Georgia, Georgina or Georgette?

[HumberFisherGermanBight]

What are your thoughts on each?

I like quite classic names, and thinking of either Lucille, Martha or Elizabeth (family names) as a middle name (some combinations go better than others).

[0pti0na1]

Georgina Elizabeth

[SanityClause]

No, I've never seen that film, or even heard of it, Pemba,

But I would suggest that if a name has a number of potential pronounciations, then it might turn out to be a bit of a PITA, for the child, as they get older. (I have a very ordinary name, with an unusual spelling. That is certainly a PITA!)

[Pemba]

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/baby_names/1437303-Does-anybody-have-a-Georgiana

Explains here.

[Pemba]

Actually Georgiana should be jor-jee-ahna as you would imagine from looking at the word.

Could it be that you got the jor-jayna pronunciation from the film 'The Duchess' with Keira Knightley? You see what happened at the time the Duchess was around was that she was a member of a fashionable clique in high society who sometimes liked to have their own special pronunciations for words. So if someone was part of that group they would use that pronunciation to show they belonged. So that's where 'jor-jayna' comes from. The pronunciation doesn't really make much sense.

Most people were pronouncing it jor-jee-ahna. If you think about it most names ending in 'ana' are pronounced that way. Eg the state of Louisiana.
But because of the film people are now thinking it should be jor-jayna.

[Dancingupthewall]

Georgiana is pronounced Jor-JANE-a

Oh yes, that's a better way of writing the pronunciation.

[Lightbulbon]

Georgiana

[SanityClause]

Incidentally, georgette is a kind of fabric. It's a kind of silk, though, not like flannelette, at all.

[SanityClause]

Georgiana is pronounced Jor-JANE-a, but will probably always get Jor-ji-AH-na.

I like Georgette, because of Georgette Heyer.

I dislike Georgina. I have a feeling I knew someone when I was at school that I didn't like allied that, so it's probably just unreasonable prejudice.

When I was in my late teens, early 20s, (so about 30 years ago) Georgia seemed unbelievably cool (Georgia on my mind) but it's been used a lot since then, so it's lost that vibe for me, now. It's okay, though.

[teddygirlonce]

Georgia is a bit too popular TBQ. And it's a bit 'hard' - not beautiful at all.

Go for Georgina or Georgiana - you won't regret it.

[Pemba]

Georgina is my favourite and it has a choice of nicknames - Georgie or Gina
I do like Georgia as well, but Georgina is slightly classier and more traditional so has the edge I think.

Not keen on Georgette. Georgiana is quite nice, but a bit of a mouthful, as a pp said. It also has pronunciation issues.

[Sophronia]

Georgina Lucille

[maggiethemagpie]

Georgette makes me think of courgette

[Oly5]

Georgia

It's
Beautiful

[Doilooklikeatourist]

Georgina Lucille

[Dancingupthewall]

Georgette is a dress-making fabric! A fine voile like material. Nice but not something to call a person!

Of the others, only Georgina is really "classic" and then one would spell it as Georgiana to be really properly classic. It's pronounced as either

Georgee-arna

Or

Georgee-ayna

But in most contexts of most people's ordinary lives, either way could sound a tad pretentious.

[Iliveinalighthousewiththeghost]

Other suggestions.
Josephine
Vivienne
Mabel
Catherine

[Iliveinalighthousewiththeghost]

I don't like Georgette. I always find names with ette on the end very harsh.
Georgina is a nice name,vbut even if I was blessed with 20 dds I wouldn't have it.
Again Georgia is very pretty, but the same applies.
How about Georganne/a. Do you like that.
All of them can be shorted to Georgie if that's what she wants

[HumberFisherGermanBight]

Thanks for the thoughts!

Yes Georgette is my least favourite of the three. Only thing that puts me off Georgina is the idea of people yelling Georgeeeeeeeennnnaaaaaa. I'm mainly torn between Georgia and Georgina. Hadn't heard of Georgiana.

Also like the idea of Persephone as a middle name but DH's reaction of " what the fuck is that" means that's off the list

[Dozer]

Georgina is the only one of those three names that is "classic" (or retro). I quite like Georgia too, Georgette brings to mind courgette and curtains!

[Trills]

Georgiana - channel Miss Darcy

[footballwidow12]

I love Georgia - I think it's a beautiful name.

I think Georgina gets shortened to Gina a lot.....which I don't think I'd be too keen on!

My vote goes to Georgia Elizabeth.

[foggerty]

Georgia Elizabeth definitely.

[newroundhere]

Georgia and Georgina are nicer than Georgette in my opinion.

Georgette sounds like some sort of man-made material to me. Like flannelette

[DramaAlpaca]

Georgina is the only one of those that I consider a classic type of name, along with Georgiana.

I'm not too keen on the others - Georgia makes me think of the US state, while Georgette is a fabric.

Georgina Elizabeth is lovely.

[SoftSheen]

Georgiana is nice but a bit of a mouthful.