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Help[Opinions] Ava or Agnes?
Given the choice between Ava and Agnes, which would you choose?
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Agnes!
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Ava!!!
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How are you pronouncing Agnes? The English way or as they do in France, more like Ann yez? I like the second better.
Dislike Ava very much.
Dislike Ava very much.
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Agnes
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Ava, no contest!
Agnes makes me want to scrunch my nose in disgust lol
Agnes makes me want to scrunch my nose in disgust lol
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Honestly, I would probably go with Ava because I like it a bit more, but would be really upset that its so overused. Can I fudge and go with Avabel? Agnes is nice, and I would love to see it on someone else's kid, but I can't actually see myself using it in real life.
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Ava, definitiely!
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Agnes
Ava is overused.
Ava is overused.
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Ava
xo
xo
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Both are lovely names, but I prefer Ava, even if it is more popular.
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I'd choose Ava, unless I could say Agnes with a French pronounciation, it sounds quite nice, then.
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Ava ...
Ava is a cute classic. Agnes is old and horrible, I hope it never makes a comeback.
Ava is a cute classic. Agnes is old and horrible, I hope it never makes a comeback.
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Agnes
I love it, I think it's very sweet.
I love it, I think it's very sweet.
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Agnes, actually. This may be the first day I ever would answer that way. But I just like Ava less and less all the time. Not sure I could handle 'Aggie' as a nickname, but Agnes nn 'Nessie' or even 'Essie' would be okay by me.
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Ava
I'd choose Ava because I don't care for Agnes.
I was going to say that I like Agatha and Agate more than Agnes but after saying them out loud Agnes is probably my favorite Ag- name. I have to admit the Ag- part of these names is harsh and a bit unpleasant. It reminds me of the words agony, agriculture, and gag.
Ava is very pretty and I like the sound even if the name isn't quite my style. It is very popular which is another reason that I wouldn't normally choose it. But between Ava and Agnes, Ava definitely wins inspite of its popularity.
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I'd choose Ava because I don't care for Agnes.
I was going to say that I like Agatha and Agate more than Agnes but after saying them out loud Agnes is probably my favorite Ag- name. I have to admit the Ag- part of these names is harsh and a bit unpleasant. It reminds me of the words agony, agriculture, and gag.
Ava is very pretty and I like the sound even if the name isn't quite my style. It is very popular which is another reason that I wouldn't normally choose it. But between Ava and Agnes, Ava definitely wins inspite of its popularity.
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This message was edited 8/3/2016, 2:19 PM
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Changed my mind...
I'm going to choose Agnes. I dislike how popular Ava is and I dislike that its only good nn Avie / Avy is not actually any shorter.
Even though Agnes is not my favorite I like it more than I initially thought especially since Ness and Nessie are such cute nns.
I'm leaving my initial choice response because what I said about Agnes still stands even though I'd choose it over Ava.
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I'm going to choose Agnes. I dislike how popular Ava is and I dislike that its only good nn Avie / Avy is not actually any shorter.
Even though Agnes is not my favorite I like it more than I initially thought especially since Ness and Nessie are such cute nns.
I'm leaving my initial choice response because what I said about Agnes still stands even though I'd choose it over Ava.
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This message was edited 8/3/2016, 2:02 PM
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Yay, welcome to the dark side!
One less hypothetical Ava is better for all of us. :)
One less hypothetical Ava is better for all of us. :)
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This is a random name story. I have only ever met one Agate and he is the half brother to an old friend of my sister. He has a sister named Amethyst. His much older half siblings are Kiara and Shadirah. Amethyst and Agate have the same father but their siblings have different fathers.
I have never knowingly met an Agnes before. I think I've met an Agatha.
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I have never knowingly met an Agnes before. I think I've met an Agatha.
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This message was edited 8/3/2016, 1:49 PM
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"I have never knowingly met an Agnes' lol. That seems funny to me because I have three aunt Agneses on my side of the family. And then there is an Aunt Agnes in my husband's family. Plus I met at least 3 young ladies named Agnes in my semester of university in Lithuania. Plus I worked with an Agnieszka at daycare. Wow. That seems ridiculous when I write it out.
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That's a lot of Agnes. I don't have an Agnes in my family that I remember from our genealogy.
My husband and I both have a great grandma Maud / Maude. Though his great grandma went by her middle name Nancy because she hated Maude. I also have a great grandma Ella, an Elizabeth who went by Betty, and a Maria / Mary who was born Maria but went by Mary around gringos.
Mar- names are probably the closest in my family to Agnes in yours. I think Maria's mother was also Maria. My nana went by Marian but was born Mariana. She had a sister Maria and a sister Marie. My nana had a daughter Mary who is my favorite aunt. Then my mother chose Marisa for me and my father agreed to it. My mother uses both Marisa pronunciations for me.
On my husband's side there isn't an Agnes either. Other than Nancy / Maude there is a great grandma Elise but everyone hated her. She was just an aweful human being who constantly played mind games and beat her children including her two disabled sons. She was a very mean and very rich woman who never wanted children so she mostly let nannies raise them. It was a family tradition to name the first born daughter Elise and my mother-in-law was the first one in generations to not be named Elise. Even if I loved the name Elise I'd never use it because of the terrible association my husband's family has with it.
My husband and I both have a great grandma Maud / Maude. Though his great grandma went by her middle name Nancy because she hated Maude. I also have a great grandma Ella, an Elizabeth who went by Betty, and a Maria / Mary who was born Maria but went by Mary around gringos.
Mar- names are probably the closest in my family to Agnes in yours. I think Maria's mother was also Maria. My nana went by Marian but was born Mariana. She had a sister Maria and a sister Marie. My nana had a daughter Mary who is my favorite aunt. Then my mother chose Marisa for me and my father agreed to it. My mother uses both Marisa pronunciations for me.
On my husband's side there isn't an Agnes either. Other than Nancy / Maude there is a great grandma Elise but everyone hated her. She was just an aweful human being who constantly played mind games and beat her children including her two disabled sons. She was a very mean and very rich woman who never wanted children so she mostly let nannies raise them. It was a family tradition to name the first born daughter Elise and my mother-in-law was the first one in generations to not be named Elise. Even if I loved the name Elise I'd never use it because of the terrible association my husband's family has with it.
This message was edited 8/3/2016, 3:14 PM
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This is a tough one. I prefer Agnes to the overly popular Ava, but I think a young girl would rather be named Ava than Agnes. So I'd choose Agnes hypothetically, but I'd really use Ava.
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Agnes
Okay, it's not my favourite name, but hearing it on a 'child' on Despicable Me helped make it more accessible to me. I probably like Ava more, but it's so popular I don't think I could actually use it. I can learn to love Agnes, but all the other Avas would still prey on my mind.
Okay, it's not my favourite name, but hearing it on a 'child' on Despicable Me helped make it more accessible to me. I probably like Ava more, but it's so popular I don't think I could actually use it. I can learn to love Agnes, but all the other Avas would still prey on my mind.
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Agnes
It's one of my favorites, and one of the few I would seriously consider for a daughter.
It's one of my favorites, and one of the few I would seriously consider for a daughter.
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Agnes
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Agnes...
It just seems more grounded.
It just seems more grounded.
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Agnes
but I doubt my probable future spouse would agree. =P
but I doubt my probable future spouse would agree. =P
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