Baby Name Poll Results

Winona is nice. I don't know why it would be considered wild.

Not a big fan of Winona

Anya
Blaire
Cleo
Delaney
Esther
Geneva
Holland
Justine
Kendra
Liberty ( Libby)
Maisie
Meredith
Nola
Olive
Phoebe
Priscilla
Sadie
Trudy
Vianna

It's lovely and not wild. It is, however, of Sioux Dakota origin and that makes me personally uncomfortable. I have mixed feelings about appropriating names from a different culture. It feels a little disrespectful.

I immediately think Winona Judd the country singer. Nothing really wild about Winona, it's a little dated.

Augusta
Nell
Winnie
Alma
Mabry/Maebry

Oh! I wasn't aware of that at all. I just saw the name and created a poll without researching anything. Thank you so very much for bringing this to my notice. I completely agree with you about how this could be cultural appropriation. - OP

I did seen Winry, I think I spelled that correctly, on a poll the other day. That name might interest you too!

It's nice

Here are some alternatives
Waverly
Delilah
Poppy
Wren
Laurel
Aspen
Elora
Luna
Romily
Willow

I always have difficulty figuring out where the line between avoiding cultural appropriation and being racist is. In both cases a person shuns things having to do with cultures other than their own. I realize that the underlying sentiment is the opposite with each of these, but the effect is the same. We keep away from other cultures' ideas, customs, names, fashions, etc. Separate but equal appears to be back in style.

The isn't a comment on the posters here, just a frustrated rant about the end result of the whole avoiding cultural appropriation thing. Everybody in their own little box, keeping to their own place and never mixing too much with other cultures in any but the most superficial ways.

I adore Winona! It's so gorgeous, youthful, refreshing, cute, and pretty. Go for it!

I named my daughter Wynona which is a Lakota name meaning first born daughter. I'm not from the Lakota tribe and I don't care. I will name my kids whatever the **** I want. You don't like it? Tough ****.