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I'm too stuck on "the quest for Hippolyta's (magic) girdle" to comment on the names. What a strange thing for a myth to be about. . . .

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I want a magic girdle too.

This message was edited 3/28/2007, 4:52 PM

Esen sounds like perfume to me -- maybe the similarity with the sound of "essence". No matter, it's not my thing. I could like it for someone else, though.

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Aella is very pretty, but with how popular Ella is, I'd never use it. People won't know its roots (or prn), and I'd be sad if it were confused for a creative spelling of Ella. I say it like AY-la.

I only like Aella, which is pronounced AY-ella (AY as in bay), or I-ella.

Since I took Latin, I'd assume the "ae" in Aella is pronounced like the word eye. I guess i-lah, maybe i-el-ah. Esen I would assume is eh-sen, but that's just a guess.

The math professor at my university who is Turkish isn't in right now for me to ask, but I am sure that Esen would NOT be "ee-sen" in Turkish. It probably is "eh-sen", though it might be "ay-sen" (first syllable rhyming with English "say"). I'll try to find out for sure tomorrow.