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Oh forgot pronunciation. Georgie-on-ah

If you had asked me a few years ago I would have said I don't like it but after rereading Pride and Prejudice again I have to say it's been growing on me. Particularly since the British couple that live in my community used it on their daughter a few years ago. *she is Georgie for short* I could honestly say I really like it now and if I was a mythical goddess that had dozens of babies Georgiana would be like daughter #15 or 16 lol

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Georgina feels too middle aged to me to come back around yet. Georgia is fine but NMS.

This message was edited 12/22/2022, 8:49 PM

JORjeeANNa.

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I prefer Georgina; don't enjoy the other two at all.

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No doubt Jane Austen would have used the prevailing pronunciation, and judging by a poem by Keats, it would be four syllables, emphasis on the first and third, as I gave above. Apparently some well-known family (can't be that well-known because I can't remember who or what they were!) used to pronounce it jorJANEa, which seems like a family joke, but maybe some people wanted to copy them and used it as well.

Jor-jee-AHN-uh.

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Yes I like it (discovered it in Pride & Prejudice). Not enough to use as a first name but good enough for a middle name.

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I would pick Georgiana. Georgia is too much of a state/country name (and also lacks something) and Georgina has a very prissy vibe as someone else also said. I also like Georgette.

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In movie/tv I’ve heard it pronounced jor-JAYN-uh or jor-JYAHN-uh I think.

Georgiana is pretty, and cool in its own right. More preppy and bold than Georgia, but more overdone than Georgina.

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The thing about Georgia is that it’s historic, sleek, and majestic. Effortlessly great as a name making it dignified. I wouldn’t mind having the name myself. Georgina is just okay, not bad or anything. Georgiana is very lavish and having grandeur.

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Of the three I wouldn’t mind having the name Georgia the most. Georgiana isn’t out the question though. Georgia feels very southern-belle to me and I’m not from the south lol.

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I say it like jor-JEE-AH-nah. Not sure about Jane Austen.

This message was edited 12/21/2022, 6:54 PM

jor-jee-an-uh
Yeah. I like it because of Pride and Prejudice.
Definitley prefer Georgiana. Georgia is boring and I hate the gina part of Georgina.
I don't know, but in some movie (maybe The Duchess) I remember it pronounced as gor-jay-nuh or similar and I hate that.

jor-jee-AN-uh
I like Georgia a ton better. Georgiana seems too overwrought for my taste, and Georgina seems too prissy.
I think it was most likely pronounced jor-JAH-na, or jor-JAN-na. That would be more appealing than the way I say it, anyway.

In English, jawr-jee-AN-ə.
I like it a lot, it sounds very Victorian.
I pick Georgina, but if Georgianna was an option I would have picked it.

George e on uh
Not really
Georgia
Idk

George E Anna
It's ok
I think I'd pick Georgiana