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Ariella or Aria

63 replies

Emma244 · 26/05/2025 20:51

Trying to decide between Ariella & Aria for our baby. MN will be Primrose.

Leaning slightly more towards Ariella at the moment. Wondering whether anyone thinks Aria could work as a nickname for Ariella?

Thank you in advance!!

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Onetimesconesmine · 26/05/2025 20:54

Areola

Sherararara · 26/05/2025 21:15

Ariella - sounds like a washing powder and people will be forever asking how to spell it while thinking how pretentious.

sanityisamyth · 26/05/2025 21:37

Onetimesconesmine · 26/05/2025 20:54

Areola

Isn’t that part of the nipple?

CrowSinger · 26/05/2025 21:39

I fear she would be nicknamed areola I.e. the skin around the nipple. Assuming this post is real.

Ddakji · 26/05/2025 21:39

Ariella sounds made up, to be honest.

stackhead · 26/05/2025 21:40

There's an ariella in dds class at school and an aria a few classes above. Ariella seems to be the nicest to my ear from the local accents, plus I feel like it wouldn't get mispronounced as it's kinda said how it's spelt whereas aria I think could have a couple of pronunciations.

IsThisLifeNow · 26/05/2025 21:41

sanityisamyth · 26/05/2025 21:37

Isn’t that part of the nipple?

Yes, but its what immediately came to my mind too!

FlatStanley50 · 26/05/2025 21:47

There’s an Ariella and an Aria in Dads class. Ariella gets called Ari. No one struggles with pronunciation of Aria. I’d go with Aria out of the two but there are quite a few around. I think Ariella is some sort of intimate medication in the USA so would avoid for that reason

Cheffymcchef · 26/05/2025 21:48

Both are awful. Ariella will get bullied/ called areola.

aria if you really want to, but people will say did your mum mean to call you Ariana and forget the N

primrose is also a naff middle name

Moreteaandchocolate · 26/05/2025 22:01

Aria is lovely.

Ariella is a pretty name but the similarity to Areola puts me off.

oneoffnamechanze · 26/05/2025 22:06

My son is called Arie. It’s from his NL heritage and I’ve never had anything but compliments on his name.

PizzaSophiaLoren · 26/05/2025 22:19

Mariella Primrose would be even lovelier!

Pemba · 26/05/2025 23:49

Ariella - more unusual.

user1492757084 · 27/05/2025 10:10

Arielle would be my fave.
Aria and Ariella are both nice.

Others ..
Arietta
Anna
Adele

Esssa · 27/05/2025 10:20

Aurelia is much nicer than Ariella. But of the two Aria wins.

MetaDaughter · 27/05/2025 10:25

Both are problematic to my ears!

The first for the reasons outlined by everyone above.

The second - you’d better hope she doesn’t grow up loving opera, because if she does her name might read as rather gauche and silly in her milieu.

user2848502016 · 27/05/2025 10:28

Aria is much nicer

lurkerchan · 27/05/2025 13:10

Ariella Primrose sounds like a winx character. Definitely Aria

Emanwenym · 27/05/2025 14:20

Ariella is too frilly. Aria is too nothingy.

Emma244 · 27/05/2025 19:43

Oh dear it’s not looking great for Ariella! Glad I asked now as the majority are immediately thinking of nipples or washing powder 🤣

Other middle name options are Willow or Violet :)

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IamNannyPlum · 27/05/2025 19:55

Aria is lovely. Ariella is honestly so awful.

IamNannyPlum · 27/05/2025 19:57

Your middle names, Primrose, Violet and Willow are lovely. I just hate Ariella. So twee and frilly. Also sounds like areola.

shoopshoopdedoo · 27/05/2025 20:01

Neither are for me, but Ariella is really very bad. So I’d pick Aria.

Whilst we’re here, how do you actually pronounce Aria? I see it written down on here a lot but have never met one in real life. Is it like area? Or are-E-ah?

marshmallowfinder · 27/05/2025 20:14

Aria Primrose is fab. Not Violet (violent) or the ubiquitous Willow (yawn...)

comoatoupeira · 27/05/2025 20:16

Ariella truly awful, Aria is nice but very very common now isn't it?
How about Annie? Aurelie?