I really like the sound of [name_f]Rhona[/name_f]/[name_f]Rona[/name_f]/[name_f]Roana[/name_f], but am uncertain on the spelling.
I personally prefer [name_f]Roana[/name_f], but the fact that people might pronounce it as ro-anna ([name_f]Joanna[/name_f] with a R instead of a J) is something that holds me back. But if we do use it, it will be a middle name, so I’m also wondering if it’s such a big deal.
At first, I misread [name_f]Rhona[/name_f] as [name_f]Rhonda[/name_f], which maybe isn’t great. [name_f]Rona[/name_f] to me is the building centre. So by process of elimination, I prefer [name_f]Roana[/name_f]. What about Ronah? Like [name_m]Jonah[/name_m]?
[name_f]Rona[/name_f] is a home+garden store chain in [name_f]Canada[/name_f]. But since it’s a middle, I say choose whatever spelling you like best as most people will never know her middle name and those that do, will figure out how to say it the first time you introduce it.