A reader named Claire is having a baby girl.
“The name I really love is Arianne,” she says. “But I am concerned too many people will think of the word aryan. I don’t think of that, but I don’t want her to dislike her name.”
What’s your take?
My first instinct is to pronounce Arianne the traditional way, with a stress on the last syllable. So Arianne doesn’t make me think of “Aryan” at all. (If the stress is going to be on the first syllable, though, I think Arianne could be a slightly risky choice.)
And now for question #2.
While Arianne is at the top of her list, Claire says she’s also considering the names Melody and Marion. The middle name for Arianne would be Elizabeth and for Melody would be Jane. (Claire didn’t mention a middle for Marion.)
The baby’s last name will start with an L and rhyme with “meow.”
Please comment if you have more to say on either question!
P.S. Lots of adorable pics over at Claire’s blog Two Little Monkeys. :)
Arianne doesn’t sound like aryan to me, and I think it’s the prettiest name out of the 3 choices.
I would prn Arianne as either air-ee-ANN or R-ee-AHN, but neither gets to Aryan. Did she consider Arianna, which really removes the possibility of any confusion?
Arianna would be a good solution.