Comments on: Yea or Nay: Koah

By: Sunday Summary: 2/20/11 « Appellation Mountain

Sunday Summary: 2/20/11 « Appellation Mountain — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 16:41:13 +0000

[...] Mieke welcomed a third son, Koa Thomas. Koa joins Ace Joseph and Rio Atticus at home. I spotted Koah more than a year ago. Let’s see if it catches [...]

By: Kelleita

Kelleita — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:29:17 +0000

I’m another “NAY” — too made-up looking. I actually really like both Noah (for a boy) and Noa (for a girl), but Koah is just too much. I agree with the Koala connotation.

By: Bek

Bek — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:08:31 +0000

Big fat no from me. It’s all KOA to me…

and just blech looking. Don’t see the appeal

By: photoquilty

photoquilty — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:19:16 +0000

It also reminds me of kaluah and koala. No go!

By: Julie

Julie — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:45:32 +0000

I would accept Koa, but with the extraneous “h” it seems made up.

By: British American

British American — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:14:54 +0000

My first thought was “Isn’t that some kind of make-up?”
Not really my style, but it could be worse. I could see people using it for girls too – along the lines of Noa.

By: Claire

Claire — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 12:21:58 +0000

I like Noah too much to accept Koah (my one association with Noah is a the nicest little boy at a day camp; that would make him born in the late 90′s). Plus the “K” sound is so harsh especially followed by a strong vowel. It has a rough sound to it.

By: photoquilty

photoquilty — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 10:25:04 +0000

That is a tough sell. It definitely reads made-up to my eye. The H at the end isn’t really doing it any favors, either. Hs and Ks are part of that tryndhee effect. This one is not the one for me!