Pia.....yes or no?

[Leannabanana]

is this a nice name for a little girl?

i just think of pia as short way of saying pain in the ass. sorry.

Pain in the ass is normally PITA though, but I can see what you are thinking booboo. What are you thinking now Leannabanana?

Yes, Pia is a German name. It's pronounced Pee-a. Lovely name imo.

Sometimes I'm amazed at how narrow-minded MNers can be! Pia is a lovely name - German yes, but also Indian. I knew a great girl at school called Pia - no one made fun of her name, ever.

I'd like to like it.......but my first thought was also the "pia, pia, pia-no" song.

I think it's a lovely name. I know an Italian woman called Pia.

Cassiopiea - commonly shortened to Pia in Italy

Knew a Pia, she was lovely

There is a common thread here............and its foreigners.......it sounds great when you have an Italian accent etc........

"There is a common thread here............and its foreigners.......it sounds great when you have an Italian accent etc"

Why are people here so xenophobic? What a terribly Little England attitude, that foreign names shouldn't be adopted...

Anyway, Pia sounds the same no matter what your accent.

its a toughy....i think it is a worthy alternative to the very beautiful but very common Mia....i still like it....i love cassiopeia shortened to pia....that is lovely...but i am now singing pia pia piano in my head.....ohdear.x

I am the music man,
I come from down your way and I can play.

What can you play?

I play piano

Pia pia piano, piano, piano

pia pia piano, pia pi-anooooo

Is what came to mind

yup....that be the one.....its insurmountable really i think.....poor little pia.....i think it would just be mean...

It's also Norwegian. I know one Pia who is half norwegian.

I had a friend at school called Maria-Pia (her dad was Italian), but she dropped the Maria herself.
She definitely pronounced it Pee-ah.

No

I vote YES to Pia. I would pronounce it with a short A.

I always thought it had Greek origins.

I wanted Pia for my little girl, but DH banned it, said it sounded like a bird chirping.

Yes I like it.

kwini, chill out, chill out

"Why are people here so xenophobic?"

Why are people here turning so touchy about everything?

"Pia, my-a darliny-a, woud-a you like-a leetle ice-a cream-a" (Bella Lasange accent)

"Right Pia hen, d'y want a ice cream doll" (fg's granny's heavy Scots accent)

Nope. Sounds totally different to me PMSL!!!!

I'd have to suppress the urge to sing 'I am the music man' at the poor child. So no, IMO.

Rustybear, I wonder if that's the Maria-Pia I worked with ages ago!

Surname beginning with G, Jenbot? (at least her maiden name was & when I googled there's still someone of that name in the same area)

I'm chillin' like a watermelon, frumpygrumpy

It's not about being PC, it's about daring to consider options beyond some people's rather limited horizons. One thing that irks me about these threads is when people have the temerity to reject a name on the basis that it's foreign. Not liking the sound is one thing; rejecting something simply because it's different is another.

pronounced 'pya' I thnk and it is short for something.

Can somebody Italian remind me?

I don'tlike it. it sounds incomplete.

I have a funny feeling its short for something totally different like Francesca.