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Help[Opinions] Need help with gold-inspired names: Auriel/Auria
Hi all! I need help with a new first name to be used at work. I find my given name to be too cutesy for my career field (I'm going into academia in chemistry/physics) – think 'Kitty' or 'Mimi'. I can't really imagine a Professor Kitty [lastname]. It's already hard enough to be taken seriously as a woman in a STEM field...
I really want my new name to honour my maternal grandmother. Her name in my heritage language translates to ‘golden visage’, and that’s where I got the inspiration for Auriel and Auria, based on the Latin ‘aurum’ and also the chemistry symbol Au for gold. I’d appreciate if you could give your thoughts:
1. How would you pronounce Auriel/Auria? Would it be unreasonable if I asked people to pronounce the ‘Au-‘ like the ‘awe’ in awesome? (So ‘AWE-ree-uhl’ or ‘AWE-ree-ah’) I don't hate 'OR-ree-uhl/ah' and wouldn't mind correcting people at first, but I would prefer the 'awe' pronunciation in general.
2. Would you prefer Auriel or Auria and why?
3. Does Auriel (‘AWE-ree-uhl’) make you think Disney mermaid? I really like this name, but is the mermaid thing enough to ruin it? Does Auria sound like Oreo with an ‘a’? Any other weird associations?
Thanks for your input!
(I’m in the US/Canada by the way, although I interact with a very international community so pronunciations from all different accents are welcome.)
I really want my new name to honour my maternal grandmother. Her name in my heritage language translates to ‘golden visage’, and that’s where I got the inspiration for Auriel and Auria, based on the Latin ‘aurum’ and also the chemistry symbol Au for gold. I’d appreciate if you could give your thoughts:
1. How would you pronounce Auriel/Auria? Would it be unreasonable if I asked people to pronounce the ‘Au-‘ like the ‘awe’ in awesome? (So ‘AWE-ree-uhl’ or ‘AWE-ree-ah’) I don't hate 'OR-ree-uhl/ah' and wouldn't mind correcting people at first, but I would prefer the 'awe' pronunciation in general.
2. Would you prefer Auriel or Auria and why?
3. Does Auriel (‘AWE-ree-uhl’) make you think Disney mermaid? I really like this name, but is the mermaid thing enough to ruin it? Does Auria sound like Oreo with an ‘a’? Any other weird associations?
Thanks for your input!
(I’m in the US/Canada by the way, although I interact with a very international community so pronunciations from all different accents are welcome.)
This message was edited 3/18/2022, 7:46 PM
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