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Help[Opinions] Re: Vittoria
in reply to a message by Wordsmith
I like it, but I like Victoria more.
This reminds me of the story of how I chose my daughter's name. Before my husband and I were married, we had decided to name any girl we had Rebecca. It was a name that both he and I liked. But the first Christmas we were married, I asked him to get me Shelley Winters' autobiography. He did, and I read it. She had married an Italian, Vittorio Gassman, and they had a daughter. They named their daughter Vittoria after her father. Later in life, the daughter decided to go by the nickname Tori (not sure of the spelling of that, actually.)
This made me think of the name Victoria with the nickname Torrie (our spelling.) Of course, I had heard the name Victoria before, but just never really thought about it. I instantly decided that Victoria was a far better name than Rebecca, and that any daughter we had would be named Victoria with the nickname Torrie. And so it came to pass.
All this by way of saying that upon reading the book, and noticing the name, I instantly anglicized it to Victoria. It never occurred to me to use Vittoria itself. It seemed to me to be too Italian for an American to use.
Vittoria and Victoria are quite similar in sound, so how could I love Victoria and not like Vittoria? I do like it, but to me, Victoria, just looks a little more beautiful, sounds a little more beautiful, and there is the association with the queen. So I could see using Vittoria if one is Italian, and that is the normal form of the name for one, but otherwise, no.
This reminds me of the story of how I chose my daughter's name. Before my husband and I were married, we had decided to name any girl we had Rebecca. It was a name that both he and I liked. But the first Christmas we were married, I asked him to get me Shelley Winters' autobiography. He did, and I read it. She had married an Italian, Vittorio Gassman, and they had a daughter. They named their daughter Vittoria after her father. Later in life, the daughter decided to go by the nickname Tori (not sure of the spelling of that, actually.)
This made me think of the name Victoria with the nickname Torrie (our spelling.) Of course, I had heard the name Victoria before, but just never really thought about it. I instantly decided that Victoria was a far better name than Rebecca, and that any daughter we had would be named Victoria with the nickname Torrie. And so it came to pass.
All this by way of saying that upon reading the book, and noticing the name, I instantly anglicized it to Victoria. It never occurred to me to use Vittoria itself. It seemed to me to be too Italian for an American to use.
Vittoria and Victoria are quite similar in sound, so how could I love Victoria and not like Vittoria? I do like it, but to me, Victoria, just looks a little more beautiful, sounds a little more beautiful, and there is the association with the queen. So I could see using Vittoria if one is Italian, and that is the normal form of the name for one, but otherwise, no.
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