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ThePoshUns · 02/01/2023 12:49

I think you're missing some consonants

Reindear · 02/01/2023 12:50

I don’t like it. Similar names which I prefer are:
Eira (snow)
Lia
Aria

PeekAtYou · 02/01/2023 12:55

I assumed it was pronounced like Aaliyah

Having read how it's said by other posters, Elia would lead to less pronunciation confusion imo.

PhotoDad · 02/01/2023 12:55

ZoyaTheDestroyer · 02/01/2023 12:41

I’m sorry OP, but it’s not quite.

Aelius was the surname of a prominent family in Ancient Rome and the female form would have been Aelia. The original meaning is not known. One theory is that it may have been a latinisation of the Greek word ‘Helios‘, which does mean ‘sun’.

Naming a girl in 2022 Aelia with the intended meaning of ‘sun’ is a bit of a stretch. Is the meaning or the Latin important? How about Aurora, Roman goddess of the dawn?

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Yep. Also, Newcastle upon Tyne was "Pons Aelius" before the New Castle was built, named after Hadrian. No connection to "sun" that I know!

CharitySchmarity · 02/01/2023 17:54

Going against the flow here, I think I kind of like it. I knew an Aylia growing up - I never found out where she got here unusual name, but I thought it was quite pretty, and your spelling has a nice sort of lightness about it.

scottishnames · 02/01/2023 18:05

I don't "object" to it, I just think the OP should be aware of the origins of the name and of its usual pronunciation. As other posters have explained here, it's a well-known Roman family name, meaning unknown, closely linked to the Emperor Hadrian and pronounced Ee-li-ah/Eh-li-ah. Not as the OP suggested.

It is not an ancient Roman or ancient Greek female first name. It's a Roman family name. That doesn't mean it can't be used, of course.
If you don't believe me, then www.behindthename.com/name/aelia

FourTeaFallOut · 02/01/2023 18:08

Can I have another consonant please, Rachel?

TheShellBeach · 02/01/2023 18:10

Horrible name. If it even is a name, which I doubt.

PhotoDad · 02/01/2023 18:17

scottishnames · 02/01/2023 18:05

I don't "object" to it, I just think the OP should be aware of the origins of the name and of its usual pronunciation. As other posters have explained here, it's a well-known Roman family name, meaning unknown, closely linked to the Emperor Hadrian and pronounced Ee-li-ah/Eh-li-ah. Not as the OP suggested.

It is not an ancient Roman or ancient Greek female first name. It's a Roman family name. That doesn't mean it can't be used, of course.
If you don't believe me, then www.behindthename.com/name/aelia

Definitely "EH-lee-ah" for me. To be fair, Romans had four or five parts to their name, and could be called by pretty much any of them. From memory, four Emperors in a row had the same names in slightly different orders, but historians have decided to use different bits to refer to each one!

scottishnames · 02/01/2023 18:33

PhotoDad Indeed so for men, but women were conventionally known by the feminine form of their family name, with a qualifying name afterwards. Eg usepigraphy.brown.edu/projects/usep/inscription/ITA.Rome.AAR.L.9334/

As I said, nothing wrong at all with the name Aelia. It is just probably not (as some baby name sites claim) an individual name (praenomen) meaning 'of the sun' or similar, and it is not pronounced in the way some posters here, including the OP, have suggested.

PhotoDad · 02/01/2023 18:40

@scottishnames Interesting link, euge! And agreed on all counts. Would have made naming my own DD very straightforward...

VerifiedBot2351 · 02/01/2023 18:46

No. She will get called alien at school.

Clettercletterthatsbetter · 02/01/2023 19:46

You’ll constantly be correcting people’s pronunciation.

My first guess was EE-lee-ah, followed by AY-lee-ah, but I see both are wrong!

TheShellBeach · 02/01/2023 19:50

You’ll constantly be correcting people’s pronunciation

Especially as she can't pronounce it herself.

Violasaremyfavourite · 08/06/2023 13:14

I constantly have to spell my first name and it is a real name although an old and not very common one. People mangle my surname as well and I constantly have to spell it too. I can see all my problems and more with this name - follow the research which says that people with names that are easy to say do better generally in life. I can tell you that after years and years of spelling my names, it gets very wearing.

ourflagmeansdeath · 08/06/2023 19:02

I actually think it's pretty. I know a fictional character Aelin which I've always liked too

Alongtimelonely · 08/06/2023 19:05

Just go with Delia or Orelia or Aurelie
Who wants a daft Latin name? She’s not a plant.

user1492757084 · 09/06/2023 09:34

It's fine.
Though I prefer Aerin to Aelia

FatGirlSwim · 09/06/2023 09:35

Delia?

Original poster

Insomnia23 · 09/06/2023 12:36

Sorry Delia reminds me of Psychedelia…

Thanks all anyway!

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Wannabegreenfingers · 09/06/2023 12:39

Why would you give your child a name no one knows how to pronounce? It makes no sense to me.

SirSamVimesCityWatch · 09/06/2023 12:47

Nope nope all the nope. Too many vowels. Too hard to pronounce and spell. Dodgy grounds in terms of its "meaning".

What about Aurelia?