Vera, Violet or Viola

EmeraldEyedLady · May 2012

These are my top choices for a girl name. There is no reason that they all start with a V other than they seem to be the names I'm drawn to this time around.

Older brother is Caleb Michael and there are two angel sisters that were named Evelyn Iris and Lilah Mae. Middle name will be after one of our mothers. Either Olivia (mil) or Dawn (my mother).

Also, my name is Kira, pronounced like Keira. Do you think that Vera sounds too close to my name?

Allycat11 · May 2012

I think Violet Dawn would be lovely.

Mrkyrain · May 2012

violet

SquirrelGirl522 · May 2012

I like Vera Dawn...

pinkie529 · May 2012

Violet Olivia sounds beautiful IMO!

I think Vera might be a little too close to your name, sorry.

Starry Again · May 2012

I like Vera best but the rhyming aspect would bother me. The other two names are also good!

af1274 · May 2012

I like Vera and Violet, but I do think that Vera is too close to your name unfortunately. I'm not really a fan of Viola.

Mamaofthesea · May 2012

I like them all, but I love Violet. I also think it goes really well with your other children's names.

ObLaDi · May 2012

They are all lovely; you can't go wrong!

Vera rhyming with Kira would bother me.

I'm giving the edge to Viola Dawn, but Violet Olivia is beautiful too.

LadyXaverian · May 2012

ObLaDi:

They are all lovely; you can't go wrong!

Vera rhyming with Kira would bother me.

I'm giving the edge to Viola Dawn, but Violet Olivia is beautiful too.

I agree with all of this.

BackseatDriver · May 2012

Grace0609:
Out of those three names I like Violet. I really don't like Viola or Vera. They are TOO far on the old lady spectrum, even for me (my girl name choice is Eleanor)! Yes, I think Vera and Kira are too close.

Violet Olivia sounds best. Violet Dawn's flow is good, but it sounds like you're talking about a purple sunrise...which, I guess, would be ok, but a little strange.

This is pretty much what I was thinking.

jburdet1 · May 2012

I like Violet but I'm a little tired of hearing it but just from this board so I think it's safe. I prefer Vera and Viola NMS. The rhyming with your name doesn't bother me.

Keri Marie · May 2012

Viola Dawn sounds beautiful to me.

Good luck, all 3 are nice.

kacelle · May 2012

I love all three! DD's name is Violet, but it is getting fairly popular (not in my state though!). I love Violet Olivia or Vera/Viola Dawn.

Lilleybug · May 2012

Vera sounds old ladyish to me, Violet is a flower, and Viola looks like Voila. All nms, but I guess Violet is the best out of your list.

indiana101 · May 2012

I love Viola Dawn. Violet Dawn sounds too descriptive to me, Violet Olivia is sweet though. Vera is too similar to your name IMO

sekura · May 2012

Violet Olivia!

AKSchilb · May 2012

Violet Olivia is on our list too. You could even nickname that name Viola if you wanted so you could have two of the names you like using that first name/middle name combination.

EmeraldEyedLady · May 2012

Thanks for the input ladies!

I was afraid that Vera would be too close to my name. It's our first choice, but I think that you all have just confirmed that it's off the table because the rhyme is pretty obvious.

Violet is actually a family name on my side. It's the name of my great grandmother's sister. My great grandmother was Myra Cora, and I don't like Myra and Cora also sounds too close to my name for my taste so Violet was the next name that I liked. (The names we used as middle names for our twins were our grandmother's middle names.)

Viola I like, but ultimately it was my answer/alternative to the popularity of Violet.

As far as out mother's names and if there would be hard feelings, I haven't ruled out using them both as middle names if I can't avoid hurt feelings.

Again, thank you everyone for your opinions. Violet is definitely back at the top of our list as a front runner for a girl.