1. I like it, it's short, sweet and yet spunky. The only drawback would be that it has the sound of the word Moan in it, but that's not that bad.
2. I agree that
Mona Rae sounds good, and of course honors you : )
Actually I have no idea whether your middle name is spelled
Rae or
Ray, I just prefer
Rae, haha.
3. I prefer
Mona, I don't really care for
Ramona.
4. It brings to mind
Mona Lisa, but you had to have seen that coming, haha. I love
Da Vinci so it's definitely not a negative connotation.
5. Well, I've never met a
Mona so I wouldn't say that it's common and it may be a bit dated, but not to the point of unusable.
Something not listed in the entries for
Mona is that it is also the Old English word for the Moon, which you can see under the entry for
Monday : )
Oh, and apparently
Mona is
Homer Simpson's mother's name, haha.
One more
Edit, you can see what
Mona means in other languages here:
http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/translation/Mona
CIARDA
"Names are not always what they seem. The common Welsh
name Bzjxxllwcp is pronounced Jackson." - Mark Twain
Loving the names: Mira, Lilia, Dominic, Asher
Proud Aunt to Everett & Ella
This message was edited 12/28/2005, 2:40 PM