Kaia or Willa?

[Freya2456]

Willa has entered our short list of girl names ( due in 1 week with a surprise !)

Kaia Summer

Willa Summer

Kaia Autumn

Willa Autumn

I think I like Summer better for the middle name but baby will be born in autumn on our side of the world, i obviously also like Autumn and maybe it’s more meaningful to use that but I’m not sure?

Kaia Summer flows best.

Don't like Willa.

Kaia autumn I like Kaia a lot as a name underused and not at all Kardashian as suggested up thread. I m o

I like Kaia. Willa feels unfinished. Not really sure why, as there are plenty of two syllable names ending in A. Probably my brain thinks it should be Willow, but a bit is missing. Willow is lovely

And here I was trying to be polite & constructive.

Oh well.

I will get one of Willa Cather’s books from the library though.

Those opinions were silly, and the behaviour that is seen as normal by some people here in response to names is stupid and rude.

No wonder there is a massive bullying problem in British schools.

I'm guessing that you are not in the UK, @mathanxiety , and your comment about bullying is uncalled for and irrelevant.

Sorry about the rudeness, ignorance is all around. Willa is most definitely a name and it’s nice, I like it with Autumn but both examples work. I know an Australian man called Kaya ( their spelling) I believe it has a nice meaning? You choose what you like best x

I assume OP is in Australia. They use rather "unusual" names there.

I would struggle with the pronunciation of Kaia.
Willa is more straightforward.

Agree

Willa is a lovely name.

I wasn’t being rude. I am not familiar with the name and was merely pointing out many IN THE UK may be confused.

If the child is not residing in the UK, I wouldn’t get opinions from a parenting site predominantly used by Brits.

Similarly if someone from another country asked ‘Do you like the name fanny?’ I couldn’t say ‘yes it’s lovely!’ I’d say ‘No it’s what us Brits call our front bottom’. I know it’s a perfectly acceptable name in other countries.

@MoveoverdarlinI am in the UK and still think it’s a beautiful name.

Kaia is much nicer then Willa. Middle name is harder, I prefer Summer but Autumn is nice too and makes more sense so not much help there.

No, they weren't silly. The OP asked for people's opinions. There’s no point in anyone doing that if all those answering feel obliged to hide their negative opinions, and only be positive. Mumsnet is a British site, so we have to assume the OP knew most of the answers would be from British people.

As I said above, if I asked Americans what they thought of the names Fanny or Dick, I wouldn’t expect them to suppress their real thoughts in case they appeared rude.

I’ve never heard the name Willa before. Is it pronounced like villa, but starting with a w? Or is it pronounced like while-ah?

True, and I didn’t really realize how UK based this website is, a lot of the other mums websites I’ve been on have been American or Aussie based, and the results are sooooo different!!

I actually didn’t know this website was British based lol 😂 my bad!!!! We are so so far away from the uk that me posting on here is pretty pointless, it’s definitely confirmed all my negative associations with people from England now which is sad

Willa is a good, strong, classic name. Lovely!
I would avoid Kaia, because it does sound like one of those celebrity names which will date.
Those middle names are fine.

Yes in Aussie.

Who is keir stammer

I like Willa Autumn best

(and yes I am in the UK and have heard Willa before and you would have to be stupid to confuse it with Willie!)

I wouldn’t got for Summer if she’s not going to be born then.

Winter is also pretty as a middle name, seeing as it must be almost winter there?

Kaia Winter is nicer

@Freya2456 ,try Google.

@Freya2456

Keir Starmer is the Prime Minister of the UK and leader of the Labour Party.

Phonics -

Two Ls together with vowels before and after means the preceding vowel is short.

One L with vowels before and after - preceding vowel sound is long.

Examples - miller/ miler, tiller/ tiler, filler/ filer.