Nanala Frances

What do you think of the name Nanala Frances?

Sorry, I don't really like it. At first it seemed pretty close to Katherine Hiegl's new baby, Naleigh. Then I saw the word Nana, which a lot of people use as an endearing term for "grandma." That might be a lot for a child to handle. Lastly, I noticed that "anal" is in the middle of the name. That one really did me in... :( I do like Frances in the middle, though :)

I'm sorry, I don't remember specifics on what you're looking for. I've never heard of Nanala before, and nameberry didn't have any information on it. So I didn't really know how to suggest things similar to Nanala's history. Here are a few with similar letters.

Nanette Frances
Adela Frances nn Addie
Amidala Frances (VERY Star Wars...it is pretty, though)
Micheala Frances
Amelia Frances
Antoinella Frances nn Annie?
Briella Frances
Camilla Frances
Gisella Frances
Luciella Frances
Nila Frances
Nola Frances
Quilla Frances
Nadine Frances
Nakita Frances
Noemi Frances

I have to say, I love it! Although I have had a bad personal experience with someone named frances and so would not use it myself, it is a really nice name and i think it goes really well with nanala.
how would you pronounce it?
good luck :)

Nanala was just mentioned in yesterday's blog post.

Nanala -- never heard of it before, so don't quite know what to think. How about Grania? Just learned about that name, too, but feels a bit more familiar, somehow.

Others ...

Zinnea
Zina
Zenobia

Zanthe
Zandra
Winona
Waneta
Viviana
Verona
Vanessa
Trinity
Tianna
Tansy
Tamora/Tamara
Savannah
Santana
Samantha
Roxanna
Pamela
Noemi
Nannette
Naoma
Nadine
Modena
Melanie
Leandra
Florentina
Calantha

I'm sorry, I don't really like Nanala because it sounds like Nana which means Grandmother to me, and banana. I love Frances though. It's one of my faves.

Hmmmmmm . . . . . . not really sure about Nanala.

I have a penfriend in Sydney Australia who is called NOLA FRANCES though!

My girls call their grandma Nana, so that's what I first l think of. Nala by it's self is pretty. Nala Frances is nice. I like Frances a lot.
Redridinghood's friend Nola Frances has a great name!

elena wrote:I have to say, I love it! Although I have had a bad personal experience with someone named frances and so would not use it myself, it is a really nice name and i think it goes really well with nanala.
how would you pronounce it?
good luck :)

It's pronounced nah NAH lah.

Btw this name reminds me of Mahala, which shows up in my family tree twice, a mother and daughter. I'm not sure the origins of this name. I've found it to be a Native American name as well as Hebrew name. Anyway, it reminded me of Nanala.