It's nms because I prefer
Adrian for males, and because the way I pronounce it is so similar that it's almost indistinguishable. So it'd be gender ambiguous when spoken aloud, and likely to be assumed to be spelled
Adrian by those many people who don't think very much about names. But I do think
Adrienne is nice, gives me a sharp, well-dressed image. Not dated.
Adrian on a girl is dated, but not
Adrienne.
I'd go with
Adriana (Ay-dree-Ah-na) if I had to choose, because of the "pronounced just like
Adrian" issue. But I don't really prefer it over
Adrienne.
This message was edited 2/10/2012, 8:47 PM