Romana?

[Welshguy]

First post!

What do you folks think of Romana Olympia, or Romana Xanthe for a girl? I like the idea of Olympia because we discovered she was a girl whilst the first event of the Olympics was being staged a few miles away. Romana is because we are both keen on Latin and Roman history. Xanthe is a name we just like for the heck of it.

Is Romana really the best you can do with a love of Latin though? All it makes me think of is Romany gypsies, and tbh I think Olympia is a bit overkill with that as a first name. Xanthe Olympia is fine.

Hm, not all that keen on Romana. I dont know why. It's my SILs name and she is v nice!

Loads of nice Roman names too... I love Aurelia and wish I could use it.

I don't really like Romana although I like Roman for a boy. Romola or Romilly are far prettier choices, in my opinion, but there are also plenty of lovely Roman names you could use instead such as Aurelia and Serena.

I must confess, I was swayed by the Doctor Who connection with Romana, too. (ducks and hides...)

I like plenty of proper names, but Romana implies "of Rome", and you don't get more Roman than that!

Ok if your second name is Pizza.

Dr Who (so quite 70s retro cool!)

Romana Xanthe is very pretty and unusual.

I was going to say it made me think of Doctor Who. I like it.

I thought of Doctor Who as well

I know a French girl called Romane ...

I know a Romana, she is lovely so I like it

Romy?

Don't think it goes with Olympia though because of the double vowel thing in the middle

I love the name Romy :)

I thought of pizza too, sorry.

Mmm, pizza

Doctor Who! It's probably my favourite girls' name; shame we can't use it because our surname starts with an 'R'.

Romana is awful. Cross my palm with silver and I'll tell you how you're gonna die. I like ROMILLY though, and if you want that eau de gypsy vibe, then I love Zelda!

Obviously though, Olympia is a great name! my friend had a baby during the Olympics and I heavily suggested the name Olympia to her but she didn't use it!

Bad name.

It sounds like the Lady GaGa lyric. Bad Romance is it?

Romana to me is Dr Who, dh would be very approving (and both Romanas were very cool, so I think it is an excellent connection) I don't like the middle names too much though, I think two very unusual names is a bit much, I'd go for something more mainstream in case she finds Romana difficult to carry. Romana Olympia is a bit of a mouthful too!

I like Roman, for a girl. In fact, I know one. Better than Romana IMO.

Romane is beautiful and not at all unusual in France.

Roman is a boy's name to me.

I also quite like Romana. Romana Olympia is lovely. Have you also thought about Ramona? (A bit of a pointless suggestion if you want to refer to Rome however :)).

Yika how do they pn Romane in France? The one I know is French and may well spell it Romane (not sure). But she says it: Roman.

They spell Romane with an E. but pronounced as seen Row- marn.

Yes with the emphasis on the second syllable.