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Ariella or Aria

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Emma244 · 26/05/2025 20:51

Trying to decide between Ariella & Aria for our baby. MN will be Primrose.

Leaning slightly more towards Ariella at the moment. Wondering whether anyone thinks Aria could work as a nickname for Ariella?

Thank you in advance!!

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Pemba · 26/05/2025 23:49

Ariella - more unusual.

PizzaSophiaLoren · 26/05/2025 22:19

Mariella Primrose would be even lovelier!

oneoffnamechanze · 26/05/2025 22:06

My son is called Arie. It’s from his NL heritage and I’ve never had anything but compliments on his name.

Moreteaandchocolate · 26/05/2025 22:01

Aria is lovely.

Ariella is a pretty name but the similarity to Areola puts me off.

Cheffymcchef · 26/05/2025 21:48

Both are awful. Ariella will get bullied/ called areola.

aria if you really want to, but people will say did your mum mean to call you Ariana and forget the N

primrose is also a naff middle name

FlatStanley50 · 26/05/2025 21:47

There’s an Ariella and an Aria in Dads class. Ariella gets called Ari. No one struggles with pronunciation of Aria. I’d go with Aria out of the two but there are quite a few around. I think Ariella is some sort of intimate medication in the USA so would avoid for that reason

IsThisLifeNow · 26/05/2025 21:41

sanityisamyth · 26/05/2025 21:37

Isn’t that part of the nipple?

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Yes, but its what immediately came to my mind too!

stackhead · 26/05/2025 21:40

There's an ariella in dds class at school and an aria a few classes above. Ariella seems to be the nicest to my ear from the local accents, plus I feel like it wouldn't get mispronounced as it's kinda said how it's spelt whereas aria I think could have a couple of pronunciations.

Ddakji · 26/05/2025 21:39

Ariella sounds made up, to be honest.

CrowSinger · 26/05/2025 21:39

I fear she would be nicknamed areola I.e. the skin around the nipple. Assuming this post is real.

sanityisamyth · 26/05/2025 21:37

Onetimesconesmine · 26/05/2025 20:54

Areola

Isn’t that part of the nipple?

Sherararara · 26/05/2025 21:15

Ariella - sounds like a washing powder and people will be forever asking how to spell it while thinking how pretentious.

Onetimesconesmine · 26/05/2025 20:54

Areola

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