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I have found a name I really like, and I wanted to get opinions on it. I am a big history / genealogy buff, and in researching my family, I found a female ancestor named Quinna [pronounced kwih-na, not kwee-na, according to family lore]. She was born in the late 1700s and she was the "matriarch"--had many sons and daughters and was loved and respected by all. Sadly, she died at the age of 50 giving birth to her last daughter, who was named after her. For a number of generations after that, baby girls were named Quinna or Quinnie in her honor; but eventually, the name fell away, and now hasn't been used in about 100 years.

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I think Quinna is a pretty name, and also that it would be a nice way to honor my family's history. I have been told, though, that I should spell it Quenna unless I want people to pronounce it "kwee-na." What do you guys think?