Thoughts on the name Angelina?

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Evangeline or Angeline

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Anonymous wrote:Well if you're just going to call her Lina it doesn't matter what the full name is.

It does, actually. Kids go through these phases with their names that can be tricky. Both my DD and niece went through phases where they hated their family nickname and insisted on being called by their full name. Then my DD was in a class at school where most of the other girls had two syllable names that ended in -y sounds, and she suddenly wanted to go by her nickname again because it’s like this. Luckily we live both her full name and nickname (which is also the most obvious nickname for her full name). My niece now just goes by her first initial. You don’t have perfect control once they are people in the world. Now is your chance.

Which is why I’d think twice about Angelina, especially if you were set on a somewhat non intuitive nickname for it. All it takes is one school year of “Don’t call me Lina, I don’t like it” for her to become Angelina, which her friends will shorten to Angie, and then she’s Angie for the rest of her life whether you like it or not.

If OP likes Lina/Lena, just name her that. But unless you love Angelina (and can live with people at least sometimes calling her Angie) don’t name her that. I like Lina but really dislike Angelina/Angie, so I’d go with something else from the list. Zoe is my favorite I think.

I'm the OP and we were going to go with just Lina but I felt it was too short.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well if you're just going to call her Lina it doesn't matter what the full name is.

It does, actually. Kids go through these phases with their names that can be tricky. Both my DD and niece went through phases where they hated their family nickname and insisted on being called by their full name. Then my DD was in a class at school where most of the other girls had two syllable names that ended in -y sounds, and she suddenly wanted to go by her nickname again because it’s like this. Luckily we live both her full name and nickname (which is also the most obvious nickname for her full name). My niece now just goes by her first initial. You don’t have perfect control once they are people in the world. Now is your chance.

Which is why I’d think twice about Angelina, especially if you were set on a somewhat non intuitive nickname for it. All it takes is one school year of “Don’t call me Lina, I don’t like it” for her to become Angelina, which her friends will shorten to Angie, and then she’s Angie for the rest of her life whether you like it or not.

If OP likes Lina/Lena, just name her that. But unless you love Angelina (and can live with people at least sometimes calling her Angie) don’t name her that. I like Lina but really dislike Angelina/Angie, so I’d go with something else from the list. Zoe is my favorite I think.

I'm the OP and we were going to go with just Lina but I felt it was too short.

My name is Lena and it's pronounced Lina and lots of people like to point out it's not a real name, it's the end of a more popular name.

[Anonymous]

Cecilia and Celia are both fantastic

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Anonymous wrote:We are considering Angelina for our baby. She is our first and we her middle name will most likely be Rosalind, though that's up for debate. She will go by the nickname Lina.

Here are some of the other names on our list:

Cecilia
Harriet (Hattie for short, or maybe just Hattie)
Catalina
Eleanor (Ella for short maybe?)
Zoe or Zoey (DH's favorite name on the list)
Vivian

As you can see I like longer more classical names with shorter nicknames.

No to Eleanor. Too many Ellies Ellas. Everyone will think Angelina Jolie so for that reason no to that name. Harriet is too old, vivian also too trendy. The others are ok. I like Zoe (no y) the best.

Wrong. Angelina Jolie is already fading from the spotlight. That you don’t realize this shows your age. She was the hot girl 20 years ago. People in your child’s generation won’t make the association any more than a baby named Vivian is linked to Vivian Leigh.

(That said, I do like Angelica better.)

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Anonymous wrote:Not a fan of Angelina, but I'm also not a fan of Angela/ Angel for a boy.
Angelina just sounds so infantile. Give your baby a strong name.

I agree. Angelina just sounds like a frilly toddler who insists on wearing clunky bracelets and dresses everywhere who grows up to do ballet three times a week and play with American Girl dolls. Give her a strong name like Vivian or Cecilia.

OP, do you want a super girly-girl daughter so you're naming her after a dancing rat? If so, that's going to backfire in your face.

Unfortunately I know people like this in real life. They want a girlygirl so they name her something stupid like Holiday or Lexi.

[Anonymous]

Cecilia is my favourite on your list, OP.

[Anonymous]

Lina can be mispronounced to rhyme with a part of the female anatomy.

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Evangelina would keep her from being Angie instead of Lina

[Anonymous]

I like Harriet and Cecilia better

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What about Adelina?

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Lina is a beautiful name on its own. Just go with that.

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Anonymous wrote:Lina can be mispronounced to rhyme with a part of the female anatomy.

Never had this problem and I’m a 50yr old Lina.

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Zoe is my favorite of those. It’s fun and unpretentious, and works great on everything from a super girly girl to a powerful adult woman.

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Angela