What Do You Think Of The Name Ria Alanna King?

[OscarH659]

What do you think of this name? Does Ria and Alanna flow well? King is a family name and I like the meanings of Ria and Alanna. I also like Alanna Ria, what do you think?

[jno]

too difficult to pronounce two As in a row.

[davebro]

not much, both seem a bit pretentious & together even more so

[jourdain2]

One of my daughters is called Ria (an old friend of my mum's used that as a short form of Maria) - beware, because when she was a kid nastier kids spelled it 'rear'. Otherwise it's a good name. Alanna does not go well with it because it requires a definite stop to sound it correctly. You need a consonant.

[Khandro]

Not much

[-SharonA-]

I like Ria but not too sure of Alanna.

[Bobbisox1]

Ria Elena sits better with me rather than to As

[Bobbisox1]

Oops not two As ( sorry)

[MissTerious]

Both OK. But they don't go together. Alanna King sounds better than Ria King in my opinion.

[Redhelen72]

I prefer Alanna King too but I don't like that way of spelling Alanna

[MissTerious]

Ariana King sounds nice and then you get a bit of both in one name!

[Buenchico]

When choosing names for children, try to work out what nicknames they're likely to end up with at school.

Anyone with the initials ARK is likely to get called 'Noah'. R King will become 'Sparky', whereas A King might just become 'Pain'!

Individual given names can lead to nicknames too, with Ria possibly becoming 'Birdy' or 'Long Neck'.

[Ken4155]

Alanna Ria sounds like an STD - not really a name you'd want to burden a child with, particularly a daughter.

[bednobs]

in my experience of naming children, the middle name barely ever gets used
Having said that, you can have whateve you want! One of my childrens middle name is squidge!

[Peter Pedant]

is this a reprise of
" Your name is dire, Ria"
OR
your name stinks - Ria King....

Ria Alannna - seriously now - the 'jerk' ( no not the writer or author silly) for the litte hitch is - - "glottal stop"
there is no letter for this sound in English but it
Bo''ul - there are two t's in Bottle and I didnt hear one...

French has it: remember the president of France, Fraan-swa olland ?
and not Franswarzolland? - the hitch is a glottal stop -

et is not carried across - ay - weel ( et huile ) and not aytweel
but est-il ( ay - teel ) is (carried across)

Arabic - Hamza - reversed 2. [(ء‎)] - usually perches on a vertical stroke ( aliph)

and so this is why boys and gurlz - ( says PP trying to educate the AB masses again) africa and australia - - - is africa' andostralia
and is never "africa rand dostralia" ( intrusive 'r')
WHEREAS
westminster rand Newham IS correct because there is an 'r' at the end of Westminster. At least there when I do it

[Maydup]

I’d be very concerned about the child being called Rear.

Alanna on its own is OK but could be shortened to Alan by a bully or Alarmer.

Rear Alarm
Alanna-rear

Sorry but neither are very flattering.

[maggiebee]

Why on earth are you asking? You will get so many conflicting answers on here you'll be back to square one. Chose a name you like and go for it - what other folk think is neither here nor there. Names will always be shortened - friend called her daughter Denise as she thought it wouldn't be changed. She's been Denny all her life.

[Peter Pedant]

chrissakes maggie this is a wind up: that is why he is asking
I liked my bit about the glottal stop....
next time it is both barrels of a schwa

Charlotte I like a lot but DOES I fear rhyme with harlot - but quite honestly so what? TTT ( here) doesnt seem to mind the obvious rhyme of penis-brayne. He ( TTT) is at it again with the House of commons, did you see? - Dirty boy!

[MissTerious]

You simply can't shorten my name, so it gets added to. I prefer the added version. My husband never did call me by my name except on the day we got varied.

[Paigntonian]

I suppose it's Ok if you're pretentious. Have you not considered Chardonay, Kylie or Snoop Doggy-Dog?