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Help[Opinions] Roland
Hi !!!
Do you like this name?
Which pronounciation do you prefer? I love the French one.
Can you describe it with some adjectives?
How it is perceived where you live?
Names with the same vibe (also feminine)?
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Do you like this name?
Which pronounciation do you prefer? I love the French one.
Can you describe it with some adjectives?
How it is perceived where you live?
Names with the same vibe (also feminine)?
Augusto Aurelio Basilio Bruno Filippo Flavio Leone Luigi Stefano Valerio
Anastasia Angelica Cassandra Clarastella Corinna Dafne Diana Dora Fiammetta Flora Gelsomina Ginevra Lavinia Luna Morgana Noemi Olimpia Perla Rosa Rossella Serena Stella Susanna
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Yes, I've liked this name for a while name! It's handsome and underused. I prefer the English pronunciation, I've never met or heard of anybody with any of the other pronunciations. ❤
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I think I like it, but it's one vowel sound away from my last name, so I feel like I can't really contemplate it much. I pronounce it ROH-lənd, and I guess prefer that.
It feels friendly and a bit silly, but in an endearing way. I do like the nickname Roly. I wouldn't have thought that, but I sometimes call my baby that (because he's at the age where he keeps trying to roll places), and I actually think it sounds cute!
I couldn't say how it's perceived, I'm not sure I've met one. My guess is it would feel sort of old-fashioned-standard? Like Dennis or Gerald.
It feels friendly and a bit silly, but in an endearing way. I do like the nickname Roly. I wouldn't have thought that, but I sometimes call my baby that (because he's at the age where he keeps trying to roll places), and I actually think it sounds cute!
I couldn't say how it's perceived, I'm not sure I've met one. My guess is it would feel sort of old-fashioned-standard? Like Dennis or Gerald.
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I want to like Roland, I really do. My petty gripes are that: 1. it is an anagram of Ronald, one of my least favorite names; and 2. the customary pronunciation where I live (English) is the one I find least appealing.
My favorite pronunciation is probably ro-LAHND, although I also enjoy the French.
Roland - pronounced ideally - sounds stoic, loyal, regal, self-possessed, yet a tad humorless. It makes me think of knights, kings and conquerors, and literary heroes with ironclad morals.
Where I live, however, the conventional pronunciation of Roland just evokes socially-awkward-bespectacled-slightly-chubby boys and uncouth older men. For some reason, I just can't shake thoughts of Ronald McDonald whenever I hear it, which is rarely.
My favorite pronunciation is probably ro-LAHND, although I also enjoy the French.
Roland - pronounced ideally - sounds stoic, loyal, regal, self-possessed, yet a tad humorless. It makes me think of knights, kings and conquerors, and literary heroes with ironclad morals.
Where I live, however, the conventional pronunciation of Roland just evokes socially-awkward-bespectacled-slightly-chubby boys and uncouth older men. For some reason, I just can't shake thoughts of Ronald McDonald whenever I hear it, which is rarely.
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Similar names
Names with a similar feeling that I forgot to add to my original post:
Male: Osmund, Edgar, Anselm, Bertram, Jovan, Alaric, Edmund, Tristram, Isidore, Desmond, Valdas, Constantin
Female: Elfrieda, Joanna, Harriet, Elspeth, Lavinia, Rosalind, Thomasin, Cressida, Leonora, Isobel, Viorica, Melisande
Names with a similar feeling that I forgot to add to my original post:
Male: Osmund, Edgar, Anselm, Bertram, Jovan, Alaric, Edmund, Tristram, Isidore, Desmond, Valdas, Constantin
Female: Elfrieda, Joanna, Harriet, Elspeth, Lavinia, Rosalind, Thomasin, Cressida, Leonora, Isobel, Viorica, Melisande
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I like the name Roland, and pronounce it the English way (RO-lənd). I associate dryness, strength, simpleness, and endurance with the name. I think it's perceived as an older name where I live, but is still used actively (and is rising in popularity). Elric, Milton, Arthur, and Loren are some masculine names that have a similar feel to me, and some feminine ones would be Adelaide, Cordelia, Magdalene, and Mildred.
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