Doriana or Nicoleta?

[CristinaNov182]

Both are Romanian names.

living in uk so looking for a nice name that can be easily pronounced and spelled

Doriana - Do ree ana

I think there’ll be issues with spelling for Nicoleta, so open to different spelling suggestions. I don’t like Nicole.

I prefer Dorotea /Dorothea to Doriana and Nicoleta, but all are workable including the spellings.

Doro /Dori and Nico /Nica are cute

Nicoletta sounds like she's coming off the fags.

Dory is a forgetful fish.

Prefer Anna or Maria

Nicoleta is lovely.
It's probably more common with 2 t's but it's easy to say "with one t" if anyone needs to know. My own name can be spelt correctly 3 different ways (think like Susanna, Susannah,) and I always have to say "with 2 n's and an h" and it doesn't bother me.
Doriana feels too frilly. Dorotea is gorgeous though and I'd go with this one.

Yes one of our Ukrainian refugee guests is called Maria but the Russian diminutive for Maria is Masha. It isn’t that she has anglicised the name

Doriana is really lovely. I haven’t heard it before but I really like it.

I love Nicoleta , it's a great name. I went to Romania once, lots of lovely names. I remember meeting a Raluca, which I always thought was lovely.

Please don't use an English variant. And please don't use the names that others suggested that are both English and Romanian - as you already know they might have the same spellings in both language but they have different pronunciations.

Please stick with a Romanian name. I like Nicoleta the most. I think it is most likely to be pronounced correctly too.

As somebody who has a foreign European name and constantly has to correct the spelling and pronunciation of my name I STILL think you should use a Romanian name, please don't lose that identity and lump your child with a British one for simplicity. I work with lots of Romanians and can pronounce their names accurately once I practice it a few times and am corrected. It really saddens me when they give themselves English nicknames instead of their actual names.

There are loads of gorgeous Romanian girls names!

Alina
Bianca
Izabela
Claudia
Daniela
Catalin
Camelia
Sofia
Cici
Lulia
Odeta
Relia
Silviana
Talyssa

I like Nicoleta better than Doriana.

I like Nicoleta but prefer Dorothea. Not so keen on Doriana. Not sure why.

Doriana.

Nicoletta just makes me think of chickoletta, the irritating chicken belonging to the irritating mayor in Paw Patrol. 😬

Half of those are most definitely not Romanian names.

I do like Camelia and Daniela, but they won't retain their intended pronunciation.

How about simply Dora?

Or Daria

I prefer Dorothea, but Nicoleta is pretty. I would use Nicoletta spelling. I also like Nikolina which is Croatian.

I really like Dorey as a nn, so I’d go for Doriana, although prefer Dorothea if that’s an option.

Nicoleta is OK - Nico is a nice nn - but yes I do think everyone will spell it Nicoletta as in the Italian spelling

Thank you all, lots of things to think about. I still have several months to go so will see how it goes.

I love Doriana, Dory, Dora, Dorothy and Dorathea

Nicoletta makes me think of Nicole which is an old-fashioned name

If I saw Nicoleta written down I would think it was pronounced Nicol-ee-tah rather than Nicol-etta , either are nice names but I think one t would confuse the pronunciation. But people only need to hear it out loud once!

not keen on Doriana but I love Dorothea. Congratulations x

I love both names, but I would use the TT spelling for Nicoletta.

Suggestions:
Simona
Daniela (maybe with LL)
Sabina
Tatiana
Gabriela (maybe with LL)
Mariana (maybe with NN)
Mirabela (maybe with LL)
Alina
Roxana
Adelina
Liliana
Natalia
Livia
Larisa (maybe with SS)

I think they are both nice names and I don't foresee any huge issues with the spelling or pronunciation. I have a fairly common name and people still sometimes get it wrong. So even with common English names there will be that one person who doesn't know how to spell or pronounce it.

British schools are very multicultural nowadays so a child having a non-English name is a non-issue.

Doriana is very pretty; I've never heard it here so she may need to spell it out a lot.

Nicoleta is nice too. Some people would misspell initially, but only until they know.

How about Anna as that's an international name which can be spelt differently (Ana) but pronounced the same?

Dorothea is really nice and quite on trend (but still not common). I vote that 🙂

I prefer Nicoleta, although I do like the idea of Dory as a nn for Doriana (potential Finding Nemo teasing potential though?)

I'd definitely stick with the one t spelling if you go with Nicoleta. Names being spelled wrong seems to be inevitable, regardless of the name. I'm a Rebecca which was in the top 5 UK names when I was born and for ages before and afer. Yet I still frequently get Rebekah (valid), Rebeca (valid but unlikely for a Brit), Rebbeca, Rebbecca, Rebecah, Rebekka, Rebbeka etc. And people often reply with 'with 2 cs?' after I tell them my name. So, as you can't really get a more well known name than that for a 70s/80s/90s child and people still can't get it right, I really wouldn't worry about less obvious spellings!