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I think both names have a sort of loo-la prettiness about them, but they are also sort of vague. I can imagine that people would misremember these names and call the child something similar but not quite right.
I like Laura, although it's a little subservient or something. It isn't as feisty as some names iyswim.
Laurel has more back bone imo. Just my opinion of coures.
Leonora is beautiful. It has the same sounds but it is stronger, less open to being mashed up I think.
Leonora or Laurel would be my suggestions. I think they are in the same style but more confident somehow. More established. More classic than Laurianna.
Laurianna is not the way to spell it - that really sounds made up in a bad way - as in a you can't spell way. Juat because you could call a boy Laurie doesn't mean it extends to that iyswim. lorianna sounds feasible and kind of American - not too bad!
I think it's ok. I don't think you should worry about a child not being able to spell it. Some people have weirdly wonderful surnames and kids get around having to spell those.
What about Oriana which is absolutely not made up, a classical name, which sounds similar to Laurianna, but without any, dare I say, chav overtones!!! And I think it is much prettier, and looks lovely!
Nice name, if you like it don't ask for opinions as you will always find someone who doesn't. Say it to your bump, how does that feel? I am working on Posie for my dc if it's a girl, I love it and couldn't care less if anyone doesn't...dp is coming round as I talk about x,x,x and baby Posie when i speak about Christmas!!!
I like Oriana. I think Laurianna/Lorianna would be less likely to be mispronounced if you made it two names, Laurie-Anna. That might be a little too reminiscent of the The Waltons though.
You can call your child any name you like! If you don't want people to comment, don't tell them the name before the baby is born. They they can't say a thing (to your face )
Personally, I like Loriana, but don't care for Laurianna.
What is his criteria? He likes the sound 'Ana' - no problem in Oriana. Traditional - yes, very, lots of history/culture associated with it. Anything else?
Dunno, - I'll have to ask him. He's out at the moment.
He did kind of agree to rhianna when DS was due but then that singer came along and sang about umbrellas so we promptly dropped it.
Oriana is just one syllabal more so he might go for it! He doesn't like committment though so he'll probably just say 'maybe' like he usually does and we'll be no further forward.
I'll let you know how it goes, and thank you so much for the suggestion!!
I really like Meredith but couldn't get dh to consider it ,what about Helena then youv'e got the n and the a .
Good job we had boys really because we did find more common ground with those!He did manage to con me though for about three weeks with ds3 that he REALLY liked Araminta ,minty for short he was very convincing!!!!would have served him right if we had had a girl and I had held him to it!
LOL mumbot! I think we're resolved, - for now at least! Won't have an issue with middle names coz DH thinks they're unimportant!
Just a quick question! Is Oriana pronounced Ori-ana, - or 'arna'? I was assuming it was ana - or would I need two n's and then does that defeat the objective!?
Definitely not 2 n's! It probably is slightly more of an 'arna', but if you made the first syllable more of an O (as in orange) rather than Or, then it could be more of an 'anna' sound at the end.
i had an italian friend at school called Loriana, she was lovely and it was often shortened to lori. but not by her parents. i think it's a nice name, ignore all these harpies.
Arianne is nice but Arianna seems a bit too loo-la to me.
Oriane is quite nice, but a bit sorry, can you repeat that?
I like Pollyanna!! Even though I'm not keen on Laurianna.
If you don't like the fact that Leonora ends in NORA, what about Leona?!
Leonora could be shortened to Lea, Loni, Lori, Lara, Leoni, Leona......
I like Annabel. Even 'just' Anna is number 48 or thereabouts.
I didn't use Phoebe or Lydia because they were in the top 100. I have come across other Phoebes and Lydias but not one of either thses names has ever been in my dd's class.
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