Fenna or Minna?

[lululu99]

What are your thoughts on these 2 names for a girl please? Any other similar ideas? I like that they are short and simple, but not too common and feel like they would work for all ages.

Names for intimate wash products perhaps

If you like names that end in ‘a’ perhaps look for a traditional name that can be sensibly shortened to a nice nickname with that sound or that already end in ‘a’

Rosalie - Rosa
Anna
Joanna
Philippa/Pippa
Emma
Francesca - Decca

I gave my DD a traditional name but with loads of nickname options for cutesie shorter names

I do like them but would go for Fenella and use Fenna as a nickname. Hebe is a lovely name as is Coco, Page, Fern, Heidi, Cara or Tansy.

Minna is nice (pronounced Min-nah), its the name of a famous Finnish feminist and playwright so quite a meaningful name to some people, but to others it'll just sound odd.

Neither. One sounds like a constipation remedy and Minna like a small fish, minnow. Or like Minnie which is nicer.

Not sure what the confusion over the pronunciation of Minna is.
I couldn’t use it myself for regional reasons: people might think I was saying ‘Minnie’

I prefer Fenna out of the 2

I thought they were supplements or abbreviations for weight loss drugs not a Childs name!
You can't call a child "Fenna" ffs.

I've always like the name Minna and remember it as a character name in many children's books. Fenna is nice too. So I would say whichever is more meaningful to you!

She can call her child whatever she wants tbh

@MiddleAgedDread , The nn makes the first vowel short. Mina would be mee-na or my-na. Minna is min-na.
Fenna is fen-na. Fena would be Feena or Fayna.

Same as how dinner is din-ner, diner is die-ner.

@lululu99 , how about Menna?

Just because you can doesn’t mean you should.
Both sound a bit try-hard.

Names are personal choices though, so she should and she can if she likes those names.

I’d rather call my daughter Fenna or Minna than Philippa as one poster suggested, which is one of the ugliest names in the world… imo

oooo I love Fenella!

Minna is okay ish

I like the name Philippa, @PevenseygirlQQ

And Minna is (I think) Russell Kane’s Daughters name. Are you a big fan of stand up comedy OP?

As for the names, I don’t mind either!

Brilliant, we all like different names

they both sound like parts of the outer ear

They are indeed but the OP did ask for opinions.…

Both pretty names, I think. I prefer Fenna as Minna sounds more nickname-y. Fenna also makes me think of Fenchurch in the Hitchhiker's Guide books.

That's fine but in this country they are not it has already been shown by multiple posters on this thread nobody knows how to pronounce. Would you want to grow up constantly having to correct people on your name

Years ago I had a little tortie cat who we called Fenchurch (huge H2G2 fan). She was always called Fenny, or Fenn for short. I actually like the name Fenna, but it does sound as though it's a shortening for something.

My relative (born circa 1910) pronounced her name as Min-ah.
She was an amazing lady-very intelligent and a brilliant sense of humour.

I've never heard of either name but like them both a lot actually. I think I prefer Fenna but Minna is pretty too.

Fenna reminds me of Senna, the laxative. In fact I googled it just now because I thought the laxative is called Fenna.

Not keen on either
Fiona is nice