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HelpLavinia, Elissa, Dido or Creusa
Which one would you choose?
http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/167578
http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/167578
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Dido
I like neat, short names with good history & don't like -issa names or the Lav in Lavinia. Creusa is interesting - I've never seen it before, & wouldn't choose it as I immediately read it as croeso, but that probably only happens if you're Welsh :)
I like neat, short names with good history & don't like -issa names or the Lav in Lavinia. Creusa is interesting - I've never seen it before, & wouldn't choose it as I immediately read it as croeso, but that probably only happens if you're Welsh :)
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They're all from the Aeneid! Creusa was Aeneas's first wife - a Trojan woman, therefore, and a pillar of society. Elissa and Dido are one and the same Carthaginian queen, with whom Aeneas almost has a fling, for which she never forgives him. And once he's settled down in Italy, he cements an alliance with the local leader by marrying his daughter Lavinia. The only woman I can think of who appears in the poem but not in this post is, of all names, Camilla - she fought against Aeneas's troops and was a formidable opponent, but of course doomed to failure in the circumstances.
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Lavinia by a mile
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Lavinia
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Hmmm.... For a middle name, I would pick Lavinia. Alice Lavinia sounds nice. As a first name, I would choose Elissa although I prefer the variants Alyssa, Alicia, or Alissa. Creusa and Dido are too tragic to serve as uplifting namesakes, and I don't care for the sound of the names.
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Dido // Lavinia
I can't choose! I adore both.
I can't choose! I adore both.
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Lavinia is really pretty! I'll go with Lavinia.
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Lavinia :)
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Elissa. It's lovely.
I don't like any of the others at all.
I don't like any of the others at all.
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