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please advise which sounds better:

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Kotek · 04/11/2009 16:40

hello. am giving my daughter two middle names as they are family names but which sounds better

[first name] Sophie Anna [surname]

OR [first name] Sophia Anna [surname]

thanks v much in advance!

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displayuntilbestbefore · 04/11/2009 16:42

Sophie Anna I think - saves the surname sounding like yerranna

nice name

ThePhantomPlotter · 04/11/2009 16:44

Sophie Anna.

ohIdoliketobebesidethe · 04/11/2009 16:45

I like Sophia a lot. But with Anna it doesn't flow - but then again - how often will people say the whole lot together?

displayuntilbestbefore · 04/11/2009 16:45

all the time if Sophia is the first name and Anna is the surname!

ThePhantomPlotter · 04/11/2009 16:48

It's not though is it? Unless I've read the OP wrong?

displayuntilbestbefore · 04/11/2009 16:51

I read the OP as saying Sophie as first name and Anna is the surname because of her putting first name and surname next to each name

  • OP, is that right or wrong?
displayuntilbestbefore · 04/11/2009 16:51

or are they ideas for 2 middles names with first name before and surname after?
I'm confused now!

Hulababy · 04/11/2009 17:11

I assume these are the two middle names OP refers to, not the first names and surnames.

Is the family name Sophie or Sophia - or can it be either?

I think it has to be either Sophie Anna, or Anna Sophia. Sophia Anna doesn't flow.

cluccles · 04/11/2009 17:16

Prefer Sophia to Sophie but if used with Anna I would use Sophie

KristinaM · 04/11/2009 17:18

i hope your first name and last name don't have two syllables

displayuntilbestbefore · 04/11/2009 17:21

i must have got it wrong
Think point about syllables in first and surnames a good one

Kotek · 04/11/2009 21:25

hello and sorry if I wasn't clear, the two middle names are to be Sofie or Sofia and Anna. Surname sounds a bit like Jones.
thanks for all your feedback, it's really helpful.

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Avendesora · 06/11/2009 07:58

I live Anna Sofia, that doesnt help tho does it!

belgo · 06/11/2009 08:04

If they are both middle names, then it doesn't matter that much.

Anna Sophia sounds the best. I know a couple of girls called this.

diddl · 06/11/2009 08:51

I think eithre is fine!

Brightfield · 06/11/2009 09:39

Sophie Anna. Lovely!

MmeLindt · 06/11/2009 09:42

Sophie Anna sounds better than Sophia Anna.

Or Anna Sophia.

Are you German, Kotek, or living in Germany?

CarryOnDancing · 06/11/2009 13:04

When she is being a little monkey I think Sophie Anna flows much better when said in haste- Sophia Anna turns into a bit of a tongue twister.

Although I prefer Sophia alone, Sophie Anna is lovely!

Are you any closer to a decision?

Jojay · 06/11/2009 13:07

Anna Sophia gets my vote.

What's your first name? (Not yours, the one for the baby )

MrsWoolf · 06/11/2009 13:09

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Kotek · 06/11/2009 17:30

thanks,
The Sophia Anna combination seems to get the thumbs down from most people.
so i think it will have to be either Sophie Anna or Anna Sophia.... I can agonise about these two options now for the next few days
any more comments appreciated.
I don't live in Germany but my husband has German heritage.

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MmeLindt · 07/11/2009 18:51

Thought there might be a German connection. I believe that Anna and Sophie/a are popular in Germany at the moment. Several of DD's kindergarten friends were either one or the other.

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