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Etta is a great name, I love it. But I think I still prefer it as a nickname to an -etta name. (Benedetta, Coretta, Concetta... Jamesetta, I saw what Array wrote and it's growing on me)

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Um... middle names... Etta Jamesina! No...

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Etta Ellen
Etta Belle
Etta Elizabeth
Etta Marina
Etta Elaine
Etta Marissa
Etta Antonia
Etta Jacinta

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I think it sounds terrific with alliteration. And when I was writing the combos, my head kept being invaded with rhymes - Etta Coretta, Etta Marietta, etc. Those sound great too, but are definitely not to be taken seriously.

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Noa

Etta is very pretty!

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I think Etta is fine as a full name. Etta James comes to my mind as well and that's a good thing for me too.

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“It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.”
~Mark Twain

I love it. Etta James is an amazing woman--I saw her in concert this spring--and if I used the name, I'd use it for her. I think I like it best as a nickname for Coretta (for Coretta Scott King, another woman more than worthy of veneration), but it works beautifully as a full name, too.

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Etta James' given name was Jamesetta Hawkins, by the way--and I'd be lying if I said I didn't like Jamesetta, too. :)

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I'll think of some combos and get back to you on it.

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Array

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"That was the thing about aliens that no one ever really expected. They're a bit dull."

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A revolution without dancing is a revolution not worth having.

I think Etta would work good as a full name. But I have no idea who Etta James is :)

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I don't like it either as a full name or as an ending. By itself it makes me think of some 80-year-old mean lady who chases kids out of her yard with a broom.