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It's not my style at all.

I love Uma! I've never had a problem with the pronunciation but I guess it could be an issue but idk, lots of names have that issue regardless of how odd they are tbh. I love "Oo" names, they're fun and childish but also sound very... uh... avant-garde. And I love the meaning, it sweet and makes me think of motherly love.

It's just "horse" to me but I could get used to it.

First of all, today's very short first names are fully trendy and considered chic, so they correspond to the current Zeitgeist
Examples would be Mia, Lea, Pia or Moa
For Uma, however, I do not see a trend factor, because this name is generally rather unusual and U-names have never been very popular
Then there is the problem of pronunciation, most will always ask for it (OO-ma or YOU-ma?)-since I'm quite shure here
And who likes to get into trouble permanently? Probably no one, I guess (-:
P.S.: I know what I'm talking about here: one of my middle names is Ute, correctly pronounced OO-teh, it's always a bit difficult

Is it OOma or YOUma? (I'm not very well informed about actresses.)

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Either way, it seems flimsy and mildly funny.

I recently heard of a girl called Uma, short for Umami. Because her mother loves cooking!!

I think it's pretty cool. It's very steady (in like the 50-80 births range). It did rise in the 2000s-- in the 90s it was in the 20-50 birth range, so I think a very small group of parents do see that it fits the trend? To me it feels a little heavier than things like Emma and Hannah. It's that ooom sound I think.

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The song Uma Thurman (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VTxYQL2SbA) didn't affect it, it seems.