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Aria?

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lucieloos · 11/01/2017 12:38

What do you think of this for a girl? Alternatives are Ariana or Arianne with Aria for short.

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Puffinsareblackandwhite · 14/01/2017 22:59

Arian also has ever so slight associations with Nazism Shock. Coming round to Aria, a colleague of mine has just had one. Thought it was very whacky at first but I don't watch TV and apparently it's in the top 100 now.

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lucieloos · 13/01/2017 15:43

Thanks great, I'm not so keen on the name Arian I just associate it with the Welsh word for money too much.

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GreatFuckability · 13/01/2017 14:38

Can I just through in Arian, which is welsh for Silver, pronounced. ARR-yan. (rolly r)

GinIsIn · 13/01/2017 06:20

I don't get the thing about the pronunciation - Aria the name is from the musical term, which only has one pronunciation? It's Ahh-ree-ah. It's a nice name but I think you'd need to use the correct pronunciation?

MontePulciana · 13/01/2017 05:46

It's also a major hotel in Las Vegas.

TataEs · 13/01/2017 05:34

i love Arya (thrones/pll) but Aria is my husbands favourite pc parts shop!

Daisiesandgerberas · 13/01/2017 03:14

Aria is a Vegas hotel but as a girls name it's beautiful.

bamalamlam · 12/01/2017 13:51

All lovely names. There was a girl at school called Arianne and we all called her Ari for short. So as long as you like both Ari and Aria for short. I like Arianne better than Ariana but no idea why

Eminybob · 12/01/2017 12:53

My best friend's DD is Aria, pronounced ah-ria and I think it it beautiful

Tescotwister · 12/01/2017 12:50

It is a nice name, but I've heard it a lot and so many spellings now she's likely to grow up having to explain/correct which would irritate me.

Freedom2017 · 12/01/2017 07:00

I know a baby Aria. I had never heard of it before so avoided saying her name for a long time as I kept forgetting how to say it. (I have since seen pretty little liars - never heard of Ezra either until that.)

I also know an Arianna which I prefer.

Lovelongweekends · 11/01/2017 20:44

We have an Aria, I love it but you do need to be prepared for Game of Thrones comments. As she was actually being pulled out of me I heard a nurse say "at least she isn't a girl with no name"!!

Purplebluebird · 11/01/2017 20:40

Love Aria. Have a Dutch friend named Arja which is also nice (pronounced the same way).

Bloopbleep · 11/01/2017 20:35

I knew a guy called aria always liked it for a boy but I've seen it being used more often for a girl these days.

Pluto30 · 11/01/2017 20:32

I don't like it, even though PLL is one of my favourite shows and should've made me learn to like it by now.

Something irks me about the fact that it's only 4 letters long but is 3 syllables. It's poorly balanced or something.

And I just don't like the sound. It's becoming quite popular where I live too.

midsomermurderess · 11/01/2017 20:06

I like it. I also associate it with PLL, but so what.

Sophronia · 11/01/2017 20:04

It's getting more popular so feels a bit trendy. I know someone who named her daughter Aariah.

Gooseberryfools · 11/01/2017 16:05

Aurora

AutumnalLeaves38 · 11/01/2017 16:04

Beautiful name. Particularly the AH-ree-ya pronunciation.

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lucieloos · 11/01/2017 14:53

Thanks Novel, I was a little worried about the pronunciation but I guess you go with the one you are happy with and then others soon pick it up?

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NovelDensity · 11/01/2017 14:45

I have an Aria, classical music inspired. Love her name, she loves it too.

People often ask how to pronounce and spell it, but you get that with a lot of names.

Some people think of Game of Thrones, but we like the show so it doesn't really bother us. Also it's spelled Arya in GoT, and usually pronounced 'are-ya'.

We pronounce it 'AHH-ree-a', but do get a lot of 'a-REE-a'.

Mostly people comment on what a pretty name it is.

ClaryIsTheBest · 11/01/2017 14:28

I really love it.

Ariana is nice but I actually prefer Aria.

I don't like Arianne.

Dayna1 · 11/01/2017 13:47

It has a nice sound to it, I like it.

ItsyBitsyBikini · 11/01/2017 13:43

Ar-ee-ah in pretty little liars. Sometimes it's a (like apple)re-ah

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lucieloos · 11/01/2017 13:28

How do they pronounce in pretty little liars?

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