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[Opinions] Viva
Wdyt, as a stand alone name? It would be Viva Dorothea (honoring mn). I don't care for Vita or Veta. I like that Viva means life. Viviana, would probably be constantly mispronounced as 4 syllables instead of the 3 (Italian style) that I prefer. Does Viva sound incomplete?
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I like it, but I'd not use it myself, bc of the Spanish "Viva ...." thing. How about Aviva Dorothea with the nickname Viva?

This message was edited 7/27/2020, 12:21 PM

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It's okay, but it does make me think of "¡Viva ___!" too much, that would stop me from considering it as a baby name.
I think I'd forget about that quickly if I knew a Viva. But if I didn't know her, I would tend to read her full name as ¡Viva Dorothea!
I don't think that should necessarily stop you from using it if you both like it, though. Lots of names coincide with words and phrases, and people just forget that, when they know it's someone's name.Vivia would appeal to me more. Where I live, it'd be hard to get people to say it as VEE-vya though - they'd say VIV-ya. Hell, so would I.

This message was edited 7/26/2020, 12:55 PM

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I hadn't considered Vivia. I like it. However, when I brought up Viva and Viviana, he said he doesn't like anything starting with Viv...
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I love it! It definitely sounds complete to me, plus beautiful!
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I think it's pretty, and I think it would be fine as a name! I like it more than Vita or Veta as well.I know this is unnecessary, but I think the distinction between four and three syllables is so pedantic it's almost snobby. It takes the tongue a tiny bit of acrobatics to turn around and start saying "yana" after "viv." Who are you to judge whether that's an entire syllable or not? Get a life! Ok, insulting time over lol. I am TEASING I'm not actually offended but it does seem overly fussy to me.But I think it can be complete on its own - it will occasionally get comments like Viva las vegas or whatever but it's a pretty, lively, modern name. It reminds me of Rufus Wainright's daughter, who is also Leonard Cohen's granddaughter.
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Viva Dorothea ...Like Viva Las Vegas, or Viva Mexico?
No, Viva is not a very good choice for a first name. Nothing that makes a phrase is a good idea.
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Exactly what my husband said. Viva Las Vegas had never occurred to me:(And he doesn't like anything on my list. Very difficult.
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I like it. It sound complete to me. Love the meaning as well.
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