Comments on: Name of the Day: Oona http://appellationmountain.net/2008/10/13/name-of-the-day-oona/ Where Every Name Has a Story Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:48:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: ipso http://appellationmountain.net/2008/10/13/name-of-the-day-oona/#comment-29450 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:23:08 +0000 http://appellationmountain.wordpress.com/?p=787#comment-29450 My first daughter will be named Oona.

A gal in college had it, and it was perfect. But before that I came across Gunvor Nelson (Swedish/American avant-garde film maker from 60′s) who’s movie about her daughter hypnotized me. And I enjoy drone music, so it’s meaningful on many levels.

Not for everyone, but to my mind no “Oona” conversation can happen without knowledge of this “landmark” 1969 avant-garde short.

http://arethehillsgoingtomarchoff.blogspot.com/2010/11/my-name-is-oona-1969-film-by-gunvor.html

]]> By: Baby Name of the Day: Bragnae | Appellation Mountain http://appellationmountain.net/2008/10/13/name-of-the-day-oona/#comment-23399 Fri, 19 Aug 2011 10:18:53 +0000 http://appellationmountain.wordpress.com/?p=787#comment-23399 [...] Bragnae baffles American English speakers.  Bronagh and Brona are at least as accessible as Oonagh or Eithne.  But I find the Bragnae spelling strangely attractive – and I can’t help [...]

]]> By: A http://appellationmountain.net/2008/10/13/name-of-the-day-oona/#comment-23172 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 21:21:47 +0000 http://appellationmountain.wordpress.com/?p=787#comment-23172 I am Irish and the correct Irish spelling is actually Una. Oonagh is an anglicised spelling of the name. This is a common misconception especially outside Ireland.

]]> By: Starbaby News: Welcome Aleph! | Appellation Mountain http://appellationmountain.net/2008/10/13/name-of-the-day-oona/#comment-22194 Wed, 06 Jul 2011 19:57:04 +0000 http://appellationmountain.wordpress.com/?p=787#comment-22194 [...] joke about Seven to Sixx Design’s Five, as well as more conventional picks like Una and Octavia, but this one is new, at least in the English-speaking [...]

]]> By: Baby Name of the Day: Beulah « Appellation Mountain http://appellationmountain.net/2008/10/13/name-of-the-day-oona/#comment-17653 Wed, 26 Jan 2011 11:02:57 +0000 http://appellationmountain.wordpress.com/?p=787#comment-17653 [...] all makes for a truly daring name.  Beulah is either the next Beatrix or Betty, Oona or Tallulah – names that sound perfectly fashionable today, but twenty years ago were [...]

]]> By: Linda http://appellationmountain.net/2008/10/13/name-of-the-day-oona/#comment-16571 Thu, 09 Dec 2010 17:11:49 +0000 http://appellationmountain.wordpress.com/?p=787#comment-16571 Oona is the name of my female Flat-Coated Retriever. She was a singleton puppy, which is quite unusual in a large breed dog. Her AKC name is One-Hit-Wonder. The name really suits her, as she has a personality all her own.

]]> By: Oona! http://appellationmountain.net/2008/10/13/name-of-the-day-oona/#comment-15432 Wed, 27 Oct 2010 20:14:19 +0000 http://appellationmountain.wordpress.com/?p=787#comment-15432 OMG! My name is Oona too! I personally think it is an awesome name, for obvious reasons. I also have the same problem with people thinking the first o is a d. Once, for soccer pictures my dad even wrote on the envelope ” that’s 2 o’s not a d” and they still messed it up and said “Dona”. Jeeze, its so annoying! I do think that the Oo spelling is better than U. Some people would always want to pronounce it differently but its not complicated at all; it just sounds like its spelled! All my friends agree with me and say that Oona is a really great name.

]]> By: Samantha http://appellationmountain.net/2008/10/13/name-of-the-day-oona/#comment-7636 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:17:13 +0000 http://appellationmountain.wordpress.com/?p=787#comment-7636 Really? No one prefers Una to Oona, huh?

I’ve been in love with Una since reading the Fairy Queen. I much prefer her to Oona, which I didn’t know about until I looked up Una on nameberry. Una is more literary, more Latinate, more English and less Irish.

]]> By: appellationmountain http://appellationmountain.net/2008/10/13/name-of-the-day-oona/#comment-6858 Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:41:11 +0000 http://appellationmountain.wordpress.com/?p=787#comment-6858 Hi Oona! I dated a guy from Finland for years – love, love, love your language. Karoliina is fabulous!

]]> By: Oona http://appellationmountain.net/2008/10/13/name-of-the-day-oona/#comment-6851 Sun, 30 Aug 2009 21:00:04 +0000 http://appellationmountain.wordpress.com/?p=787#comment-6851 Hello, my name is Oona too. I’m from Finland and here everybody is spelling my name with “oo” never “u”. My mom named me from Oona Chablin.
I was little amazed a while a go when I found out that my favorite comic’s one character is actually Oona. We call the “Princess Oona” for “Una”.

Btw, my middle name is Karoliina. Karolina would sound as fine.

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