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Help[Opinions] Re: Beautiful or cutesy?
in reply to a message by Fiammetta
Where I live, there's a Catholic girls' school on the sea front - beautiful situation, and it's called Star of the Sea. I'm not Catholic, but I've been told that it is a name for or an attribute of the Virgin Mary. If so, I think that should make it unsuitable as a human name, especially in a Catholic country like Italy.
I like Stella very much. Lovely meaning, pleasantly vintage. Much nicer than Estelle. I have a Stella Elizabeth friend who disappoints me slightly by going by Betty! Maristella is rhythmically unpleasing to me; I wouldn't use Stella Marina myself, but it would be better.
I like Stella very much. Lovely meaning, pleasantly vintage. Much nicer than Estelle. I have a Stella Elizabeth friend who disappoints me slightly by going by Betty! Maristella is rhythmically unpleasing to me; I wouldn't use Stella Marina myself, but it would be better.
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But a lot of attributes of the Virgin are used as names, Immacolata, Assunta, Annunziata, Addolorata or even Regina.
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Thanks for that! I'm particularly astonished by Addolorata.
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That’s one that was never very common (though it’s the equivalent of Dolores), these names have mostly fallen out of use as people have become less religious.
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There was a church with that same name near me ans yes it is for the Virgin Mary. She is the star.......
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