Message: "Royanna?" - Behind the Name

[Opinions] Royanna?

by Amanda (Manda_Bear)

4/18/2008, 11:25 AM

I'm sitting here watching tv, and I just saw a girl named Royanna. It was pronounced both roy-ANN-uh and roy-AH-nuh, so I'm not really sure which way is correct, but what do you think of it?

I prefer the second prn (roy-AH-nuh), and I think it could grow on me (call me crazy, but it sounds nice to my ears), though in theory I hate it... a male name fused with a female name that I don't particularly like on its own (Roy + Anna).

Anyway, opinions?

#Royanna

This message was edited 4/18/2008, 11:34 AM

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- queenv

4/18/2008, 10:10 PM

I was friends at one time with a woman named Royanne. She was named after her father, whose name was Roy. I never liked the name. I always thought there was something really redneck about it. Royanne herself, though southern, was not a redneck, but the name still struck me that way.

- Lena (Keeping Tempos)

4/18/2008, 3:16 PM

I agree, it does look like a combination of Roy and Anna. I actually think it makes a decent name, though, when pronounced roy-AH-nah. I think I would prefer it spelt Royana.

- Andrew (AndrewJKD)

4/18/2008, 2:39 PM

NMSAA. I'd stick with Roxane or Roxana.

- Hannah Ruth

4/18/2008, 2:02 PM

i can't get over the 'Roy' part. it looks like a misspelling of Roseanna or Roxanne.

- Starving Artist

4/18/2008, 12:55 PM

I like the sound, and I sorta like the concept (perhaps honoring a male relative), but I hate the way it looks. I think I would have just used Roy with something else as a double middle name if it was for honoring someone, or used Rhiannon or Rhianna for a similar sound.

- Amelia (Amelia Shyer)

4/18/2008, 11:29 AM

Oh my. It's absolutely awful.

- Aileen (aileenbean) +5

4/18/2008, 11:28 AM

Ew is all I can say lol! You take a boring, bland name like Anna and then staple a male surfer dude name to the front of it! Very nice!

- -=A=- (Avgvst) +4

4/18/2008, 11:35 AM

Surfer?!

It's interesting that Roy gives you the connotation of a surfer! I would have never gotten that impression from Roy. For a surfer I picture more Toby or Bodhi or Brody or Kai or something along those lines.

This message was edited 4/18/2008, 11:47 AM

- Aileen (aileenbean)

4/18/2008, 3:46 PM

Surfer indeed

It seems like it's just me with this association, but I've always pictured guys named Roy as sandy-haired California surfer dudes who spend the entire day at the beach. All I can imagine is some guy going, "Dudeeee, Roy! That swell was gnarley, man!" In fact, when I was 7 or 8 I made a surfer frog at Build-a-Bear and named him Roy. But I still associate names like Brody with surfers, too.

- Amanda (Manda_Bear) +2

4/18/2008, 11:37 AM

Agreed - when I think "surfer", I think Cody, Brody, etc.

Roy makes me think of a "good ole farm boy" or something moreso than a surfer.

Interesting :P

- Kate

4/18/2008, 3:29 PM

Yeah, Roy is definitely a farm boy!

- Schezar

4/18/2008, 2:58 PM

I definitely think of a farm boy, too!

I can hear Foghorn Leghord going, "Roy, I say Roy!"

This message was edited 4/18/2008, 2:59 PM

- -=A=- (Avgvst)

4/18/2008, 11:26 AM

Oooh. I do NOT like that.

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