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[Opinions] Oroian
My mother had a classmate in high school named Oroian, pronounced O-roy-an. She went by Roian. I have never come across this name anywhere else. Have you? What do you think of it?*****
And last of all an Admiral came,
A terrible man with a terrible name,—
A name which you all know by sight very well;
But which no one can speak, and no one can spell. Robert Southey, "The March to Moscow"
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It sounds masculine to me. I like the way it looks and might consider using it as a name for a book character. It brings to mind a fantasy character in my opinion.
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Never seen anything like it! So very vowel-heavy, and close to Orion but not close enough - looks masculine raather than feminine, probably from the Orion link. And Roian ... surely, people would think they were hearing Royal instead. Not a good idea.
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Too many vowels.
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Reminds me of Orion, one of my favorite astronomy names and has a very similar (if not exactly the same) pronunciation as Oroian. Though I see it as a purely masculine name so I can't see either Orion or Oroian as a feminine use.It's certainly different and I can't say I hate it. But I can't say I like it either.
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Dont like it
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