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in reply to a message by Perrine
Julia is one of my longtime top favorites. It would probably be my daughter's name, if I hadn't had a friend at the time who named a baby Julia while I was still pregnant.
Julie is dated, but not awfully if it's short for something.
Juliana is overdone IMO, Julia is complete enough. But Juliana is still nice. I like it a little more than Juliet.
Juliet is still nice though. Sharper than the others. The only things I don't like about it, are 1. the et ending sounds too cute and diminutive. It's "ette." like bachelorette and coquette and brunette. The fact that it's et and the emphasis is still on the Jul part, makes this not such a big deal, but I still prefer Julia. 2. Shakespeare, makes it seem a shade stagey and self-consciously "young."
I dislike Juliette. The stress on "ette" annoys me.
I don't prefer the Italian spellings but they are fine for someone else.
- mirfak
Julie is dated, but not awfully if it's short for something.
Juliana is overdone IMO, Julia is complete enough. But Juliana is still nice. I like it a little more than Juliet.
Juliet is still nice though. Sharper than the others. The only things I don't like about it, are 1. the et ending sounds too cute and diminutive. It's "ette." like bachelorette and coquette and brunette. The fact that it's et and the emphasis is still on the Jul part, makes this not such a big deal, but I still prefer Julia. 2. Shakespeare, makes it seem a shade stagey and self-consciously "young."
I dislike Juliette. The stress on "ette" annoys me.
I don't prefer the Italian spellings but they are fine for someone else.
- mirfak
This message was edited 5/4/2017, 10:18 AM
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I agree on the "et" / "ette" ending or suffix, due to the meaning.
I would consider these names synonymously, ascertaining each various form to be specific personalized preferences. Immediately below, I've copied a query I posted a few years prior when I first joined the site. During times when young, I more wondered than wanted, but partially wanted as well, why I would not have a name associated with the feminine which more closely resembled the male form Julius or Julian: hence I wondered why I am not Julie or Jill: though named for different reasons, I found these names considerably nicer or softer than my own while I simultaneously had a crush on a girl named Julie during the nineteen-eighties; and shortly after, liked a girl named Jill.
Probably the best known sources for the names Julius & Julian are from the famed Roman emperors. Many spelling variants combine "Julie with Anne", with little variance from Julian, and are frequently used to name females. Jillian is yet another variant more exclusively retained by females, yet this variance is guarded with greater fortification - and perhaps with greater ferocity because of the "Jack and Jill" nursery rhyme. Is there anything wrong with the name Jillian for a boy with the (occasional) nickname Jill? Is there anything wrong with the (occasional) nick-name Julie for a boy? I saw the names Julian and Jillian on Diet Coke bottles this week - and on a few Behind the Name texts, which led me to reconsider this - which I've considered previously.
I would consider these names synonymously, ascertaining each various form to be specific personalized preferences. Immediately below, I've copied a query I posted a few years prior when I first joined the site. During times when young, I more wondered than wanted, but partially wanted as well, why I would not have a name associated with the feminine which more closely resembled the male form Julius or Julian: hence I wondered why I am not Julie or Jill: though named for different reasons, I found these names considerably nicer or softer than my own while I simultaneously had a crush on a girl named Julie during the nineteen-eighties; and shortly after, liked a girl named Jill.
Probably the best known sources for the names Julius & Julian are from the famed Roman emperors. Many spelling variants combine "Julie with Anne", with little variance from Julian, and are frequently used to name females. Jillian is yet another variant more exclusively retained by females, yet this variance is guarded with greater fortification - and perhaps with greater ferocity because of the "Jack and Jill" nursery rhyme. Is there anything wrong with the name Jillian for a boy with the (occasional) nickname Jill? Is there anything wrong with the (occasional) nick-name Julie for a boy? I saw the names Julian and Jillian on Diet Coke bottles this week - and on a few Behind the Name texts, which led me to reconsider this - which I've considered previously.
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