Message: "Verdiana (f, Italian) and Viridian (m, English)"

Verdiana (f, Italian) and Viridian (m, English)

by Felie

11/5/2018, 5:06 AM

Hi !!!

Both these names have the same origin: they could come from the Latin virdis "green" or verus/veridicus "true, sincere".

I love the name Verdiana but it is rare (in 2016 were born only 8 of them) while Viridian is its fascinating English masculine form.

WDYTO them?

if you are into etymologies I will add the passages:

1 "green" Viridis - 2 Viridius/Viridia - 3 Viridianus - 4 Viridian (English form) - 4 Viridiano/a (Archaic Italian) - 5 Veridiano/a - 6 Verdiano > Verdiana.

"true, sincere" Verus - Veridicus - Veridianus - Verdiano > Verdiana

Personal Name Lists https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/125456

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- noel (glaucous)

11/5/2018, 11:25 AM

I love Verdiana! I came across it years ago while reading about saints. I like the real meaning, but it also makes me think of green, because I like Verdi or Verde as a NN.

Viridian is a GP because I like the color and sound, but it's a bit strange (being a rare word name) plus probably too long for everyday use, and I don't like any potential NNs.

This message was edited 11/5/2018, 11:39 AM

- sharky1973

11/5/2018, 6:19 AM

I love viridian as a word, but I've never encountered it as a name. It would be ok for a character, but I don't think I would give it to a real human.

Verdiana is very pretty in Italian. I shudder to imagine how it would be pronounced where I live (southern U.S.).

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