Bellona

mamabear0813

Or Bellanna. Or Bellonna. It's latin for Goddes of War. DS is Rex. DH also LOVES the connection to Star Trek, which I don't hate, but it isn't the main pull.

magnoliablossom00

At first glance, this name read like Bologna to me.

magsugar13

yep bologna is what the child would be called her whole life

mamabear0813

It would be pronounced like the Star Trek Character.

bell-ON-na

Rhymes with Donna.

good to hear the Bologna references. I'll bring that up with hubs. I don't know if that is a deal breaker, because it isn't necessarily MEAN, YKWIM?

cjpreuss

Sounds like a sandwich.

NastyAnnie

For the pronunciation you want, Bellanna might be better. Bellona looks like "bell-OWN-uh".

 

Otherwise, I think it's pretty. Do you have any NNs you love to offset  the inevitable "balogna" references?

mamabear0813

NastyAnnie:

For the pronunciation you want, Bellanna might be better. Bellona looks like "bell-OWN-uh".

 

Otherwise, I think it's pretty. Do you have any NNs you love to offset  the inevitable "balogna" references?

So far just Bell. NOT BELLA. LOL That's why I was leaning towards one of the 'o' options. Do you think Bellonna would read more like the pronunciation I mentioned? It would have the two 'N's like Donna. 

je2161

I would pronounce Bellonna the same way I would pronounce Bellanna.

magnoliablossom00

je2161:

I would pronounce Bellonna the same way I would pronounce Bellanna.

I would pronounce Bellonna as Bell-OWN-ah, which is very much like the sandwich!

I would pronounce Bellanna as Bell-ah-nah. I happen to live in the South, and rednecks would pronounce it Bell-Anna.

Harper'smom

mkd00:

At first glance, this name read like Bologna to me.

 

This. It also reminds me of Beluga whales. 

karen_loy

IMHO is really bad, sorry

capulet

I know Bellona is the goddess of war (I'm geeky that way), so it doesn't remind me of anything else, but I'm sure I'm in the minority.

Bellona with one n I would pronounce with a long o (Bell OWN a).  Bellonna with two n's I'd pronounce to rhyme with Donna.  But if I know a name has a particular origin I would prefer to spell it and pronounce it correctly, so if I named a girl Bellona (NMS but since it's Roman I think it's kind of awesome) I would spell and pronounce it the first way.

KikiCohen

mkd00:

At first glance, this name read like Bologna to me.

Yep.

salt78

Bellona is a road near my house. Pronounced Bell-own-ah. It never would have crossed mind that it could be someone's name.

Kissimi21

I also thought of sandwich meat.  She's going to have to correct people on the pronounciation for the rest of her life.

kellyrn9956

salt78:

Bellona is a road near my house. Pronounced Bell-own-ah. It never would have crossed mind that it could be someone's name.

Was just going to say the same thing. I work in Towson.

 

cookies+milk

mkd00:

At first glance, this name read like Bologna to me.

This.  If it were me, I wouldn't want my kid's name to remind someone of a lunch meat. 

Mind the Gap

Shakespeare is better if you read him in the original Klingon.

The Star Trek character's name was spelled B'Elanna; perhaps spelling it Belanna would avoid the bologna pronunciation problem.

pacsunqtaz

Mind the Gap:

Shakespeare is better if you read him in the original Klingon.

The Star Trek character's name was spelled B'Elanna; perhaps spelling it Belanna would avoid the bologna pronunciation problem.

LOL. That would definitely fix it =]

melody921

Horrible