I love a baby name but worried about mispronunciation

[MsSnow]

I love the girls names Georgiana
pronounced George - ee - ar - nah
I know a lot of people say George - Jay - Nah due to the film with Keira Knightly. I know some people believe this the true pronunciation and others say it was an affection nickname used by very few and one being the Duchess.
I only like the first pronunciation (like in bbc pride & prejudice)
I know there is no other way I can spell it.
What do you think? Do you think it would get often mispronounced or not? Does it matter? Curious what thoughts are.
My other name i’m considering is Eliana.
thanks!

I think it is too long for everyday use. It will be shortened to Georgie and everyone will assume she is called Georgina.

I think both of your names are really open to constant mis-pronunciation and confusion.

I like the name and would pronounce it in the way you'd like it to be pronounced but agree with pp that the name will end up being shortened to Georgie/George (lovely nicknames but may not be what you want). I like Eliana too but think people will shorten to Ellie so bear that in mind

I can only read the name Georgiana the way you want it pronounced, but then I haven’t seen the film you mentioned.

I wouldn’t worry about it. Some people might pronounce it differently to you, so you just correct them. Many names have multiple pronunciations, such as Helena. Georgiana is such a long name, odds are she’ll end up with a nickname anyway.

For what it’s worth, I far prefer Georgiana to Eiliana (which has always felt a bit insipid to me).

I would say it the way you say it, a la OG P&P. Georg-ay-na is ridiculous. But as PP says it’ll be shortened to Georgie most of the time anyway

It will get mispronunced and she’ll spent her life explaining how to spell it and say it.

Not only that nobody is going to say such a long name - it’ll get shortened very quickly.

I pronounced it as you have.
It will get shortened though!

I pronounced it as you have.
It will get shortened though!

Only ever known Georgiana as George-ee-ar-na, not that other way.

I have seen confusion over Georgia though... George-ah vs George- ee-aa

It might not get shortened. My name isn’t as I don’t like the short forms. No ever has as I’ve just said I prefer my full name. If you like it, use it.

I would pronounce it George - Jay - Nah - it's not silly, that's just how I've always heard it pronounced.

She will become a Georgie within about 5 minutes of starting school...

I like it. And as for shortening, people only do if its an option. My name is long and can be easily shortened, it's also unusual. My mum never let anyone shorten and it never has been. People still ask but I say I don't shorten, it xxx

I would pronounce it like you. I have never heard anyone in real life say Geor-JAY-na. Given the spelling it makes no sense to me. I like it much more than Eliana.

Georgiana, I'd pronounce it Georgee-anna, not georgee-onna
Elianna is almost a nice name but a bit indecisive or something.
Ellie+Anna. I like these two names but splicing them together doesn't work that well. Just to my ear. What about Melanie? Melania?

It is silly, because it makes no sense.

You just need to look at the spelling of Georgiana to know that the second syllable CAN'T be pronounced 'jay'. If there was even a chance for it to be correctly pronounced 'jay', the whole name would need to be spelled differently.

The 'gia' spelling can't possibly be correctly pronounced as 'jay'. Unless maybe if it was spelled 'Georgaina'.

Georgiana is pronounced 'George-ee-ar-nah' or at worst 'George-ee-anna'. But it's really not a problem to use a name with two pronounciations. You just simply introduce your child/they introduce themselves and ... done. People know how to say it.

If anyone ever does mispronounce it, a simple 'Sorry, it's _' will suffice.

I will never understand why MN tries to make out like it's SO HARD to have a name with a couple of different pronunciations.

I much prefer Georgiana to Eliana, the latter of which just seems dull as it fits in too well with all the El- names as well as the frilly vowel names.

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Thanks! I love the nn Georgie :)
Im not as keen on Ellie, I was thinking maybe Lana or Ana or Ella

I don't think the pronunciation is confusing. It's spelled pretty phonetically.

I would pronounce it as you do.

Georgina I would pronounce George -ee-na

Can’t think why Georgiana would have a jay sound in it.

Georgie is a great shortening anyway.

Her sister is Olivia and I wanted to find a 4 syllable name to go with it and I’ve loved Georgiana since I heard it on pride & prejudice. Olivia’s name never gets shortened and is equally as long but I understand it flows a bitter quicker and is far more common. I love Georgie or Gigi as a nickname though!

My cousin is George-ee-arn-ah which is fine for family once familiar, but strangers often struggle e.g. at her baptism they kept saying Georgina.

I also think it's a tinsy pit pretentious but that's just taste preference.

I would pronounce the same as you op - but I imagine the most common mistake will be people glancing at her name and calling her Georgina.

Georgina is a lovely name and less clunky imo, I'd go with that. Either way, she'll end up as George or Georgie!

I like Georgiana, and it was on my list if we had had a girl, but we had two boys 😊, who both have long names. Both use their full names as that's what I used from babies. Once they're old enough they can shorten, but then it's up to them. People will ask if they can shorten, you just say no. Also have a niece with a long name which isn't shortened. Go with what you like, you'll be saying it often enough! 😁

My dd is Georgiana and is 2 years old. Her name is constantly mispronounced! We just use Georgie most of the time but then people just assume her name is Georgia

I know a little Georgiana and everyone pronounced it as you do, OP. Her nn is Gigi.

Same