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OHbaby! Forums : Name opinions please https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Wed, 08 Apr 2026 08:38:49 +0000 Mon, 20 Aug 2007 16:38:01 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.05 360 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=9999 <![CDATA[OHbaby! Forums]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ <![CDATA[Name opinions please : it's here baby name genie...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9999&PID=199908&title=name-opinions-please#199908 Author: jack_&_charli
Subject: 9999
Posted: 20 August 2007 at 4:38pm

it's here

baby name genie]]> Mon, 20 Aug 2007 16:38:01 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9999&PID=199908&title=name-opinions-please#199908 <![CDATA[Name opinions please : That name genie is so much fun!...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9999&PID=199657&title=name-opinions-please#199657 Author: Andie
Subject: 9999
Posted: 20 August 2007 at 10:47am

That name genie is so much fun! I found one on there for us that I thought 'perfect if we have another girl'... then promptly forgot it!

I LOVE the name Ariana - it's beautiful! It's not a Maori name, so doesn't seem Maori-styles to me at all. Though we're a Pakeha family and my sister is Kiri, and she suits the name beautifully, and I would name a girl 'Aroha' if DH liked the name too. Nothin' wrong with borrowing a pretty name from another culture!

]]> Mon, 20 Aug 2007 10:47:06 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9999&PID=199657&title=name-opinions-please#199657 <![CDATA[Name opinions please : I think Ariana is really nice!...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9999&PID=199494&title=name-opinions-please#199494 Author: Kellz
Subject: 9999
Posted: 19 August 2007 at 9:06pm

I think Ariana is really nice! Name Genie gave us the exact name that I have picked for a girl, IF we have another! ]]> Sun, 19 Aug 2007 21:06:00 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9999&PID=199494&title=name-opinions-please#199494 <![CDATA[Name opinions please : where do i go to find said name...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9999&PID=199486&title=name-opinions-please#199486 Author: Gwen_
Subject: 9999
Posted: 19 August 2007 at 8:57pm

where do i go to find said name genie?]]> Sun, 19 Aug 2007 20:57:07 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9999&PID=199486&title=name-opinions-please#199486 <![CDATA[Name opinions please : i think it's a beautiful...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9999&PID=199482&title=name-opinions-please#199482 Author: jack_&_charli
Subject: 9999
Posted: 19 August 2007 at 8:54pm

i think it's a beautiful name anna, not 'too maori' at all! the name genie gave us jackson for a boy so that's close and the girl name was marissa. i would definately use that name if we had another girl, i didn't even think of it before]]> Sun, 19 Aug 2007 20:54:55 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9999&PID=199482&title=name-opinions-please#199482 <![CDATA[Name opinions please : I don't think of it as a...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9999&PID=199464&title=name-opinions-please#199464 Author: Maya
Subject: 9999
Posted: 19 August 2007 at 8:32pm

I don't think of it as a Maori name either, I went to school with an Ariana and she wasn't Maori.

One thing to think about tho is whether people will pronounce it properly. Willie wanted to call Maya Mereana and I liked it but I couldn't bear the thought of hearing her called Mary-arna by well meaning Pakehas (my family included). So we stuck to Maori middle names, and Willie still gets angsty when the dispatcher says Tay-Irri-rang-y on the RT coz that's not how you pronounce it.]]> Sun, 19 Aug 2007 20:32:27 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9999&PID=199464&title=name-opinions-please#199464 <![CDATA[Name opinions please : I like it it didn't even...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9999&PID=199286&title=name-opinions-please#199286 Author: Bubbaloo
Subject: 9999
Posted: 19 August 2007 at 1:13pm

I like it it didn't even come across to me as a Maori name at all.]]> Sun, 19 Aug 2007 13:13:53 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9999&PID=199286&title=name-opinions-please#199286 <![CDATA[Name opinions please : It is an absolutely gorgeous name....]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9999&PID=199244&title=name-opinions-please#199244 Author: nikkitheknitter
Subject: 9999
Posted: 19 August 2007 at 10:14am

It is an absolutely gorgeous name.

]]> Sun, 19 Aug 2007 10:14:26 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9999&PID=199244&title=name-opinions-please#199244 <![CDATA[Name opinions please : never thought it was a maori name...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9999&PID=199205&title=name-opinions-please#199205 Author: Bombshell
Subject: 9999
Posted: 19 August 2007 at 9:00am

never thought it was a maori name at all....i initially thought it might be italian or celtic

would be a lovely name!]]> Sun, 19 Aug 2007 09:00:36 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9999&PID=199205&title=name-opinions-please#199205 <![CDATA[Name opinions please : You know what I also love the...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9999&PID=199203&title=name-opinions-please#199203 Author: SMoody
Subject: 9999
Posted: 19 August 2007 at 8:58am

You know what I also love the name Ariana and I think that is the name of Dumbledore's sister in the Harry Potter book. Anyway that is where I saw the name and I love it. Hubby sort of likes it.

