Ehhh, the ending of
Odessa comes perilously close to the "issa" and "yssa" endings I despise. Yet the long O at the start seems to lift the name out of the "pwetty-pwetty" status I despise in names such as
Melissa and
Alyssa. In fact,
Odessa seems heavy and not feather-light like "issa" and "yssa" names. Right now the most I could say is that if you held a gun to my head and told me I had to name my newborn daughter
Melissa or
Odessa, I'd go with
Odessa.
This message was edited 2/17/2019, 11:37 AM