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Help[Opinions] Re: Odessa or Octavia
in reply to a message by Ceri
They both sound weighty and classical to me. I don't have a strong preference.
I tend to like Iris or Gwen / Gwendolen with Octavia. I also like it with names I associate with green, like Emerald, so June works. I associate Octavia with Rome, architecture, and the number 8, which I associate with infinity and stark contrasts.
Odessa usually strikes me as simple-but-refined like Geneva and a bit folksy or whimsically old-fashioned like Twyla. Right now, (I guess this is cynical or short-sighted but) it sounds like a political statement to me, and I'd prefer Ottessa or Ulyssa. Claire is a nice MN with it; I think I'd go with Miriam or Dorothea...something that seems steady because Odessa seems watery to me (I associate sea voyage, being lost, the Odyssey).
I tend to like Iris or Gwen / Gwendolen with Octavia. I also like it with names I associate with green, like Emerald, so June works. I associate Octavia with Rome, architecture, and the number 8, which I associate with infinity and stark contrasts.
Odessa usually strikes me as simple-but-refined like Geneva and a bit folksy or whimsically old-fashioned like Twyla. Right now, (I guess this is cynical or short-sighted but) it sounds like a political statement to me, and I'd prefer Ottessa or Ulyssa. Claire is a nice MN with it; I think I'd go with Miriam or Dorothea...something that seems steady because Odessa seems watery to me (I associate sea voyage, being lost, the Odyssey).
This message was edited 11/9/2022, 8:23 AM
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I’ve always liked the name Odessa but I agree that it seems like a political statement to use it now. I never really associated the name with the city until recently.
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