And no I dont know anything about Maori culture at all but I dont think it sound like it at all. I mean hubby wants to call another girl Mischka if we have one. (dont even know what it sounds like.) I will use a name if we like it no matter where it comes from. ]]> Sun, 19 Aug 2007 08:58:18 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9999&PID=199203&title=name-opinions-please#199203 <![CDATA[Name opinions please : were you going to pronounce it...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9999&PID=199199&title=name-opinions-please#199199 Author: Bizzy
Subject: 9999
Posted: 19 August 2007 at 8:47am

were you going to pronounce it with the A as in apple or ARRR. either way it doesnt sound maori to me]]> Sun, 19 Aug 2007 08:47:23 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9999&PID=199199&title=name-opinions-please#199199 <![CDATA[Name opinions please : I like it and don't think...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9999&PID=199176&title=name-opinions-please#199176 Author: caliandjack
Subject: 9999
Posted: 19 August 2007 at 12:14am

I like it and don't think it sounds Maori at all, sounds English, which would explain its Welsh origins. Reminded me more of a name of a ship.]]> Sun, 19 Aug 2007 00:14:32 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9999&PID=199176&title=name-opinions-please#199176 <![CDATA[Name opinions please : I see it more of a Maori name...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9999&PID=199111&title=name-opinions-please#199111 Author: mummy_becks
Subject: 9999
Posted: 18 August 2007 at 9:01pm

I see it more of a Maori name as I know a lot of Maori girls with this name and only one is white and she doesn't suit her name at all and her parents pronouced it Ara-ana and its not nice. But it does go nice with your surname.]]> Sat, 18 Aug 2007 21:01:57 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9999&PID=199111&title=name-opinions-please#199111 <![CDATA[Name opinions please : Ariana's a pretty name and...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9999&PID=199104&title=name-opinions-please#199104 Author: busymum
Subject: 9999
Posted: 18 August 2007 at 8:50pm

Ariana's a pretty name and is of Welsh origin (I looked it up but I originally thought Spanish). I don't think it sounds wrong for a white girl. The r rolling makes quite a difference but more and more Maori names are becoming common for whites and Maoris alike, so I don't think it would seem funny.]]> Sat, 18 Aug 2007 20:50:24 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9999&PID=199104&title=name-opinions-please#199104 <![CDATA[Name opinions please : Aroha means love in maori this...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9999&PID=199101&title=name-opinions-please#199101 Author: EllenMumof2
Subject: 9999
Posted: 18 August 2007 at 8:36pm

Aroha means love in maori this was surpose to be my name but dad didn't like it because when mum and dad got me (im adopted) i was white lol (long story)

Love the name Ariana

]]> Sat, 18 Aug 2007 20:36:12 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9999&PID=199101&title=name-opinions-please#199101 <![CDATA[Name opinions please : I like it too! And no I don't...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9999&PID=199097&title=name-opinions-please#199097 Author: KH25
Subject: 9999
Posted: 18 August 2007 at 8:32pm

I like it too! And no I don't think it is too Maori. I went to school with an Aroha and she was a blondie! Now I think that is too Maori (again no offence intended to anyone!)]]> Sat, 18 Aug 2007 20:32:09 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9999&PID=199097&title=name-opinions-please#199097 <![CDATA[Name opinions please : I know a white girl called that...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9999&PID=199096&title=name-opinions-please#199096 Author: Rachael21
Subject: 9999
Posted: 18 August 2007 at 8:31pm

I know a white girl called that and i have never thought of it being maori. ]]> Sat, 18 Aug 2007 20:31:26 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9999&PID=199096&title=name-opinions-please#199096 <![CDATA[Name opinions please : Before I go any further... no...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9999&PID=199089&title=name-opinions-please#199089 Author: Brenna
Subject: 9999
Posted: 18 August 2007 at 8:25pm

Before I go any further... no I'm not pregnant

DH and I always talk about names and I did that name genie thing that was posted about, and it suggested Ariana and I love it!!!

BUT... (this is not intened to offend anyone!!)

Do you think it is too 'maori' sounding for a 'white' family???? (because it's sound so nice with the r rolled) I just love the name (and also like Ari for short) but don't know if it would suit a white girl? Our last name is Kurth, so it goes quite well with that...]]> Sat, 18 Aug 2007 20:25:17 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9999&PID=199089&title=name-opinions-please#199089