you love Rosa Reece then go for it. It's not mad, bad or risible. As long as she isn't interviewed by Jonathan Ross I think it'll be fine .

I call DD1 and DD2 their full name when I am upset with them or about to tell them off!

I think it's very pretty

I love alliterative names. I think Rosa Reece sounds fine.