Fenna or Minna?

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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.

Mina

I really like Fenna. Sounds cool with a nod to nature. Know a fair few Minas

Sorry. Didn't finish. Minna might be said as Mina and I know quite a few. Fenna is lovely

I’m reading a book with a character called Fen/na just now. Never heard it before.

They are OK names but not what I’d pick. I think you may need to be OK with Fen or Min.

I also know someone with surname Fenner so Fenna reminds me of that

I prefer Minna. Both fine though. Similar style maybe to Willa?

Fenna is so pretty! 🤩 Not a fan of Minna but that’s just personal taste.

I like both names. Possibly Minna as the favourite. I also like some others suggested here, Greta and Nella. Another I like is Brenna,

They are normal European names. That's like saying Sarah or George are fucking terrible names that people should walk away from and choose something more normal.

They sound more like names for pet goldfish

Minna is one of my family names. It’s German. If you like Minna and Fenna, how about Menna, which I think is Welsh?

I don’t like either, sorry.

The more I have seen these names - Minna and Fenna - sitting on this thread, the more I think that possibly the combination of them (both with nna ending) was what has partly put people off.

I mean Hanna and Anna are well-known but sound a bit Tweedle-dum and Tweedle-dee.

I think each sounds better without being considered together with the other.

I dislike Fenna but Mina is cute (but spelt with one n) depending where you live she may get how do you pronounce that with Minna

Mina Fenn

I’ve never heard of Fenna and don’t like it. I’ve heard of Minna but don’t like it - makes me think of Moaner (someone always moaning). Sorry.

@Sweetcorn100 , where on earth do you live that people would struggle with Minna? (Answer: MNland)

@Samiloff , Minna doesn't sound like Moaner.

I didn’t say Minna sounded like Moaner, I said it made me think of it. I think if I’d been called Minna I would have been teased unmercifully as a child by being called Moaner by older siblings whenever I cried etc.

Older siblings are nightmares.

Neither.

My name didn't rhyme with anything so all my siblings made up a word to tease me with. There is no magic teasing-proof name. A child who wants to tease will always find something. My son has been teased this year because his pencil case has four compartments and all the other kids have three.

Also, some girls are actually called Mona and presumably survive.

I like Fenna (though I've come across one in person before, so it's not unheard of to me) and its meaning (peace).

Menna could be an option for you, OP. It's Welsh, and the one that I met was the kind of girl that was very strong and independent!

I know four Monas and as far as I know none of them got teased.

I did get teased about my name by some kids at school but I didn't rise to it. They gave up.

I think the negativity is because the names are not ones people are familiar with.
If you heard them a few times they'd become more familiar but new and fresh.

I've not heard of either before, but I like both. They're easy to say and to spell, and anyone unfamiliar with them would get used to them quickly.

I follow a sport that is very popular in a lot of European countries so I hear names that are new to me very often. I love the variety! Call your baby a name that you like ❤️

No, it’s because I think they sound silly. There are other popular names that I don’t like even though they’re familiar. And we are all used to seeing out there names on mumsnet, sometimes they’re nice, sometimes not. These for me are not