What do you think of Juna?

freya55 · August 29, 2011, 8:01am

[name]Hi[/name],
We’ve been re-thinking our first name shortlist recently (i’ve written about it in a previous post so won’t go into it here!) for our baby due in Feb, and the only name that we both love is [name]June[/name] in the middle spot. Since we both love it, I’ve been looking at [name]June[/name] variants for a first name. [name]Juniper[/name] is really cute and I’ve always loved it but DH isn’t keen. [name]Junia[/name] looks lovely but everyone will just think she’s called “[name]Junior[/name]”. But just now I came across [name]Juna[/name], the Danish version of [name]June[/name], in the database and I really really like it!

Would love some feedback and even some mn suggestions if you can think of anything (our style is pretty vintage/rockabilly/southern-hipster)

Thanks!

freya55 · August 29, 2011, 8:24am

I’ve thought about it some more and I’m really loving [name]Juna[/name] [name]Delphine[/name]! What do you think Berries?

rookachoo · August 29, 2011, 8:30am

I think [name]Juna[/name] [name]Delphine[/name] is really great! It is unique and girly, without being overly frilly. I think it is a very solid choice

wildsyringa · August 29, 2011, 8:33am

[name]LOVE[/name] [name]Juna[/name]! I’ve also been toying with [name]June[/name] as a middle name, but I’ve really started digging [name]Juna[/name] as a first lately. [name]Juna[/name] [name]Delphine[/name] is perfection!

krismichelle · August 29, 2011, 9:37am

Honestly, I much prefer just [name]June[/name]. [name]Juna[/name] [name]Delphine[/name] is a lovely combo, though.

freya55 · August 29, 2011, 9:48am

Thanks for the feedback guys! [name]Glad[/name] everyone likes [name]Juna[/name] [name]Delphine[/name], now all I need to do is get DH to agree! I haven’t run that combo by him yet, I know he wasn’t too keen on [name]Delphine[/name] but I’m hoping that he’ll be ok with it in the middle spot and will be used to hearing it now because I keep bringing it up! Isn’t it scary when you have a combo you love but you don’t want to mention it in case it gets shot down? I’m also wondering how many times I’ll change my mind before this baby is born!

rookachoo · August 29, 2011, 9:49am

I hate that! I have so many combos that I absolutely [name]ADORE[/name]. But I am afraid to mention them to Dh, because if he hates them, I would be crushed!

misswriter · October 24, 2011, 3:32pm

I adore it! It’s unique and girly without being too frilly. You could call her [name]June[/name] or [name]Junie[/name], two adorable nicknames

nono · October 24, 2011, 3:46pm

I think I may prefer [name]Djuna[/name] to [name]Juna[/name], personally, although I can’t really explain why. It may just be because I encountered [name]Djuna[/name] before I did [name]Juna[/name]. [name]Juna[/name] [name]Delphine[/name] is a lovely, solid choice! I think it would serve your daughter well throughout her life, and, to me, it perfectly fits “vintage/rockabilly/southern-hipster.”

jesba · October 24, 2011, 5:08pm

[name]Juna[/name] is lovely!

FWIW I’ve written in other posts (can’t remember if it was here) about how [name]Junia[/name] and [name]Junior[/name] sound not that much alike in my accent – [name]Junior[/name] is Jyunyer and [name]Junia[/name] is Joo-nee-a. Still relatively close in the grand scheme of things but pretty clearly distinct - although if your accent is totally different that won’t help any : D – [name]Junia[/name] is much more likely to be confused for [name]Julia[/name] than for [name]Junior[/name] when I say it (still sort of a problem, I’d admit).

Anyway, [name]Juna[/name] [name]Delphine[/name] is gorgeous and good luck!