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HelpIthell and Claricia
What do you think of these names?
Ithell is a surname (http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Ithell) but the artist Margaret Ithell Colquhoun went by Ithell. I'm guessing it's pronounced "ee-THELL" err at least that's what I'd like to think. Is it weird as a given name?
Claricia (http://www.behindthename.com/name/claricia/submitted) was the name of a German manuscript illuminator. "clayr-IS-ya" or "clayr-EE-shə" I suppose... Too cutesy sounding?
Ithell is a surname (http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Ithell) but the artist Margaret Ithell Colquhoun went by Ithell. I'm guessing it's pronounced "ee-THELL" err at least that's what I'd like to think. Is it weird as a given name?
Claricia (http://www.behindthename.com/name/claricia/submitted) was the name of a German manuscript illuminator. "clayr-IS-ya" or "clayr-EE-shə" I suppose... Too cutesy sounding?
This message was edited 9/30/2016, 8:45 AM
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Ithell has a cool history but is odd and surnamey. Claricia sounds like a kr8tiv variant of Clarissa, or a smushing of Clara and Alicia.
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Well, I kinda like both. I also am not sure I find either usable.
Ithell sounds nice, and is reminiscent of Ethel. I think it looks far more masculine though. For use on a girl I would give it a no, but on a boy - it could be cool.
Claricia looks darling. I prefer the more stoic and sophisticated Clarice though. This looks like you wanted to honor a Clare and a Felicia or something.
That said, the "Claris..." sound is my favorite so I really do like this name. It IS a little over the top though. And, honestly the -icia ending takes away a lot of the beauty and simplicity of the Clare-names.
Ithell sounds nice, and is reminiscent of Ethel. I think it looks far more masculine though. For use on a girl I would give it a no, but on a boy - it could be cool.
Claricia looks darling. I prefer the more stoic and sophisticated Clarice though. This looks like you wanted to honor a Clare and a Felicia or something.
That said, the "Claris..." sound is my favorite so I really do like this name. It IS a little over the top though. And, honestly the -icia ending takes away a lot of the beauty and simplicity of the Clare-names.
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I kind of like Ithell.
I love Claricia, though I prefer Claritia. It doesn't sound cutesy at all to me; on the contrary, I find it imposing in a Victorian way.
I love Claricia, though I prefer Claritia. It doesn't sound cutesy at all to me; on the contrary, I find it imposing in a Victorian way.
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I wouldn't pronounce it ee-THELL. I'd say Ith'l, or maybe ith-EL. It is weird, and I don't like it, but I like ith-EL better than Ethel.
I'd say clair-ISH-a, like Patricia. It's alright. Not my taste really. Not cutesy, but a little elaborate and antique sounding. Like Letitia or Artemisia. If it's clair-EE-sya, like Felicia, it still seems a little bit difficult. Either way, an interesting find.
I'd say clair-ISH-a, like Patricia. It's alright. Not my taste really. Not cutesy, but a little elaborate and antique sounding. Like Letitia or Artemisia. If it's clair-EE-sya, like Felicia, it still seems a little bit difficult. Either way, an interesting find.
This message was edited 9/30/2016, 9:26 AM
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Ithell is ugly and ridiculous. Claricia is okay. I actually like it more than I like Clarissa.
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I'd stick to Ethel and Clarice/Clarissa. Both are distinctive enough without having to resort to garish oddities.
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Is Claricia / Claritia much more of a garish oddity than Letitia and Lavinia (both of which I adore)?
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Lavinia and Letitia along with Clarissa aren't oddities. If you added one more unnecessary furbelow to each, e.g. Lavinietta or Letitiana, then you'd be in the same place in which I'd categorize Claritia, which would be better suited to a wine bottle label.
This message was edited 9/30/2016, 11:27 AM
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I guess we're pronouncing Claritia differently. It's trisyllabic for me, and the last two syllables are identical to those of Letitia.
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I think Ethell is probably pronounced just like Ethel, and of course it's uglier than a monkey's armpit.
Claricia sounds very 1970's Afro-American construction. Like all the other isha/icia names that were in style back then. But at least it isn't the prissy Clarissa.
Claricia sounds very 1970's Afro-American construction. Like all the other isha/icia names that were in style back then. But at least it isn't the prissy Clarissa.
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