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Keep in mind that I don’t speak Sumerian (and neither does anyone else, given that it’s been extinct for thousands of years).

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With that said, I do like it. The sound is heavy but the meaning is strong and the origin is truly interesting in a good sense. The only concern I’d have is that in English it may sound a bit repetitive, with the four Ns.

I like it a lot! I don't think it's too much. It's short, easy to spell, and follows a common name pattern even though it's a goddess name with a big meaning.
There are also a lot of easy nicknames like Ina, Anna, Ana, etc.

This message was edited 6/25/2018, 11:11 PM

I love Inanna! I think it's usable because the sounds themselves wouldn't be deemed "strange" to most ears. Also, the nickname Ina is adorable, and it counteracts the gravity of the name in full.

I think soundwise it's pretty usable. It's not challenging to pronounce and it sounds as though it could be made up, but in an on trend sort of way.

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I don't like the resemblance to inane.

I like Inanna, since it's extremely old and strong and interesting. Here it would work just fine; I've even read about a girl called Nike Inanna Felicia.
Maybe it would be more difficult to live with in an English-speaking country, because of the word inane, but if people want to bully you, they will always find a reason, whatever your name is.

This is my name, although my mom decided to spell it Inana. I love it. My sister called me Nani. Most people need me to correct their pronounciation a time or 2. I've only met one other Inanna ever, we bonded lol. I pronounce it (Ee-nah-nuh), seems like some of the other posters maybe were pronouncing it Ee-nan-nuh to to get Anne or Anna as a nickname. Obviously I'm biased but that sounds ugly to me lol.

I guess the name could work if you're of Assyrian heritage. I've heard of Assyrians giving their kids names from ancient Mesopotamia, such as Sargon and Ishtar. Otherwise it might sound like a bit over-the-top. I agree with mirfak's post in that the name does sound kinda counterculture-ish.

This message was edited 6/25/2018, 9:28 AM

It sounds too similar to inane, which turns me off it. But I guess it could easily be nicknamed to Anna/Annie which makes it a little more weildy.

Inanna has always been on my list, but it's never been a name I felt comfortable using. That said it does fit in with a lot of the current trends and I can see it being used. I think it would depend upon where you're located for the ease of it. Inanna would have an easier time of it in DC then she would here in Fargo.

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I know of a little Inara, which is similar. She's complimented on her name pretty often.

This message was edited 6/25/2018, 7:16 AM

It sounds made up, like a cobbling together of Anna and ... something. Also sounds stuttery or mumbly, and I'm not fond of the nanna sound because well, Nana is a common thing people call their grandmothers, and also it calls to mind bananas.
Also, inane.

I would think it sounded a bit counterculture-ish, in one way or another. It's the pre-Judeo-Christian-religion thing. Probably worth investigating how mainstream religions see the name, before using it.
I like it. I think it would be usable in everyday life, because of that familiar -anna, just like Adrianna or Johanna. Most people won't recognize it, I think, they'll just think it's foreign or invented. Probably requires pronunciation correction often (ee-NAH-na rather than in-Anna). I do think it'd be kind of a statement though, like naming a baby Isis (prior to the association with terrorism). I'm not sure whether I think it'd be hard to carry ... probably not terribly, but harder than something like Magdalene or Athena.

This message was edited 6/24/2018, 8:13 PM