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Nickname or alternative name to Aurelie

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sunrise55 · 19/06/2016 13:15

Hello,

Actually my demand doesn't concern a baby name, but I admit I have the feeling to be like a desperate mum looking for a compromise... I moved in uk recently and I feel very uncomfortable with my name Aurelie. Since the beggining, when I say Aurelie (pronounced as Aw-rel-ee or O-rel-ee) I have the feeling to say "oh really". So when I introduce myself I have always the feeling it is understood as "Hi my name is oh really nice to meet you". Then I discovered also the trouble of "Orally" pronunciation Hmm

Anyway, at each time I feel people here in uk does not understand it and I hate this barrier... I would like to make them and me comfortable...

So I thought of course about Aurelia, but the "oh really" and "areola" trouble is still here. Plus my friends (not british, in uk since 10 years) never heard about it Angry

I am now lost between changing my name for another one close in term of pronunciation or a nickname.

  • if Aurelie is pronounced for you as Aw-ree-lee-uh, I thought about Arielle, which seems similar in the pronounciation and more easier to understand( actually I already tried it and it seemed fine for people in front of me), but to read? And my friends told me it was totally different from my name (but my friends absolutely don't understand how I feel Angry
  • if nickname... it is strange, but I have more difficulties to appropriate it to me. I am used to be called by a name in 3 syllabs starting with A and ending with something light. I have for the moment: Ellie, Laurie, Aurie/Aury, Rory, Ray,Raylee, Riley Blush

Do you have other ideas? What's your feeling about my issue? Many thanks if you can help or just give me your feeling!

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ashtrayheart · 19/06/2016 19:36

Ottilie ?

hellocornflakegirl · 19/06/2016 19:33

Keep your beautiful name! Don't feel you have to let it go! Why not just say 'Hi, nice to meet you, I'm Aurelie!' rather than the other way around, saves it sounding like 'really' then following into the greeting :-)

Gracey79 · 19/06/2016 19:32

Orla? Easy enough to say but kind of contains your name

ILoveGreekCats · 19/06/2016 19:28

Please keep your real name! I used to be self conscious about my name but because it's foreign and unique in the country I live in it makes me feel special! Lots of people have said it's a lovely name. You also have a beautiful name which you should be proud of. It's part of your identity! I'm sure people will get used to it.

Footle · 19/06/2016 19:26

This very morning I was talking to an Englishwoman who proudly told me her new granddaughter's name is Aurelia. I think you should use that, or Aurelie. It's hard enough living in a new country without having to answer to a new name, and yours is so beautiful.

Thelastusername · 19/06/2016 19:22

Lellie?

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sunrise55 · 19/06/2016 19:18

Actually my name is fine in french, but in english I automatically think about "oh really" or when others say in a discussion"oh really?"or "already". I am still thinking "no, my name sounds just like that...". Everybody says I am parano, perhaps will you convince me to keep it Star

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ILoveGreekCats · 19/06/2016 19:12

First of all I have to say that your name is beautiful and it would be a real shame to change it! But I totally understand how you feel because I'm English living abroad and I often have to repeat my name- or say it with a foreign accent! But there is no way I would rename myself. Do you think that people who are really interested in you would get used to your name? After all it's not that difficult to pronounce. Of your suggestions I like Laurie or Laura but I prefer your real name.

Vixxfacee · 19/06/2016 18:58

I like the nickname relly but might be in the minority!

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sunrise55 · 19/06/2016 18:57

Thanks for your suggestion. Aura makes me think to an aura Blush am I wrong? Actually, I have a question, because I am not used to end my name ended by an -ie for an -a. Is it common in english?

I have seen this afternoon for example on this forum Rey and it seems to me more natural than Ray, because my name doesn't have -ra somewhere. I mean, will people think "oh ok, Rey is the nickname of Aurelie, that's logic" or would they think it is totally different? I am not used to that because in French nicknames work totally differently (usually we use existing syllabs of the name).

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Sophronia · 19/06/2016 13:30

Going by a nickname sounds like the best solution. Maybe Aura?