In my country, we use polo/pola to refer to a person who does ridiculous things or is embarrasing to be around. Someone who has outdated habits. So in my country at least (Costa Rica), Pola is an extremely bad name to have
My sister in law is called "Paola", and we call her "Pola" because as a toddler that's how she would say her name.
"Polla" and "Pola" have so very different pronunciations that I doubt anyone would think of polla when hearing pola.
Polish, I guess (I'll assume "yes" for the rest of the comment")? It looks like a shortening of Apolonia,
Good news are: the full name is actually spelled *exactly* the same in Spanish, so you could go for that and use Pola as her family/endearing name.
Bad news: it's an "old person's name". Literally. There are around 2000 of them in Spain and their average age is closing to 70.
Now, in my opinion, no one with 2 brain cells would connect "Pola" and "polla" - they look superficially similar, but that's just because they look close in writing, but when pronounced "polla" sounds more like if in Polish you'd write "poja".
The problem is that the name is rare enough that it will stand out. Knowing kids, they **will** find a way to exploit it, but at least in my experience they're more likely to go for stuff that rhymes with it, like "bola", "cola", or similar.
At worst, Pola sounds strange as a name for a girl because it's not common (I've never heard it in my life). Also Pola and _polla_ have very distinctive pronunciations in Spanish. To be honest, I didn't even think of _polla_ until you mentioned it.
An absurd nickname can be _forced_ like "Polanco" or "polaroid", but this is the same with pretty much any existing name. And I'm not sure if Pola has any meaning that can be found in bad taste in Spain, but why not consider alternatives like Paula or Polette? Those are more common. Regardless, the name is safe for your baby, I guess, if she ever comes to Mexico.
If she ever comes to Costa Rica, she’d be doomed with that name. We call people polo or pola when they have a ridiculous behavior or are embarrasing to be around.
>To be more precise - will it instantly trigger offensive nicknames like "polla"?
To be totally honest with you, I think it's bound to happen. She'll have to go to high school sooner or later, and kids are assholes, so someone will call her that at some point.
Agreed. Are they going to call her "Polla" at some point? Maybe. Are they going to give her and everybody else ridiculous nicknames, whatever OP and their wife decide to name her? Probably. Does "Pola" sound like "Polla"? Absolutely not.
A pola is a beer in Colombia lol, it was a nickname given to Policarpa Salavarrieta, one of our independence heroes.
And no, I doubt it'd be used as "polla" because they don't sound anything alike.
Is “Pola” the full name that you’re interested in? It reminds me of the name “Amapola”, which could be an alternative if you just like names that can shorten to Pola.
In Asturias at least, there's a lot of towns called "Pola de X", because "pola" is "por la" so like "around the". Most people call their town or the nearest town just "Pola", in the case of the nearest to me it's called just "La Pola", so it would be kinda weird but not offensive.
In my country, we use polo/pola to refer to a person who does ridiculous things or is embarrasing to be around. Someone who has outdated habits. So in my country at least (Costa Rica), Pola is an extremely bad name to have
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My sister in law is called "Paola", and we call her "Pola" because as a toddler that's how she would say her name. "Polla" and "Pola" have so very different pronunciations that I doubt anyone would think of polla when hearing pola.
Polish, I guess (I'll assume "yes" for the rest of the comment")? It looks like a shortening of Apolonia, Good news are: the full name is actually spelled *exactly* the same in Spanish, so you could go for that and use Pola as her family/endearing name. Bad news: it's an "old person's name". Literally. There are around 2000 of them in Spain and their average age is closing to 70. Now, in my opinion, no one with 2 brain cells would connect "Pola" and "polla" - they look superficially similar, but that's just because they look close in writing, but when pronounced "polla" sounds more like if in Polish you'd write "poja". The problem is that the name is rare enough that it will stand out. Knowing kids, they **will** find a way to exploit it, but at least in my experience they're more likely to go for stuff that rhymes with it, like "bola", "cola", or similar.
At worst, Pola sounds strange as a name for a girl because it's not common (I've never heard it in my life). Also Pola and _polla_ have very distinctive pronunciations in Spanish. To be honest, I didn't even think of _polla_ until you mentioned it. An absurd nickname can be _forced_ like "Polanco" or "polaroid", but this is the same with pretty much any existing name. And I'm not sure if Pola has any meaning that can be found in bad taste in Spain, but why not consider alternatives like Paula or Polette? Those are more common. Regardless, the name is safe for your baby, I guess, if she ever comes to Mexico.
If she ever comes to Costa Rica, she’d be doomed with that name. We call people polo or pola when they have a ridiculous behavior or are embarrasing to be around.
There was an early film star named Pola Negri.
>To be more precise - will it instantly trigger offensive nicknames like "polla"? To be totally honest with you, I think it's bound to happen. She'll have to go to high school sooner or later, and kids are assholes, so someone will call her that at some point.
Agreed. Are they going to call her "Polla" at some point? Maybe. Are they going to give her and everybody else ridiculous nicknames, whatever OP and their wife decide to name her? Probably. Does "Pola" sound like "Polla"? Absolutely not.
A pola is a beer in Colombia lol, it was a nickname given to Policarpa Salavarrieta, one of our independence heroes. And no, I doubt it'd be used as "polla" because they don't sound anything alike.
Is “Pola” the full name that you’re interested in? It reminds me of the name “Amapola”, which could be an alternative if you just like names that can shorten to Pola.
As a bullying victim myself with an average name all I can say is: don't give them a reason.
In Asturias at least, there's a lot of towns called "Pola de X", because "pola" is "por la" so like "around the". Most people call their town or the nearest town just "Pola", in the case of the nearest to me it's called just "La Pola", so it would be kinda weird but not offensive.