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guilletskichuk
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Gemma...really?!
guilletskichuk
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Sorry...just had to say something.
A former co-worker of mine just posted on FB that the name of their newborn girl is Gemma.
I was JUST thinking about that name this morning and how it's something I really don't like. A childhood friend of mine named her daughter that last year. Cutest thing EVER...but I really don't like the name.
It reminds me of Jem and the Holograms.
And Gemma just seems unfinished to me. :S
Sorry. I just HAD to say something to someone. *rant over*
What do you all think?
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BFP #1 09/02/11 M/C 09/12/11 8w6days
BFP #2 07/18/12 Baby S born on his EDD 03/23/13
SS - age 12...SD - age 8...DS - 13 mos.
BFP #1 09/02/11 M/C 09/12/11 8w6days
BFP #2 07/18/12 Baby S born on his EDD 03/23/13
SS - age 12...SD - age 8...DS - 13 mos.
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Re: Gemma...really?!
Maybe that's what it is. That it sounds a little immature. Like it works for a young girl but not a woman.
There are sooo many names that I think of being like that (ex: Emma, Bella, etc.) but this is the worst, I think.
ps. I DO love Emma and Bella. Would never use them though.
Maybe it's the hard G sound that puts me off.
BFP #1 09/02/11 M/C 09/12/11 8w6days
BFP #2 07/18/12 Baby S born on his EDD 03/23/13
SS - age 12...SD - age 8...DS - 13 mos.
I agree with you and others that it doesn't sound like a real name that could work on an adult. It seems too cutesy and nick-namy to me, even if it is a real, legitimately spelled name. A mom from my DS's birth board just named her second daughter Gemma and I cannot get on board with it.
I'm pretty sure Gemma has a SOFT "g" sound, not a hard "g" sound.
JEM-muh
I really like it. At least it's been tested through time and is spelled correctly. I don't see what there is to complain about.
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It's the soft g that I don't like. I prefer hard g sounds for names spelled with a G. It does rule out a lot of g names though.
I don't like it, only because I've been mispronouncing it all my life, until I met a real one last year - I've been saying it with a hard G (like gum) instead of a soft G (like gem). I like the hard G better!
Edited for spelling
Gemma is a lovely, legit, underused Italian name.
I'm seriously mystified by your freaking out over a name that's real and rarely used.
Except it isn't a hard G.
It is a very common British name.
This.
I completely agree!
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Oops. Thought "soft"...typed "hard". Total brainfart/typo. The teacher in me knows better.
That's fine that it's a legitimate, REAL name. I don't like it. Yes, it's better than a lot of made up names. I just think there are a lot of better names out there, that's all. To each her own.
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What she said! Seriously, its not like she named her kid La-a or Myckynziegh.
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I'll go against the hard g/soft g grain and say I looove it when pronounced with a "h" sound. I have a good friend in Spain with this name (the g sounds like "h" unless followed by a u to make it hard) and I have a great association with it. She's the only Gemma I've ever known.
I didn't realize it was on the rise in the U.S.
agree.
i don't like it.
this, is nms but is a legit, regular name; DH's grandma and a friend of mine have this name
This, minus the guilty part. Love.
And.... this. The only Gemma I personally know pronounces it this way.