I love the name Eva- it’s my daughter’s name! But if you’re worried about people saying your child’s name wrong, be aware that a lot of people, especially Spanish speakers, will pronounce it “Ayva.”

OP, if you’re worried about using a name from a culture that isn’t yours, then don’t use Luisa. Using it won’t solve your issue, because 99% of people will pronounce it as “Louisa” with the “z” sound anyway, and your poor daughter will be stuck correcting the spelling of her name her entire life. Choose something else.

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Anonymous wrote:Spain is a country in Europe... Native Europeans (people who are ethnically European) are white.

Exactly, this would be like someone asking if they would be appropriating German culture by using a German name or appropriating French culture by using a French name. It sounds ridiculous.

You only run into weird/appropriation territory by using an African, Asian, Native American, etc. name. It's not appropriation to use a European name.

Op here, and I disagree! If name my child Gretl or Estelle or something clearly not white American, it would still seem weird and appropriate-y.

It's not appropriation. I'm starting to think you're trolling. There really are not any true "white American names" except ones that were recently made up (like Laken), and I doubt you want to use any of those (because most of them are tacky). The names that white Americans use primarily come from Europe (England, Germany, Spain, Greece, Italy, Poland, France, Ireland, etc.). Sophia comes from Greece (for example).

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Anonymous wrote:Spain is a country in Europe... Native Europeans (people who are ethnically European) are white.

You're wasting your time. I doubt the OP even knows that Spaniards and Latinos are not the same people. She seems like the type of person to refer to Latin Americans from Spanish-speaking countries as Spanish rather than Hispanic.

I've known (uneducated) Americans who literally think that the Spanish language originated in Mexico. Some of them even call it "Mexican" rather than Spanish. 🥴

OP here. Yikes, you are a salty person!

Luisa could be appropriated in theory from either Spain or Latin America, so what is your point? Also, I know several non-Spain Spanish speakers who refer to themselves and their communities as Spanish, so idk what to tell you.

Anonymous wrote:For soft "s," how about Elisa? Based on the names you mention, you might also like Elena/Elaina, Amelia, or Mia.

Op here. Thank you, I love these names! One of them is mine 🤣

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Anonymous wrote:Spain is a country in Europe... Native Europeans (people who are ethnically European) are white.

Exactly, this would be like someone asking if they would be appropriating German culture by using a German name or appropriating French culture by using a French name. It sounds ridiculous.

You only run into weird/appropriation territory by using an African, Asian, Native American, etc. name. It's not appropriation to use a European name.

Op here, and I disagree! If name my child Gretl or Estelle or something clearly not white American, it would still seem weird and appropriate-y.

Both Luisa and Eva code hispanic to me. Both will be mispronounced and misspelled.

Luisa - Louisa and the Z sound you mentioned.

Eva vs Ava or Pronounced Ee-va vs pronounced Ay-va

Eva

Of those three, I guess I like Sophia most.

But tbh, I am tired of girls names that follow this style/pattern: 2-3 syllables, soft consonants, end in -a. I feel like 90% of the girls in my kids' elementary school have names like this. And they all blur together. Eva, Ava, Lila, Hannah, Louisa, Ella, Mira, Mina, Rhea, Thea, Maya, Sophia, Stella.

What about Judith? Veronica? June? Lucy? Colleen? I just want people to mix it up a bit more.

Of the 3 names, I prefer Eva.

Agree with others that Luisa is unlikely to be pronounced the way you want it to be. What about Lisa, Elisa, Marisa? (I like Eva better than all 3, just throwing them out there.)

Anonymous wrote:Spain is a country in Europe... Native Europeans (people who are ethnically European) are white.

You're wasting your time. I doubt the OP even knows that Spaniards and Latinos are not the same people. She seems like the type of person to refer to Latin Americans from Spanish-speaking countries as Spanish rather than Hispanic.

I've known (uneducated) Americans who literally think that the Spanish language originated in Mexico. Some of them even call it "Mexican" rather than Spanish. 🥴

For soft "s," how about Elisa? Based on the names you mention, you might also like Elena/Elaina, Amelia, or Mia.

Latinos don't even use Latino names anymore. They name their girls Leilani and Aaliyah and they name their boys Liam and Noah.

Anonymous wrote:Spain is a country in Europe... Native Europeans (people who are ethnically European) are white.

Exactly, this would be like someone asking if they would be appropriating German culture by using a German name or appropriating French culture by using a French name. It sounds ridiculous.

You only run into weird/appropriation territory by using an African, Asian, Native American, etc. name. It's not appropriation to use a European name.

Anonymous wrote:Eloise.

That name always makes me want to throw up. It seems very ugly.