Girl Name Tie-Breaker

lv2011

Melanie Anne or Johanna Renee?

I'm leaning toward Melanie Anne while H is on the Johanna side (and insisting it be spelled with an h).

What so you, fellow Bumpies?

CelticWife

I like Johanna Renee.

BrittRN+

Johanna Renee. Melanie is dated IMO.

katie6/26/04

Johanna Renee.  I like the nn options better too.

PnkBride

Johanna Renee is beautiful!

firsttimeauntie

Johanna Renee

Mrs.G123

Johanna

bumpuser5078523

I like Melanie.

Jasmineeelizabeth

CelticWife:

I like Johanna Renee.

ditto

ELauren88

I think both are very pretty! Great choices! I'm leaning more towards Melanie, mainly because Renee is NMS, and Johanna Anne does NOT work. HA!

Fuzzy21

BrittRN+:

Johanna Renee. Melanie is dated IMO.

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Smithlywed

mj.reilly:

Johanna

Though I do prefer Joanna (different name / pronunciation, but I like it).

I do t care for Melanie.

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brooksidebride

I want to say Johanna because its my DDs name. I think it's such a pretty name. However, based on your comment about DH insisting in the H, I think it's a different name than my DD. Will you say it just like Joanna? In my DDs name, you pronounce the H so it's Joe Hannah. In any event, I do like just Joanna too!

Melanie is a nice name too though!

FakeFinn

Johanna Renee is lovely. I don't care much for Melanie. 

bsinno

BrittRN+:

Johanna Renee. Melanie is dated IMO.

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CeCe8579

I like Johanna Renee!

pettycrocker

Johanna

lisamoe

I like Melanie better, but don't dislike Johanna.

brooksidebride

Dying to know how original poster (and/or her DH) plans to pronounce Johanna! 

blush64

I guess I'm the only one. I like Melanie Anne much better than Johanna Renee. I don't like the name Johanna.

I don't find Melanie dated.

daniella2727

LOVE Johanna Renee

What is beautiful and different name. Wow. Love it. 

cag0012

I prefer Johanna Renee over Melanie Anne.

Ladiebug710

Melanie Anne, but both are very nice

g8trkim

Both are nice. The only issue I have with Johanna is that people will pronounce it different ways. That would be annoying to me.

brooksidebride

g8trkim:

Both are nice. The only issue I have with Johanna is that people will pronounce it different ways. That would be annoying to me.

 This WILL happen... just to forewarn the original poster. My daughter is Johanna and we pronounce it "Joe-Hannah". But it gets pronounced "Joe-Anna" and even more often "Joe-Hah-Na", and sometimes even "Yo-Hah-Na".  I love the name any way, lol. I think they are all so pretty!  But for my next child, I want to pick a mispronunciation-proof name because of this.

Kmommy91

Both are great! I'm no help sorry haha

PinkLillyLover

Johanna Renee!

Manderlin923

Much prefer Melanie. I like Melanie Renee.

Chelscole

Johanna

lv2011

Wow! I really was not expecting such a great response!

Anytime DH has said the name, I haven't heard the "h" in Johanna. Maybe I'm not listening properly [;P] But he did insist on the "h" in the spelling. I'm good with either pronunciation, though.

With Anne being the middle name for Melanie, it was in honor of my older sister. My DD got my eldest sister's middle name, so I thought it'd be nice to pass the other along too. But it clearly does not go with Johanna- ha! The thought of Johanna Anne makes me giggle.

DH will be delighted that he wins! It wasn't much of a battle, though

Thanks so much for the input!

[Deleted User]

Another vote for Johanna Renee.

Melanie seems very dated to me. 

hoopduck

lv2011:

Wow! I really was not expecting such a great response! Anytime DH has said the name,nbsp;I haven't heard the "h" in Johanna. Maybe I'm not listening properly [;P] But he did insist on the "h" in the spelling. I'm good with either pronunciation, though.With Anne being the middle name for Melanie, it was in honor of my older sister. My DD got my eldest sister's middle name, so I thought it'd be nice to pass the other along too. But it clearly does not go with Johanna ha! The thought of Johanna Anne makes me giggle.DH will be delighted that he wins! It wasn't much of a battle, though [:]Thanks so much for the input!

If he wants to spell it with the h it really should be pronounced like Joe Hannah. Otherwise it's just Joanna which isn't as nice a name in my opinion. To me the Joanna pronunciation is so plain and boring compared to the Johanna pronunciation. Sorry! Lol tell your Dh this!