Message: "Proserpina" - Behind the Name

Proserpina

by Fiammetta (lady murasaki)

7/30/2016, 9:08 AM

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.

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- Tisiphone

7/30/2016, 9:43 AM

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)

- Wordsmith +1

7/30/2016, 12:07 PM

I love Proserpina! It's my snake plant's name.

- Tisiphone

7/30/2016, 12:31 PM

I can totally get behind that!

- Caprice

7/30/2016, 12:25 PM

I love it. Really beautiful. Sadly not very usable for a child.
I've also seen Prosperina, which I like, too.

- mirfak

7/30/2016, 2:13 PM

I don't see anything about it that would make it a bad internet moniker.

- Felie

7/30/2016, 4:08 PM

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

- egyptianpanda

7/30/2016, 5:05 PM

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.

- Laslow (Buneary)

7/30/2016, 6:11 PM

I kinda like it, but I think it would look a little pretentious on a real person.

- Samantha Carter

7/31/2016, 1:57 AM

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

- insane romantic

7/31/2016, 4:01 AM

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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