melaniesuzanne | A rose by any other name

So, Venetian names.

I have so many "M" things; I should keep that initial for my persona name. Hubbyfink's favorite is Margarita for obvious reasons, while my personal favorites are Micola and Marte which were actually recorded in Venice in the fourteenth century (Margarita shows up in a Venetian census in the 16th century; although, Gerita [a pet form] appears in the 14th).* To be perfectly honest, I'm not jazzed by any of those. Marcella is pretty, if a teensy bit post my preferred time period, but some people feel it's too close to Marcellus.

Bah. I don't really like the M names. :/

What do I like? Colleta, Cristina, Elizabeta, and Thomisina. I could make the M part of my surname. There are some AWESOME last names like Malipiero, Menegi, Mocenigo, Morosini and Muxe. Fabulous, every last one of them.

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*Names info cribbed from The Academy of St. Gabriel.