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I think it would be an epic middle name, especially for something more classic and staid. It's a beautiful name, I prefer it over Tatiana.

It's bad. It sounds scary to me.

This message was edited 4/5/2021, 11:27 PM

First response: Tanya is a tit.

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Second response: Censor first response.

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Third response: The Titans were gods in the shape and size of giants, who lost a cosmic war to the Olympians. Shakespeare, looking for a cheeky name for his tiny Fairy Queen, chose Titania: rather like nicknaming a 6'6" man Tiny.

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Fourth response: Glad it isn't my name!

I pronounce this the American way, like the metal titanium (and also Titans), and I think it's a pretty awesome name. And I hope this doesn't become construed as a typical America-centric assumed superiority view, but I do believe our pronunciation is superior to the British English one. Why would you pass on having "titan" in a name and instead have it start with... "tit"? I don't get it.

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This made studying A Midsummer Night's Dream mildly amusing, in addition to the material itself. I'd been pronouncing Titania's name as tie-TAY-nee-ə on my own - which does scan with the iambic pentameter - but when class got together I learned it was, in fact, pronounced ti-TAHN-ee-ə. So now we had a name starting with "tit"... in high school.

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Two widely accepted pronunciations are what discourage me from using this name, despite the fact that I think it's awesome.

Too macho for a girl.

Don't like it, lots of teasing potential

I love it, it's beautiful, although not so practical. Well, I'd love to see someone pull it off!