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Proserpina
A few years ago Persephone was all over the board, but what about Proserpina (the Roman equivalent of the same goddess)? I don't think it's usable on a child, but I'm toying with it as an internet moniker.Thoughts? The pronounciation is either Proser-PEEna or ProSER-peena.- Formerly known as Murasaki-Some thoughts and recipeshttp://italianlaowaigirl.blogspot.com/http://lagerusalemmecucinata.blogspot.com/
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I always read it as Prosperina. I think because "prosper" is a word. I don't really think it's usable on a child, as you say, but would be fine as a moniker (basically anything can be used as a username to be honest)

This message was edited 7/31/2016, 4:02 AM

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I think the name is usable for a girl instead of Persephone.
I pronounce praw-sehr-pee-na.

This message was edited 7/31/2016, 1:59 AM

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I kinda like it, but I think it would look a little pretentious on a real person.
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I don't really like it. It seems scaly and cold to me. I prefer the pronunciation of pro-SER-pee-na, but I prefer Persephone to either of Proserpina's pronunciations.It's great for an internet moniker though.
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Hi !!!I'm Italian too so...For me Persefone and Proserpina are totally different (as names XD).Persefone is poetry, music, beauty.
It is fresh and perfect for a young girl.Proserpina seems a name for a very sharp old lady.
Maybe it is because "ina" like Giuseppina and similar to Bettina, Luigina... all names for elderly people in my mind.I know that is mythological and I really love this theme...
But just not this name.Byeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

This message was edited 7/30/2016, 4:09 PM

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I don't see anything about it that would make it a bad internet moniker.
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I love it. Really beautiful. Sadly not very usable for a child.
I've also seen Prosperina, which I like, too.
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I love Proserpina! It's my snake plant's name.
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I can totally get behind that!
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I don't care for it at all. To add to pronunciations, Proz ER pin uh is how I've heard it pronounced (context: am English, studied Latin here)
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