A rose by any other name

[melaniesuzanne]

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.

Comments

[reasdream.livejournal.com]

Oh bother! I'd forgotten I have to call you something new! ;)

I hold true to my standard suggestion of saying names in front of a mirror until you feel like you're talking to yourself. I do like Marte, tho. I think I would giggle trying to call you Thomisina, although you shouldn't let that stop you.

[shalmestere.livejournal.com]

You don't have to change your name immediately--maybe after you've soaked in the culture for a while, the right name will come to you :-)
P.S. Lotsa good fifteenth-century Italian dances you can learn... :-)

[ballistabob.livejournal.com]

How about "Maridonna"?

[strawberrykaren.livejournal.com]

Madiana? Meliorata? Meliore?

[danabren.livejournal.com]

I like "Morosini" as a family name.

[mmcnealy.livejournal.com]

Colleta Mocenigo, I like it!

I recommend doing something unusual and memorable, that way you don't get confused with someone else.

[shalandara.livejournal.com]

On a weird note, Muxe looks close enough in spelling to be Mouse, but I am sure it is pronounced oh so differently. :)

[kath-a.livejournal.com]

I went for Cathelina as I liked it knew I'd answer it and my sister felt it suited me more than any other name I liked (LOVE Pipa/Pippa but it doesn't suit me unfortunatly), but I looked a bit at 'M' names too as I was considering Maria.

Elizabeta I LOVE, and Colleta is quite cute.
Other names I like are Helena, Agneta (because of my wierd obsession with Agnes I suppose)Giovanna, Gostanza, Betta, Isabella, Isabetta, Lisabetta (noticing a pattern here? lol) and Marianna.

Maria and Marianna are really the only two 'M' names I liked.

In the end go for something you love, feel like its 'you' and will answer to.