think ive cracked my girls name.....

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Ilaria...classy, unusual but not unheard of r made up...good nn potential, Lari, Lili, Ria...

could this be the one??? x

The one I know has an Italian dad. I didn't know this when I met her though, I didn't think it sounded foreign. I kept forgetting it at first, but I guess that's something that does tend to happen with unusual names.

oh, oh, you were thinking ill-ARIA, weren't you? (Going by your potential nicknames?)

Even less likely to be the first guess of the general public, IMHO

ih...laa...ria

wos how i was hearing it...

What about just Aria?

eel-AH-ria???

(It is so hard to write names phonetically!)

no more ur first go

ill...aria

I like it - it was on our initial list with Eliana and Elysia.

Now we DH has decided he doesn't think they are 'right' for our baby so wants something more classic.

Uhm, not sure - my first thought was 'hilarious' (sorry)

Aria on the other hand is lovely (but I know a gorgeous little Aria so may be a bit biased)

oh, ok

ill-aria is v pretty, but will be mis-pronounced all her life. Will you mind?

well my name gets mispronounced all the time but it hasnt really bothered me...the important people will ony mispronounce it and be corrected the once and the repeat offenders...well fuck'em i say haaa. x

How do you spell that?

How do you pronounce/say that?

Be prepared for that lots and lots - mine is a Harriet and we get it often enough.

Not keen either TBH.

No sorry...

(whispers... sounds contagious )

If she was from Florence, I'd think - fabulous, beautifully musical. If she was from Watford on the other hand...

It doesn't do it for me, but if you like it, go for it.

I have heard of a baby Ilanna, if you like slightly out of the ordinary 'I' names...

I think it's rather nice. I hadn't heard of it before. Why do people always seem to presume that if THEY personally haven't heard of it, it must be made up?

pretty

I read is as Ilana at first. Ilana is quite nice.

AllieW I don't presume that, I just like to know what I've just heard; without having to say what?

Is your sur name Italian OP? I think that would give people a clue as to how to pronounce it.

ha...nope...it is irish! x

are you a see-oban or a sin-eed?!

I don't like it, sorry.

No its my married surname that is irish which is ridiculous really as DH isn't irish at all neither was his parents....he is actually mixed race, indian-english. His daughter, my SD, is 1/4 indian and 3/4 english and actually looks very italian so i think our bubs, should she be a girl could look exotic enough to carry of Ilaria....

iller-rear???? - soz but I thinks it sounds like a condition that you need to take imodium for!!!