Antonia vs. Karis vs. Karla

[Anonymous]

The only Carys I know is Catherine Zeta Jones daughter. She’s Welsh, so it makes sense. Of all those names it’s the one I prefer, but I don’t think I’d use it if I wasn’t Welsh myself.

[Anonymous]

Antonia is lovely.

[Anonymous]

Karla/Carla is going to make a comeback soon, watch. I know 2 born within the last year and a half to entirely separate families with no relation to each other.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Karla/Carla is going to make a comeback soon, watch. I know 2 born within the last year and a half to entirely separate families with no relation to each other.

Spelled with c or k?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Karla/Carla is going to make a comeback soon, watch. I know 2 born within the last year and a half to entirely separate families with no relation to each other.

It's funny to me when names that are extremely common in other countries, like to the point of being almost ubiquitous, suddenly catch on in the US. Carla/Karla is insanely common in Europe, with a lot of crossover appeal between languages. Top 10 or top 20 in Spain I believe, but also fairly popular in France and Germany. This specific style of name is really popular in Europe in general now -- two-syllables, simple, easy to pronounce in multiple languages. Lina and Thea are two others I see that are pretty popular in multiple EU countries (though Thea has more variation in pronunciation). I have also seen Thea jumping in popularity in the US though Lina does not seem to have caught on as much and I think it's one of my favorites of this style of name.

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Anonymous wrote:Karla/Carla is going to make a comeback soon, watch. I know 2 born within the last year and a half to entirely separate families with no relation to each other.

It's funny to me when names that are extremely common in other countries, like to the point of being almost ubiquitous, suddenly catch on in the US. Carla/Karla is insanely common in Europe, with a lot of crossover appeal between languages. Top 10 or top 20 in Spain I believe, but also fairly popular in France and Germany. This specific style of name is really popular in Europe in general now -- two-syllables, simple, easy to pronounce in multiple languages. Lina and Thea are two others I see that are pretty popular in multiple EU countries (though Thea has more variation in pronunciation). I have also seen Thea jumping in popularity in the US though Lina does not seem to have caught on as much and I think it's one of my favorites of this style of name.

We always seem to be behind on the name trends! 😂 Isla, Iris, Lucy, Elsie, Eloise, and Rory were popular in the UK for years before they really took off over here. I've seen Theodora starting to get popular for girls here. I imagine that we will start to see Thea more as it will be used as a nn for Theodora (along with Teddy).

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Anonymous wrote:Karla/Carla is going to make a comeback soon, watch. I know 2 born within the last year and a half to entirely separate families with no relation to each other.

Spelled with c or k?

Both of their names are spelled with a K, if that's what you're asking.

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Anonymous wrote:Karla/Carla is going to make a comeback soon, watch. I know 2 born within the last year and a half to entirely separate families with no relation to each other.

My coworker has a toddler Karla who will turn 3 in January. I had assumed it's because it's a popular name within the Mexican American community. I had no idea that it's becoming popular again outside of that community.

[Anonymous]

Of the three, I prefer Antonia and Karla to Karis.

[Anonymous]

Previous commenters are being overly dramatic. How do I know? One of my daughters went to school with a Karis (spelled that same way) who would have been born in approximately 2005 or 2006, so it does work as a name in reality. As far as I know, she was a popular girl and never had any major issues due to her name. Antonia and Karla are also very normal, average names. I wouldn't bat an eye if I met someone with either name. A lot of posters on here act like every name that they wouldn't choose for their own children is atrocious and life shattering instead of acknowledging that they simply don't like the name.

I do prefer the Carys and Charis spellings over Karis but realize that they would rarely be pronounced or spelled correctly in the US.

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Anonymous wrote:Karla/Carla is going to make a comeback soon, watch. I know 2 born within the last year and a half to entirely separate families with no relation to each other.

It's funny to me when names that are extremely common in other countries, like to the point of being almost ubiquitous, suddenly catch on in the US. Carla/Karla is insanely common in Europe, with a lot of crossover appeal between languages. Top 10 or top 20 in Spain I believe, but also fairly popular in France and Germany. This specific style of name is really popular in Europe in general now -- two-syllables, simple, easy to pronounce in multiple languages. Lina and Thea are two others I see that are pretty popular in multiple EU countries (though Thea has more variation in pronunciation). I have also seen Thea jumping in popularity in the US though Lina does not seem to have caught on as much and I think it's one of my favorites of this style of name.

No, actually it isn't. At all. It's a name you more commonly find with middle aged women.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Karla/Carla is going to make a comeback soon, watch. I know 2 born within the last year and a half to entirely separate families with no relation to each other.

Spelled with c or k?

Both of their names are spelled with a K, if that's what you're asking.

Carla Bruni begs to differ.

It's spelled both ways. It's more common to see the K in central/Eastern Europe, not that isn't a popular baby name now, though. The C spelling is Western Europe/US/Canada.

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Anonymous wrote:Previous commenters are being overly dramatic. How do I know? One of my daughters went to school with a Karis (spelled that same way) who would have been born in approximately 2005 or 2006, so it does work as a name in reality. As far as I know, she was a popular girl and never had any major issues due to her name. Antonia and Karla are also very normal, average names. I wouldn't bat an eye if I met someone with either name. A lot of posters on here act like every name that they wouldn't choose for their own children is atrocious and life shattering instead of acknowledging that they simply don't like the name.

I do prefer the Carys and Charis spellings over Karis but realize that they would rarely be pronounced or spelled correctly in the US.

+1

Our kids would all have Biblical (but only the common ones) and British Royal Family names if the decision was left up to DCUM. 😂

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Anonymous wrote:I do like the book My Antonia. Are you sure you're pronouncing the name correctly like the book?

I read My Antonia for a class on American Literature in college. The professor said it is pronounced Anton=KNEE-ah. The characters in the novel were from Bohemia/Czechia.

In contemporary US, people seem to pronounce it An-TONE-ee-ah, so I don't think OP should go with the pronunciation in the novel.

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Anonymous wrote:Karla/Carla is going to make a comeback soon, watch. I know 2 born within the last year and a half to entirely separate families with no relation to each other.

Spelled with c or k?

Both of their names are spelled with a K, if that's what you're asking.

Carla Bruni begs to differ.

It's spelled both ways. It's more common to see the K in central/Eastern Europe, not that isn't a popular baby name now, though. The C spelling is Western Europe/US/Canada.

NP. Carla Bruni begs to differ that the 2 babies PP knows spell their names with a K?