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[Opinions] Mara or Brenna?
by queenv
1/10/2017, 3:55 PM
If you had to choose either Mara or Brenna for a daughter, which one and why?
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- Caprice
1/11/2017, 12:24 PM
Both sound bad in Swedish. A Mara is an evil spirits who rides your body during the night (yup, a nightmare) and Brenna sounds like bränna, to burn (something or someone). But if I lived in, let's say, England, I would choose Mara since I like Julie Bertagna's book series in which Mara is the heroine (Exodus, Zenith, Aurora).
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- Ew_Chloe (New_Chloe)
1/11/2017, 6:34 AM
MaraIt's got a lovely dark shine to it!
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- Joiya
1/11/2017, 6:10 AM
Mara. Even though the meaning and the Biblical references have always deterred me from this name, it sounds pretty and is just so simple and sweet to look at. While I like Brenna, all of the Brenna's I know have been very manly girls. Not in a "girls shouldn't be masculine" way, but in a "they are always complaining about how tall or hairy they are" way. Anyway. It's far more a deterrent than Mara v Ruth.
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- Myosotis
1/11/2017, 2:26 AM
MaraI think it just sounds better, similar to Amara, which I really like. I usually like -enna names, but Brenna doesn't do it for me.
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- Sadie-Janae
1/11/2017, 1:49 AM
It has a more attractive sound. Brenna sounds odd to me.
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- mirfak
1/11/2017, 12:26 AM
MaraI just like it more ..
I generally like Mar-names and dislike Br-names. Brenna's not bad, but Mara is so much more appealing to me.
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- Anneza
1/10/2017, 10:20 PM
Definitely Mara; Brenna looks wrong and sounds like a sloppy version of Brenda (which I dislike in its own right). I knew a very pleasant Mara once, which also helps.
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- Elena
1/10/2017, 6:38 PM
One letter can make all the difference. While I greatly dislike Brenda, I do like Brenna very much. It has a softer feel than Brenda AND Mara which has always come across as quite harsh to me. And then there's the meaning, 'bitter.'Based on sound, they're both attractive. I just prefer Brenna.
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- ladybug75
1/10/2017, 5:56 PM
Brenna because it is one of my favorite names. I always thought it was a great way to honor my Aunt Brenda.
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- Xeno (sponinsanity)
1/10/2017, 5:33 PM
BrennaMara is so dull. Brenna is kind of dull too, but at least it has a nice sound. It's a lot better than Brenda or Brianna.
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- mommymurphy   +2
1/10/2017, 4:59 PM
Mara! I love it. Brenna seems dated, not ready to come back yet.
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- queenv   +1
1/10/2017, 5:17 PM
Although Brenna has fallen since it was most popular in the mid-1990s, it was never that popular even then, never higher than #235. That's why I'm surprised to see it referred to as dated. Maybe it's just me, but I think a name has to have been much more popular than that to ever be dated.
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- Tuesday (tuesday9)
1/10/2017, 5:32 PM
I think it's just the feel of Brenna, because it's similar to Brenda and Brianna (both dated in different ways). At least that's how I feel about it.
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- lakin5
1/10/2017, 4:08 PM
Mara! It is cuter and cooler than Brenna which I don't like as much as Brenda or Brianna!
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- Tuesday (tuesday9)
1/10/2017, 4:06 PM
MaraMara! It's one of my favorites. Even though it's pretty simple, it has a kind of gloomy vibe that I'm attracted to. I pronounce it like MAR-a, almost like Maura, not like Kara.Brenna is okay, seems like it fits in with a trend that came and went.
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- Akua Topaz
1/10/2017, 4:02 PM
Mara by a long shot. Brenna sounds so dated-trendy to me, like a cross between Brianna and Jenna, which are both very late-80s-early-90s to me. Mara is underused and beautiful. I have a new friend named Mara and I love saying her name.
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- Danno (guest)
1/10/2017, 3:58 PM
Both are good but my pick would definitely be Mara as that happens to be one of my top favorite names (:
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