Message: "Oceana" - Behind the Name

Oceana

by noel (glaucous)

11/28/2015, 6:51 PM

Wdyto Oceana as a middle name? What first name would you pair it with?

(I'm liking Gwendolen Oceana at the moment.)

- erb816

12/2/2015, 7:54 AM

Gwendolen Oceana is very pretty. As for other combos?

Hmmmm...

Alice Oceana
Beatrice Oceana
Belle Oceana
Blair Oceana
Blythe Oceana
Carmen Oceana
Caroline Oceana
Celandine Oceana
Charis Oceana
Claire Oceana / Clare Oceana
Clarice Oceana
Constance Oceana
Coralie Oceana (too much "ocean?")
Ellen Oceana
Eos Oceana
Erin Oceana
Eris Oceana
Evaline Oceana / Eveline Oceana
Evelyn Oceana
Fae Oceana / Faye Oceana
Hera Oceana
Lara Oceana
Lauren Oceana
Lorelei Oceana (too much "ocean" here, too?)
Nadine Oceana
Niamh Oceana / Neve Oceana
Nora Oceana / Norah Oceana
Norene Oceana
Pernel Oceana / Pernelle Oceana
Peronel Oceana
Raquel Oceana
Regan Oceana
Rhoda Oceana
Rosabel Oceana / Rosabelle Oceana
Rosalind Oceana / Roslyn Oceana
Rosamond Oceana
Rowan Oceana
Sara Oceana / Sarah Oceana / Sera Oceana

This message was edited 12/2/2015, 7:56 AM

- LMS

11/28/2015, 11:38 PM

I think its a beautiful name. I would pair it as such:

Margeaux Oceana
Vesper Oceana
Esme Oceana
Ruby Oceana

- earthnut +4

11/28/2015, 8:18 PM

How are you pronouncing it?

- LMS

11/28/2015, 11:39 PM

Its a feminization of Oceanus and as such is likely pronounced O-shee-anna.

- noel (glaucous) +2

11/28/2015, 9:31 PM

O-she-AHN-a is how I usually read it. Also O-she-AN-a.

Maybe even O-SHIN-a, sometimes.

How do you pronounce it?

This message was edited 11/28/2015, 10:03 PM

- earthnut

11/29/2015, 9:55 AM

Ada Oceana
Aura Oceana
Calypso Oceana
Bridget Oceana
Carmen Oceana
Cicely Oceana
Clara Oceana
Cybele Oceana
Daphne Oceana
Dorothy Oceana
Ella Oceana
Emma Oceana
Eva Oceana
Felicity Oceana
Frieda Oceana
Hazel Oceana
Juniper Oceana
Lillian Oceana
Margaret Oceana
Mercy Oceana
Mira Oceana
Nephele Oceana
Opal Oceana
Pearl Oceana
Phoebe Oceana
Poppy Oceana
Ruby Oceana
Thisbe Oceana
Vera Oceana
Verity Oceana
Vinca Oceana
Willow Oceana
Xanthe Oceana

- earthnut

11/29/2015, 9:08 AM

I read it as oh-SHAN-ah or oh-see-AH-ah. The ambiguous-ness of the pronunciation is why it's not higher on my list.

- Fiammetta (lady murasaki)

11/28/2015, 8:13 PM

I like Oceane better than Oceana.

Anyway, off my head:

Ellen Oceana
Sophia Oceana
Lydia Oceana
Ariadne Oceana
Regina Oceana
Muriel Oceana

This message was edited 11/28/2015, 8:13 PM

- Rachel Shaina (Evil)

11/28/2015, 7:02 PM

Pretty. I want to pair it with something a little more simple, since it's four syllables.

Claire Oceana
Grace Oceana
Helen Oceana
Jane Oceana
Liv Oceana
Lucy Oceana
Mary Oceana
Pearl Oceana
Piper Oceana
Quinn Oceana

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