[name_f]My[/name_f] middle child is [name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Virginia[/name_f]. She is 23 years old now and absolutely loves her name. We have never had an issue with confusing the sound of it with other common phrases or words. She has had the inevitable [name_f]Anna[/name_f] Banana’s thrown her way but it never bothered her or us. We named [name_f]Anna[/name_f] as an honor name and that in itself is why she treasures it so much. But she also loves it for the reasons others have stated… classic, timeless, simple, feminine but not frilly, etc. FWIW - she has also had the nicknames of [name_u]Coco[/name_u] and JuJu (don’t ask me why… my husband gives all of our kids strange nicknames totally unrelated to their names lol 
). So I second the suggestion of maybe having your own sweet special nickname for you to call her. Maybe even JoJo??? [name_u]Or[/name_u] if she has a middle name you love, perhaps you can use that. Anyway, from one Anna-mother to another… I hope that is of some help for you. Good luck. 
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