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Analicia has been one I really like for a while. It's a blend of Ana and Alicia-

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Annelie and Analien are lovely as well.

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Joscelind - Joseline is really the only spelling I like but overall- I don't care for the name

Annica looks less good to me than Anika or Annika, but I'm guessing it's incorporate Jessica? In that case it's fine. The sound of Annica is great, I like it.

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Hosanna is on my list and I love it so much. My husband thought it was ridiculous, but I would totally use it in real life.

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Josanna pronounced like Hosanna, I think is quite silly and pointless. Pronounced JO-sann-ah would be nice though.

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Anneliese is very nice. It was one of the first names I fell in love with back in junior high.

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Joscelind just sounds mispronounced to me. Like when someone doesn't know they aren't saying something properly. I'm remember my mother-in-law pronouncing 'half-pipe' as 'half-pike' all Olympics long and driving me crazy. :)

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Other Anna names:
Adanna
Alanna
Adrianna
Lilianna
Julianna
Josianna
Joanna
Johanna
Hannah
Annabelle
Annabeth
Annalie
Annemarie
Annetta - Annetta nickname Anna? Cool!
Annora
Breanna
Kianna
Gianna
Tianna
Lianna
Danna
Dianna
Deanna
Giovanna
Janna
Marianna
Orianna
Osanna
Rosanna
Pollyanna
Rhianna
Savanna
Suzanna
Tatianna
Vivianna

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Wow, they really are a lot of them!

I prefer Annika. I would be pleased to meet an Annika.

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Hosanna / Josanna (if they're being pronounced the same way) seems like a forced evangelical Christian name, and I don't like it.

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I love Anneliese. I think it's gorgeous.

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I also like Hannah (Hannah has really been growing on me lately!), Annora (does that count?), Susanna / Susannah (and Shoshana / Shoshannah), plain ole Anna, Annabel, Annegret...

I love Anneliese, and I'd love Annika spelled thusly but Annica looks very odd. Hosanna is waaaaaay too in-your-face religious and Josanna looks like a typo for Johanna.

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Josanna pronounced as Hosanna would be a neverending uphill battle, especially next to your other children's clearly non-Spanish names.

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Joscelind has way too many letters, and I really dislike Jocelyn to begin with.

I need a new prescription. I thought the title of your thread was Barnabas and got all excited. :0)

I LOVE Hosanna. I think it's such a pretty and joyous name.

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So Josanna is Hispanic-Hosanna? I would assume it was with a hard J if I saw it, and my second thought would probably be YO-sanna over HO-sanna. Also... I assume in Josanna then the end would be pronounced AHna, not like Anna. I don't like that, I prefer the Anna sound.

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Anneliese is nice. Annica looks funny to me, I wouldn't be sure how to say it if I saw it. Annika is fairly common in my area, so I'd expect it to be spelled that way. I think it's an ok name, but I'm not a big fan.

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I love just plain Anne, and I even more love Annemarie. It was one of our daughter's "back-up" names. Do you could Johanna as an Anna name? I think that's really pretty too. Also Joanna.

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Joscelind is nice. I'm not sure if I like or dislike the d on it though.

Rosanna / Roseanna
Deanna
Joanna
Marianna
Inanna (doesn't exactly count as an Anna name I guess but I like it)

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Joscelind seems contrived to me. -lind has nothing to do with Joscelin.

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I guess Jocelind looks kind of pretty, anyway. With the S it seems overdone though.

I like Savannah and Hannah, as well as Annika and Annora (though those are more like Ann names).

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Those would be pronounced the same (H for English and J for Spanish), but in Spanish, Hosanna might be said as "Osanna" (silent h).

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I prefer the spelling Jocelyn, but I do like the name. Josie and JoJo are adorable nicknames. :)

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ETA: I love Anneliese (without the second e -- Annelise). :)

This message was edited 5/22/2014, 9:42 AM