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[Opinions] Re: Adrian
by mirfak
10/3/2020, 8:10 PM
in reply to a message by rem
Adrian is a masculine name to me.
It's handsome on a guy, but clunky on a woman, to me. A fad that passed, rip.
I don't mind Adrienne, but it sounds so much like Adrian that I still feel it's clunky.
I think Adriana and Adria are better.This woman is not named Adrian, but the way the aviator sunglasses look on her, reminds me of how I feel about Adrian as a woman's name.
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- rem   +4
10/3/2020, 9:35 PM
AdriaOooh, I like Adria. Adriana is too much for me. I think I just am not drawn to names ending in -ana.I love Audra but can't use as it's a friend's name. Adria is nicely similar.I've only ever known one Adrian, on a very feminine and graceful girl, so I suppose that has shaped my view of the name as feminine. But I really like Adria better. Thank you.
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- mirfak   +3
10/4/2020, 11:27 AM
I love Audra too.I once met a child named Adria when I took my own kids to the park. Her mother said that if Adria had been a boy she would have been an Adrian. I can't understand why Adria isn't more popular. It's very usable! It's better than Aria or Ava, IMO.
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- rem   +2
10/4/2020, 11:39 AM
So now I'm wondering...How would it be pronounced?Ay-dree-uhAaa in apple, Aaaa-dree-uhOr ah in father, Ahhh-dree-uh??I could see it being pronounced multiple ways, which would get tiresome.
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- Dracotorix
10/4/2020, 1:19 PM
Knowing it's a form of Adrian I would say AY-dree-uh, but if I just saw Adria on its own I might say the A like apple.
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- mirfak
10/4/2020, 1:05 PM
I just naturally say it like Adrian without the n: AY-dree-uh
That's how the mother I met said her daughter's name.
Adrian is different in other languages, so Adria would be as well - it's a nonissue IMO, IRL people almost always learn names by hearing before they read them.
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