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HelpRe: Octavia?
in reply to a message by Celadon
Personal and pleasant! Your mother liked the name, and so do you. What could be better?
I once taught a Quintus who was an only child. No problem!
I find it pretentious to use, for instance, a distinctively French name if there is no family connection and no ability to pronounce it convincingly. But Octavia has an authentically English feel to it after all these years. No other issues that I know of!
Octavia needs a classic mn: Octavia Margaret would be good, or Octavia Rosemary. Nothing with an -a ending, and probably longer rather than shorter, though Octavia Clare or Octavia Ruth would be elegant. Much the same applies for sibs. Especially, avoid Julia and Livia. And Augusta.
I once taught a Quintus who was an only child. No problem!
I find it pretentious to use, for instance, a distinctively French name if there is no family connection and no ability to pronounce it convincingly. But Octavia has an authentically English feel to it after all these years. No other issues that I know of!
Octavia needs a classic mn: Octavia Margaret would be good, or Octavia Rosemary. Nothing with an -a ending, and probably longer rather than shorter, though Octavia Clare or Octavia Ruth would be elegant. Much the same applies for sibs. Especially, avoid Julia and Livia. And Augusta.
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