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Veera, like an Era with a V in front. Never heard any other version. There's always Verity, if you want a short e sound.

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I find Viola charming as long as it's Vee and not Vie. Rather the flower than the musical instrument.

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I've never heard Linnea at all. I'd guess lin AY a, on the analogy of what I think Linnaeus sounds like, but I can't prove it.

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I liked the only Vera I've ever known well - she was a much older person and her name seems to have pretty much died with her. So I wouldn't use it. Viola is my choice, partly from Twelfth Night and partly from the only Viola I've known, who was a lively, cheerful schoolgirl with enviably long legs who was learning to be a drummer. Linnea looks and sounds pretty, but it's a bit linear and there are too many Linda, Lindsay and Lynn people, of various ages, to make it really attractive.

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Viola Mae is good. Viola Jean would work better than Viola Jeanne imo. The repeated -o- eliminates Sophie, though Linnea Sophie would be good. Petra would really only work with Linnea and even so, the repeated -a is a problem.