We just decided on GraceAna for our baby girl’s name. Her middle name will be [name_f]Diane[/name_f] after her great grandmother, so GraceAna [name_f]Diane[/name_f]. What do you think?
I’d spell it [name_f]Grace[/name_f]-[name_f]Ana[/name_f] [name_f]Diane[/name_f] or [name_f]Grace[/name_f] [name_f]Ana[/name_f] [name_f]Diane[/name_f] for sure.
I do prefer [name_f]Grace[/name_f] without the [name_f]Ana[/name_f] part, but it’s not a big deal.
Other than that it’s a nice name, and the most important thing is that you like it!
Yea, my wife really likes it as one word. We went back and forth between that and GraceAnna [name_f]Diane[/name_f]. My wife didn’t like the alliteration in the latter. [name_m]Just[/name_m] curious of people’s thoughts on the matter. I’m not opposed to it, but not quite as enthusiastic as the name choices for our first two boys. I suppose it will at least be unique. Not many girls named GraceAna out there.
Honestly it looks terrible, and clumsy. Graceana looks a bit unconventional but do able, but GraceAna with the weird capitalization? It makes me wonder if English is your wife’s first language? [name_f]Grace[/name_f] and [name_f]Ana[/name_f] are both beautiful elegant names, but that combination strips both of their well, grace. That said if that’s the name you love, who cares what random people on the internet think. But if you asking for honest opinions, it looks completely awful.
I don’t like the repeating “an” sounds in GraceAna [name_f]Diane[/name_f].
Something about GraceAna feels redundant since [name_f]Ana[/name_f] actually means “grace”.
If you had to use it, I would use [name_f]Graciana[/name_f] or [name_f]Grace[/name_f]-[name_f]Anna[/name_f]/[name_f]Grace[/name_f]-[name_f]Ana[/name_f].
My suggestion would be [name_f]Grace[/name_f] [name_f]Diane[/name_f] or [name_f]Grace[/name_f]-[name_f]Diane[/name_f] plus a middle name.
I adore [name_f]Grace[/name_f], [name_f]Ana[/name_f], and [name_f]Anna[/name_f] but not too fond of GraceAna. [name_f]Grace[/name_f], [name_f]Ana[/name_f], and [name_f]Anna[/name_f] all mean “grace” so I would go with; [name_f]Grace[/name_f] [name_f]Diane[/name_f], [name_f]Ana[/name_f] [name_f]Diane[/name_f], or [name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Diane[/name_f].
I’d say go with [name_f]Grace[/name_f] [name_f]Dianne[/name_f].
I would hyphenate [name_f]Grace[/name_f]-[name_f]Ana[/name_f] or leave a space between them. It will be easier for people to get it right. No one will automatically put a capital letter in the middle of her name, and most would assume it is hyphenated. Might as well stop her from having to spell her name every five minutes!
I agree with @amberdaydrem - it sounds a little strange. I think [name_f]Graciana[/name_f] would be a better choice if you really want that style of name. I don’t find that [name_f]Grace[/name_f] [name_f]Ana[/name_f] has a flow… to me it clunks a little. What about [name_f]Gracie[/name_f] [name_f]Anne[/name_f]? Or [name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Grace[/name_f]?
I find the repeated “an” sound in [name_f]Ana[/name_f] and [name_f]Diane[/name_f] a little annoying, but it probably won’t get said much, so it probably doesn’t matter too much.
GraceAna doesn’t make any sense to me. We don’t put capitals in the middle of words, so why cause confusion by doing so with a name?
[name_f]Grace[/name_f]-[name_f]Ana[/name_f] or [name_f]Graciana[/name_f] seem like better options.
Hm, I don’t want to be rude if you’ve decided on this as THE name, but honestly I have to agree with lots of the above posters. [name_f]Grace[/name_f], [name_f]Ana[/name_f]/[name_f]Anna[/name_f] and [name_f]Diane[/name_f] are all lovely names independently, but GraceAna is an awkward smoosh [name_f]IMO[/name_f] and I too dislike the strange mid-word capitalization. [name_f]Ana[/name_f] and [name_f]Diane[/name_f] are still too close for me in sound as well.
Why not just use [name_f]Grace[/name_f]? [name_f]Graciana[/name_f], [name_f]Anna[/name_f]-[name_f]Grace[/name_f], or even [name_f]Graciela[/name_f]/[name_f]Graziela[/name_f] also strike me as better options. With the last one you also avoid the issue of the repeated “an” sound in [name_f]Ana[/name_f] and [name_f]Diane[/name_f].
I agree with most of the other posters, GraceAna isn’t very appealing visually. If you prefer it as one word, that random capital “A” in the middle is really odd- I’d change that. I also have pronunciation issues/concerns. [name_f]Grace[/name_f], [name_f]Ana[/name_f], [name_f]Diane[/name_f] are all great names. I suggest [name_f]Graciana[/name_f], or Graceana, [name_f]Grace[/name_f]-[name_f]Ana[/name_f], just [name_f]Grace[/name_f] [name_f]Diane[/name_f], and id like to throw out [name_f]Diana[/name_f] - so beautiful.
Best wishes.
Thanks for the feedback. Very much appreciated. For context I probably should have explained that we understand that [name_f]Ana[/name_f] means grace. We like the idea of “double grace” or “grace upon grace” as we’re Christians and there’s some meaning in that way. I’ll take the name setup ideas on board, though. I don’t like hyphens, so that’s out, but I’ve thought about splitting it up or dropping the capital letter. We’ll see! Oh, and to the person who questioned if English was my wife’s first language…you’re losing at this whole internet thing. Everyone knows that names don’t have to follow some sort of rule, that’s what is so great about them.
That depends where you live, anything is possible in [name_u]America[/name_u], you can name your kid “Hashtag’twitter#Facebook-[name_u]James[/name_u]” but in most other countires neither capitals within a name nor symbols besides “-” are allowed, so there are rules.
Regarding the name, I agree with the pps, I would go with [name_f]Grace[/name_f] [name_f]Ana[/name_f] [name_f]Diane[/name_f], you can still call her [name_f]Grace[/name_f] [name_f]Ana[/name_f], but her name won’t get misspelled, which I think she’ll thank you for.
I will be the line dissenter here. While I am not crazy about the capital A in the middle there, I think the name sounds beautiful.
I would use:
[name_f]Grace[/name_f] [name_f]Ana[/name_f]
[name_f]Grace[/name_f] [name_f]Anne[/name_f]
[name_f]Grace[/name_f] [name_f]Anna[/name_f]
Graceanna
I just wanted to mention I have a friend who named her daughter the equivalent of KyleeAnn (not exactly that, but essentially). And it’s caused enough trouble, especially with forms and documents, that they usually just leave off the [name_f]Ann[/name_f] now. They’re considering having it legally changed to two names.
That was a little harsh, don’t you think?
I’m personally not a fan of the capital A in the centre of the name, but I like [name_f]Grace[/name_f]-[name_f]Ana[/name_f] a lot. It still becomes one name/one word, but it’s a little bit easier and clears up spelling, as well as making the name look a little tidier. Also, it makes it easier if she one day decides that GraceAna is a bit too much for her, and would prefer to just go by [name_f]Grace[/name_f] or [name_f]Ana[/name_f].
I thought so… we all have different opinions, and sharing them is what makes this forum fun. There’s no need for harshness.