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I will start by saying that I have Cornish ancestry and so went digging in my family tree and found these two names. Jago is the Cornish form of Jacob and Eseld is the Cornish form of Iseult. WDYT?
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That's so fun! I wonder if I might have some hidden Cornish ancestry somewhere too, since I know a branch of my family comes from a town in Cornwall.
I enjoy Cornish names, they have a touch of folksy fairytale magic about them. Jago is fun in a rough and ready sort of way. And Eseld feels like the sensible 1940s version of the Iseult legend. Eseld gets things done and suffers no fools while Iseult is off running from shadows through dark haunted halls. I admire Eseld.
The only issue is pronunciation. I would attempt to say these as "JAG-oh" and "EE-seld" and I don't know if that's anywhere close to right.
I enjoy Cornish names, they have a touch of folksy fairytale magic about them. Jago is fun in a rough and ready sort of way. And Eseld feels like the sensible 1940s version of the Iseult legend. Eseld gets things done and suffers no fools while Iseult is off running from shadows through dark haunted halls. I admire Eseld.
The only issue is pronunciation. I would attempt to say these as "JAG-oh" and "EE-seld" and I don't know if that's anywhere close to right.
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Jago looks and sounds undignified; Eseld looks like the left-over letters at the end of a game of Scrabble. I far prefer Isolde (eeZOLduh0.
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Don't really like either
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I like Eseld, but not really Jago
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