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[Opinions] Hella
I was reading the bus name tags (our bus has assigned seats) and I saw that there is a little 1st grader who has the name Hella and I thought it was very strange since it's only one letter off from being the name Hell. WDYT? Have you ever met someone with this name or heard someone with this name?
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I love this for unpleasant character because it's association of hell. It could be full form of Helena
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I don't think it would work anywhere where English is the primary language. Probably fine in Scandinavia.
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Hell no

This message was edited 1/21/2022, 2:18 PM

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Yet another sad example of a name that sounds nice when you forget any associations, but in practice is not very useable here in America.
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It’s used in languages where Hella doesn’t have the “hell” association.
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Aw, I really like Hella (and Helle). Too bad it's largely unusable in the US...
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Awful. It’s a really bad idea in the U.S. at least. Not only does it sound like hell, but it’s become a slang term for hell of a.
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I prefer Helen ngl
Hella to me is a word that is slang for really
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I love this name so much!!
(yes, I've heard of it but not heard it used IRL)I'd use Helga before I'd use it, though. It seems like it could be a chore to live with (not just because of hell but also hello).

This message was edited 1/20/2022, 1:35 PM

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It's a bad idea to have this name in a country where people are ignorant to foreign names. The US..is unkind. And I don't think it's very pretty, but it sounds better than Helga. The better option is Helen or Hellen, but I'd spell it with one L.In fact, if you insist on using Hella, maybe it spell it Hela.
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that is so true, we Americans are very judgy and I guess I shouldn't have jumped to playing the "Hell" card lol, and Hela does seem classier and probably would be better than this spelling
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I'm actually really starting to like the sound of it. It could sound nice with a more conventional name or "throwback" name.Hella Jane, Hella May, Caitlin Hella, Ronnie Hella, Marjory Hella..
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It sounds vaguely like it might be a name in Scandinavia. In the US, not so much. It's not the Hell association that's the trouble, after all, Helen has been commonplace forever. It's that now people say hella to mean hell of a: I went to Starbucks and it was hella crowded, like that. It's actually a very irritating bit of hipster-talk.
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yeah, I do get that association, and I've never met them so IDK if where they are from, I just know it's not a common name and it seemed abnormal
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