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Help[Opinions] Thoughts on Itonia?
It's not on this site, and seems to rarely be used as a name. It's an epithet of Athena.
Personally, I love it. I gave it to a game character that I play a lot and it's really, really, really grown on me... but I've also notice a lot of variation in how people pronounce it. Personally, I say "i-tohn-ya", but I've heard "i-tohn-ee-ah" and "ee-tahn-ya" and all variation in between!
What do you guys think? Do you think it's viable to use in real life? How would you pronounce it?
Personally, I love it. I gave it to a game character that I play a lot and it's really, really, really grown on me... but I've also notice a lot of variation in how people pronounce it. Personally, I say "i-tohn-ya", but I've heard "i-tohn-ee-ah" and "ee-tahn-ya" and all variation in between!
What do you guys think? Do you think it's viable to use in real life? How would you pronounce it?
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It's quite pretty, but it sounds more like a fictional place in a fantasy novel, rather than a name.
I would pronounce it i-TON-ee-a, with the same O sound as in atonement. (Thinking about it, this name does sound too much like atonement for me to want to use it)
I would pronounce it i-TON-ee-a, with the same O sound as in atonement. (Thinking about it, this name does sound too much like atonement for me to want to use it)
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Interesting name. I initially thought to pronounce it it-own-ee-ah When I read it.
I don't like it much. It reminds me of Antonia which I really don't like, and I like even less the nn Toni. And even if you said it how you pronounce it, i-tohn-ya, then it reminds me of Tanya or Tonya.
I don't think it's that usable in real like mainly because it sounds so very similar to more common names, I feel like people would be forever saying "Sorry was that Tonya?" People may forget the i. I think it is great for a book though and in real life, I'd probably still be happier to hear a little girl say her name is Itonia rather than Madison or something, I just wouldn't want to bear it myself
I don't like it much. It reminds me of Antonia which I really don't like, and I like even less the nn Toni. And even if you said it how you pronounce it, i-tohn-ya, then it reminds me of Tanya or Tonya.
I don't think it's that usable in real like mainly because it sounds so very similar to more common names, I feel like people would be forever saying "Sorry was that Tonya?" People may forget the i. I think it is great for a book though and in real life, I'd probably still be happier to hear a little girl say her name is Itonia rather than Madison or something, I just wouldn't want to bear it myself
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I think it is better as the name of a fictional country.
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I'd pronounce it ee-TOH-nya, and imo it's usable in real life, but it might be mistaken for Antonia often.
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It sounds too much like an ancient Greek city to be usable, but then it also reminds me of Antonia. I'd say ih TONE ee ah.
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I'd say ih-TO-nee-uh or ee-TO-nee-uh. Either way, it's visually unappealing to me because I see "it on" in the name. It's also so close to Antonia that it might be mistaken for that a lot. Having said all that, I think it's viable to use. Sure, why not?
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I would pronounce it i-TO-ni-a. It makes me think of a mythical kingdom or something like that. Not really my style, but still interesting.
I guess it's usable, but I guess she would get used to hearing "Did you say Antonia?"
I guess it's usable, but I guess she would get used to hearing "Did you say Antonia?"
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