Friends' new baby
My friend just had a baby and they named her Johanna Noelle. They are pronouncing Johanna in the German way: yo-HAHN-ah. The little 6-pound cutie joins big brother Caleb Benjamin.
What do you think?
I totally love it! And I get so excited when people name their baby something I love. :)
Three boys nappin', one mama namenerdin'
To peruse my top 100ish names: http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/82589
"My Inner Birthing Mother Paddles a Canoe" and other non-name musings
found on my blog: http://jodifriesen.blogspot.ca/2014/07/paddle-power.html
What do you think?
I totally love it! And I get so excited when people name their baby something I love. :)
Three boys nappin', one mama namenerdin'
To peruse my top 100ish names: http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/82589
"My Inner Birthing Mother Paddles a Canoe" and other non-name musings
found on my blog: http://jodifriesen.blogspot.ca/2014/07/paddle-power.html
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We actually have a lot of immigrants in our city. So there is already a smorgasbord of names and pronunciations. She will definitely get called Joanna sometimes, but I think people will figure it out.
If they're not German-speakers, Yo-Ha-na seems pretty pretentious. Really like Noelle but it doesn't sound so great with Johanna. Yo-no.
The dad and his family do speak German. And while we are in Canada, this city has a TON of immigrants, so it's not likely to stand out to terribly.
I have not asked, but you can bet I will soon. :)
It's a bit N-heavy, but still lovely.
I like it
I'm glad they're pronouncing it the German way, I think it's much prettier than 'Jo-Hannah'.
I'm glad they're pronouncing it the German way, I think it's much prettier than 'Jo-Hannah'.
I really like the sound of Johanna Noelle. I also like both names on their own, particularly Johanna being spelled yo-HAH-nah.
It is a classy, but nonetheless current combo!
It also matches somehow with Caleb Benjamin, although I find the boys name much less pretty than hers.
I'm no fan of either name, but I'm always fine with Benjamin as a middle name. With Caleb I don't have very many good connotations. It sounds rather blunt for me.
I might have chose Cale instead, but this wouldn't have made much sense with Johanna neither. Alexander, Benedict, Elias, Felix, Jacob, Nicholas or Raphael would have made more sense.
It is a classy, but nonetheless current combo!
It also matches somehow with Caleb Benjamin, although I find the boys name much less pretty than hers.
I'm no fan of either name, but I'm always fine with Benjamin as a middle name. With Caleb I don't have very many good connotations. It sounds rather blunt for me.
I might have chose Cale instead, but this wouldn't have made much sense with Johanna neither. Alexander, Benedict, Elias, Felix, Jacob, Nicholas or Raphael would have made more sense.
I love Johanna when it's said that way! It's a hundred times better than Joanna (jo-anna) could ever be. Though I will always prefer Ioana, I think I'm biased ;)
Noelle is nice too, though the thing that stops me from loving the combo is the "na-no" sound you get with the end of Johanna and the start of Noelle when you say them together.
So I'm rating it about an 8/10 :)
Noelle is nice too, though the thing that stops me from loving the combo is the "na-no" sound you get with the end of Johanna and the start of Noelle when you say them together.
So I'm rating it about an 8/10 :)
This message was edited 10/22/2014, 12:22 PM