Violeta

[groundhoglet]

I hope this is the final thread after my other posts because it would be great to resolve this given that I'm a few days from due date. What do you think of Violeta as a sister for Nina? We live in Spain (which is why Violeta rather than Violet) and considered and discarded these ones, which were the only ones we even halfway agreed on:

Valentina (rhymes with Nina)
Josephine (dated here to the point of making a child stick out and not in a good way)
Rosa (DH sister's name)
Sylvie (I like it but he doesn't)

I do love Violeta my only concern is floweriness (ha) or pretentiousness. But at this point I'm not sure what else we do because Sofía, Lucía etc. are extremely popular here and I'm not really that into them, although they are objectively beautiful.

Love it .

I like it.

I'm not a massive fan of Violet but I think Violeta would be pronounced totally differently more like Vee oh let a? In which case it's beautiful!

Correct @BootballJoy Vee-oh-let-a. Nickname Vee I suppose

Yes it's lovely.

Violet and Viola are nicer than Violeta - but Violetta is nicer overall

Its lovely. My only issue is that its 4 syllables, so a mouthful, if she might end up with a very long or double barreled surname.

I also like Rosalia, but this too is 4 syllables and might be more Italian than Spanish?

She will be called Viennetta (ice cream) if you relocate to the UK during the school years ...

Lovely name, much nicer than Violet. Nn Letty?

Ahh, yes, Viola. I really prefer that to Violeta actually! Would that work in Spanish? Its also more in keeping with Nina 2 syllables and Viola is 3.

@JC03745 I don't like Viola because unfortunately one translation is he/she/it rapes...

Love it it's beautiful, timeless and not too popular

I think Violeta sounds really beautiful

Another one here who immediately thinks Viennetta

Much prefer Rosa......

Yeah this. ^ It sounds too much like Viennetta sorry @groundhoglet

It's a no from me.

Very pretty name. Classic and elegant. And a gorgeous flower too!

I like it

It's lovely, nn Vivi?

She won't

Yes Vivi and Letty both pretty diminutives.

I would just go with Violet. I think it’s much nicer and goes better with Nina.

I love it - and know one, she's Italian and writes very funny stories, she's someone I really admire and am really happy whenever I get to be in the same (virtual) hangout space. I also love Valentina. I recommended it to my SIL recently. She had a boy. I'm nursing it fondly even though I'm done having babies 😁

Thank you everyone for your opinions.
@asparagusffern Vivi is a sweet nickname

My niece is called Violeta, her nickname is Violé - I had not realized that connotation!

I really like the name - it certainly suits her.