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Juliana looks more intuitive in terms of pronunciation. People around here aren't very good with unfamiliar names* and I think people would be stumped by Giuliana and pronounce it "goo-lee-anna" or something!

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*I know kid with names like Aida and Katerina whose names are pronounced wrong all the time!

I personally prefer just simple Julia.

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I prefer Juliana over Giuliana, but I guess it depends where you live. Giuliana would work better in Italy I suppose.

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Giuliana and Lily for sisters sounds very sweet. Julia and Lily would be adorable too. :)

I actually have two little girls (Giuliana and Julianna) in my pre-school class. There is also a Julia and a Lily. Personally I don't really care for it. Tacking -ana/-anna onto the end of names seems to be a bit of trend lately, one I could do without.

I personally prefer the spelling Juliana. Giuliana really only works in places like Italy, where most 'G' names are pronounced with a 'j' sound. Otherwise, you run the risk of people mispronouncing the name with a hard 'g', which doesn't sound good.

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I quite like the name on the whole. I don't like Julia at all (even though it's my mum's name), but Juliana (or Giuliana) is much prettier and far less dated.

I really like Giulietta. I think Juliana is a little passé, but Giuliana is okay. Giulietta is really amazing, though, to me.

This message was edited 3/6/2017, 11:08 AM

Hi !!!

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Giuliana is quite dated and heavy to me.

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Juliana (any pronounciation) is fresher.

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I would not choose it anyway because as you said it is part of 'Giulia-names' which are so common and boring!

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Giulia-names have to take a break.

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On the oppisite I think that Giulio is very interesting because unusual and still elegant.