Viola & Ida

[Anonymous]

I think they're both really lovely! Viola is gorgeous, Ida is spunkier. I also like Frida! I prefer these kind of names to the Oakley/Paisley/Hudson type of modern names.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:viola (pronounced more like violet, just an "ah" at the end instead of "et". not veye-ol-ah or vee-ol-ah) and ida were my great grandmother's names.
with the return of so many grandma names, i wonder why not these?
gertrude and frieda I can understand. but viola and ida don't sound as horrible to me.

we are thinking middle names and not first names. if they seem to dated or ugly, what about violet and ada instead?

I actually think Viola is back ... I've heard it a few times. I would have guessed vi-OH-la for pronunciation, though.

And Ida isn't crazy, because Ada is back.

I think both would be great middle names and I'll go ahead and vote for Viola as a first name.

[Anonymous]

I like Viola. OP, you and your child are going to have a lifetime of correcting people because everyone will pronounce it veye-oh-lah. Veye-lah would be better spelled Vilah if that is pronunciation you actually want. Just saying that after a lifetime of correcting people it’s darn annoying.

[Anonymous]

I know a 6 year old Ida. Named after Ida B Wells.
I think they're both acceptable names, but I like Ida better. I'd also choose Violet over Viola, personally.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I like Viola. OP, you and your child are going to have a lifetime of correcting people because everyone will pronounce it veye-oh-lah. Veye-lah would be better spelled Vilah if that is pronunciation you actually want. Just saying that after a lifetime of correcting people it’s darn annoying.

Don’t take a beautiful name, mangle it so sounds like the word vile. And don’t name your child the word vile with an a on the end.

[Anonymous]

I adore Viola. Ida is lovely, too. Unfortunately, middle school kids could make dirty jokes about Ida. (Ida do her, etc. ) Really think about how your daughter would handle that.

[Anonymous]

Both are great names.

[Anonymous]

I know a couple young Idas.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Love Ida, but Viola is nice too. I wouldn't pronounce it that way at first glance, but it's easy enough to correct.

The only one I wouldn't do is Ada. If you love it, go for it, but it's become trendy and doesn't really fit in with your cute grandma name vibe.

Ada *is* a cute grandma name.

[Anonymous]

I always liked Viola and Violet but worried they were too similar to violate and violent. I also am a weirdo with a difficult time choosing names because of things like that.

[Anonymous]

I like the name Viola.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's okay to do ugly and/or embarrassing names for middle names.

These would be terrible for first names.

+100

[Anonymous]

Ida picked a better name.

Horrible, so is Vida.

[Anonymous]

I like them both but are you ok with your kids’ names being viewed in the same vein as “Brayden” 20 years from now? I’m not disparaging; just noting that trendy names (whether new names or “old” names) are trendy names and if you don’t want to be part of that, look elsewhere.

[Anonymous]

Not a huge fan of Ida as a first name, but I think all the pronunciations of Viola are lovely.