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Aurora/Athena/Georgiana

33 replies

Amelia789 · 20/12/2019 13:06

Hi everyone, would love to know peoples opinions on Aurora or Athena. Slightly different but I also loved Georgiana growing up but now I’ve been told it’s a bit dated? Much appreciated!

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OceanSunFish · 20/12/2019 13:51

My favourite is Georgiana (nn Georgie). Aurora is lovely too. Not so keen on Athena.

sluj · 20/12/2019 13:51

I would avoid Aurora unless everyone you know can pronounce their 'Rs' properly and you can bear hearing her toddler friends mispronouncing it 😉

Tellmemaa · 20/12/2019 13:48

You’ve got a lovely taste in names OP! I like all of them and I don’t think you can go far wrong. I’ve never met any children with those names so I like how unusual they all are. Gun to my head, I’d pick Athena

Kuponut · 20/12/2019 13:29

DD1's best friend/arch enemy (depending on what day or time of the day it is) is an Athena. Lovely name - but just make sure you're OK with how it sounds bellowed across the school playground in whatever the local accent is! Round here they tend to drag the living daylights out of the final a of it which drives me mad.

NannyR · 20/12/2019 13:16

I love Aurora, which I associate with the northern lights, Athena is nice too. I'm always a bit unsure how to pronounce Georgiana - is it georgi-anna or georgi-ahna or I've heard georg- ayna too.

Thetimetravelerswife · 20/12/2019 13:15

All beautiful names. I prefer Georgina to Georgiana. Only because Georgiana seems overt flouncy to me. I think you can’t go wrong really.

SleepWarrior · 20/12/2019 13:11

They are all nice in my opinion. I've heard Aurora so much lately that I'd eliminate it on that basis.

Athena is great but do you have any Greek heritage or connections? There's nothing with using it even if you haven't, but I personally don't think I would. So assuming you haven't, I'd pick Georgiana, which is beautiful!

sleepismysuperpower1 · 20/12/2019 13:09

I love Aurora, its a gorgeous name and I would probably use the nn Rory. I prefer Georgina to Georgiana, and I like Athena too x

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