Rona

Girl Names
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Is [name_f]Rona[/name_f] usable?

I know that some people use it as a nickname for [name_f]Corona[/name_f].

But here that is not really the case and I also feel like elsewhere people use that short form less and less often.

[name_f]Rona[/name_f] is a beautiful Scottish island and just makes me think of cliffs and seals.

In the worst of the pandemic the name declined in [name_u]Scotland[/name_u] but for 2021 it has risen again so I see some hope.

Also [name_f]Cora[/name_f] is popular and never makes me think of the virus and neither do [name_f]Sharona[/name_f] or [name_f]Corinna[/name_f].

Thoughts?

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Honestly? I couldn’t see the name without thinking of the nickname for Covid. Sorry.

But I’m in the US, if that makes a difference.

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I think it depends on where you are. In Scotland, it’s definitely useable. We know the meaning outwith the corona context, and honestly everyone just calls it the covid here (I don’t think I’ve heard it called corona/rona since early 2020…) but I don’t know that it would work elsewhere.

Maybe the Rhona spelling would distinguish it?

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Oof…yeah, I don’t think this one would be a good idea. While it isn’t my style anyway, I can see why one would find it beautiful. However, the pandemic and the reaction to it are just too ugly to saddle a child with this name. Besides, it is still going on! [name_f]My[/name_f] SIL and BIL are currently fighting it…

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[name_f]Hope[/name_f] they feel better soon!

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Yeah, it’s the same here. It used to be called [name_f]Corona[/name_f] but now most people just say Covid instead and it was never just [name_f]Rona[/name_f].

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IMO it’s off-limits.

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I personally dont think of [name_f]Corona[/name_f], but we have a building supply company where I’m from called [name_f]Rona[/name_f] so thats what I think of.
What about a similar name like [name_u]Roma[/name_u]?

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I still hear people referring to it as 'the ‘rona’ tbh, so I wouldn’t personally use it. I’d suggest asking people around you where you actually live if they’d think it having heard the name

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I often hear it referred to as [name_f]Rona[/name_f] so I’d honestly steer clear for the time being. I’m in the US tho!

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In [name_u]America[/name_u], [name_f]Rona[/name_f] is not useable.

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I’m in the UK and it’s a no from me. Very unusable, it’s called ‘the Rona’ a lot here.

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I still hear [name_f]Rona[/name_f] meaning Covid a lot too. I’m not saying never, but I’d say not just yet.

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tbh i know a little girl named rona and her name never makes me think of the coronavirus. this post actually just made me realize that. i think you can use it

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I’m afraid COVID is my first thought too.
Would changing the spelling to [name_f]Rhona[/name_f] help? There’s a somewhat famous actress named [name_f]Rhona[/name_f] [name_f]Mitra[/name_f].

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Well [name_f]Cora[/name_f] doesn’t sound like [name_f]Corona[/name_f] IMO. [name_f]Rona[/name_f] sounds like the virus. I’d skip. Are you open to [name_f]Corinne[/name_f]? [name_u]Or[/name_u] you would really like the name to end in an A?

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For me, it’s very unusable but if you aren’t seeing a problem with it where you are then I’d say it’s fine- definitely something to consider though.

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I’m curious is this girl older then two? I’m wondering if having the name prior to COVID makes a difference?

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I’d say usable in a general sense with one point of caution at the end-you do get [name_f]Rona[/name_f] references here but I feel like in a few years no one is going to really going to have the energy to single covid out in the same way. Plus I agree the name is very pretty,

The only little bit of this that gives me pause and something I can’t weigh in on because I don’t have this experience- for people who lost loved ones to COVID would it always bring negative feelings? If I were tempted to use [name_f]Rona[/name_f] I wouldn’t worry that it would be forever associated with the virus with the general public but would I essentially be bringing up a pain point for others who lost family to COVID who met my daughter?

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Totally unusable. What about Ronya? (Pr Roan-yuh I think)

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