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Help[Opinions] Speaking of Roman names....
I saw this and thought, "OMG. Does she look at our board to find topics to write about?"
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/pamela-redmond-satran/the-best-ancient-roman-ba_b_1619829.html?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl8%7Csec3_lnk3%26pLid%3D173104
Antonia, Octavia and Aurelia have survived in Romance languages, and Felix in pop culture (Felix the Cat cartoons and Felix Unger of The Odd Couple). Augustus is in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Tatiana seems more Slavic, probably because it's used in Russia a lot, and was my Russian name in high school.
I don't remember seeing Tanaquil before. My second cousin has a Tana, but I thought he and his wife made it up.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/pamela-redmond-satran/the-best-ancient-roman-ba_b_1619829.html?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl8%7Csec3_lnk3%26pLid%3D173104
Antonia, Octavia and Aurelia have survived in Romance languages, and Felix in pop culture (Felix the Cat cartoons and Felix Unger of The Odd Couple). Augustus is in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Tatiana seems more Slavic, probably because it's used in Russia a lot, and was my Russian name in high school.
I don't remember seeing Tanaquil before. My second cousin has a Tana, but I thought he and his wife made it up.
This message was edited 6/26/2012, 7:55 AM
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Ay ay ay, I wish Roman names were an actual trend, in lieu of Jayden and co.
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Yes!
Please people. Make this a thing.
Please people. Make this a thing.
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I haven't noticed any particular ancient Roman baby name trend. But I'd be thrilled if that was really the case. I love names that transport me back in time and ancient Roman ones are especially image-rich.
On other boards, when an expecting couple are looking for Italian names I suggest ancient Roman ones and it usually goes over very well.
All of the names in the article are great, although I'm with you on Tanaquil. I love Jonquil (female) and Torquil (male) so I'm not put off by the "-quil" ending (as I suspect many will be). It just doesn't sound ancient to me. I have no frame of reference for it so it just becomes a collection of random sounds. Knowing the history of it from the article isn't helping, sadly.
On other boards, when an expecting couple are looking for Italian names I suggest ancient Roman ones and it usually goes over very well.
All of the names in the article are great, although I'm with you on Tanaquil. I love Jonquil (female) and Torquil (male) so I'm not put off by the "-quil" ending (as I suspect many will be). It just doesn't sound ancient to me. I have no frame of reference for it so it just becomes a collection of random sounds. Knowing the history of it from the article isn't helping, sadly.
This message was edited 6/26/2012, 12:52 PM
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How is Tanaquil pronounced? It looks like a great sci-fi or fantasy character name.
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I have no idea. I assume it's "TAN-a-kwil," but that's just a guess.
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I've been busy and haven't kept up on the boards recently, but I did get from your intro that it's been a topic here recently. I just haven't noticed it in BAs, friends' kids, etc. So I meant in my response: trends in the general public.
Sometimes I do name polls and have one or two on ancient Roman names. I wish I could see the faces of poll takers when they see, for example, Virginia or Victoria on there. Poll takers tend to be younger so I wonder if they are aware how old some "ordinary" names are. :-)
Sometimes I do name polls and have one or two on ancient Roman names. I wish I could see the faces of poll takers when they see, for example, Virginia or Victoria on there. Poll takers tend to be younger so I wonder if they are aware how old some "ordinary" names are. :-)
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