Sovilla

Maladroit

As some of you know, I'm a Peds nurse and recently heard a new baby name (rare nowadays) and I absolutely LOVE it!  I wanted to get a feel for what you all think of it.  It's pronounced SO-VEE-YA and is Amish or Dutch in origin. ...and go!

bbiutmcph

Eh I'm not finding much on it being legit, maybe a surname. I can't say I like it and at first glance I wouldn't have said it how you wrote out.

expressobean13

Just going from the sound, I like it. It's got that sort of universally pleasing musicality that made Sofia so popular. I think it would be mispronounced 99% of the time, however, in the US at least where people aren't used to double L making a new sound (not so much in areas with large Hispanic populations). 

samanthaj0e

Not a fan... just sounds like a youneek attempt at Sofia to me.

Jags8

It sounds pretty, but it is going to be mispronounced all the time.

MWoodside

Dislike.

wassuphoes

Amish and Dutch are two very different cultures.

They aren't called Pennsylvania Dutch because they're Dutch.

magsugar13

SO-NOO

jessnjuan07

I think it sounds pretty. I would have assumed it was a surname used to honor someone. I was correct in the pronunciation, luckily, but I think many would mispronounce the name.

hoosierfarmer

So I had to laugh when I saw this post! I actually know two people with this name - my mother-in-law and the aunt she was named after. They both pronounce it So - vil - la just like it is spelled. When she was little people called her Sovie (So - v). I don't know anything about the origin of the name. Sorry!

Rabbitheart15

It's definetely not a Dutch name. Sevilla is actually a Spanish city. In Spanish, Sovilla would come close to Sophia. Honestly, the name looks like a mess to me.

Sassenach1743

No.

4N6s

Too close to Sophia

Maladroit

Hmm...maybe it was a made up name, maybe it was a surname. Either way, parents were Amish and older with legit Dutch heritage (I'm well aware that Dutch doesn't equal Pennsylvania Dutch, lol), so I'm pretty sure it wasn't a youneek attempt @samanthaj0e.  Well, thanks for the responses.

oneblessedmess

Rabbitheart15 said:

It's definetely not a Dutch name. Sevilla is actually a Spanish city. In Spanish, Sovilla would come close to Sophia. Honestly, the name looks like a mess to me.

This is what I was thinking. It reminds me of Sevilla. Not sure how it sounds Dutch.

samanthaj0e

Maladroit said:

Hmm...maybe it was a made up name, maybe it was a surname. Either way, parents were Amish and older with legit Dutch heritage (I'm well aware that Dutch doesn't equal Pennsylvania Dutch, lol), so I'm pretty sure it wasn't a youneek attempt @samanthaj0e.  Well, thanks for the responses.

I'm sure it had meaning to them. I didn't say it was created to be youneek, but that is what it will sound like to other people. It's definitely a weird name to come from an Amish family... the double L sound that Sovilla makes is not a typical pronunciation in Pennsylvania Dutch, or any dialect of Midwestern Amish linguistics.

Maladroit

samanthaj0e said:

Maladroit said:

Hmm...maybe it was a made up name, maybe it was a surname. Either way, parents were Amish and older with legit Dutch heritage (I'm well aware that Dutch doesn't equal Pennsylvania Dutch, lol), so I'm pretty sure it wasn't a youneek attempt @samanthaj0e.  Well, thanks for the responses.

I'm sure it had meaning to them. I didn't say it was created to be youneek, but that is what it will sound like to other people. It's definitely a weird name to come from an Amish family... the double L sound that Sovilla makes is not a typical pronunciation in Pennsylvania Dutch, or any dialect of Midwestern Amish linguistics.

Agreed. I'd never seen it on this board, so I wanted to see how others perceived it. Thanks for all the responses!