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[Opinions] Juliet
Thoughts on Juliet?I have always really liked it but not really enough to use.Do you say JOO-lee-et or joo-lee-ETT?What about Juliette?Usable or too tragic?Please rate my list: https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/6232
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I like it, but I don’t think I will personally consider it. It’s totally usable.
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Love it!I prefer Juliet over Juliette.
I pronounce Juliet as JOO-lee-et and pronounce Juliette as joo-lee-ETT

This message was edited 6/20/2021, 9:17 AM

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Juliet is the only fem form of Julius that I like at all. I love the Shakespeare connection! But, nns like Julie and (shudder) Jules seem inevitable, so I'd only use it as a mn.Definitely stress on the first syllable. ETA, jooleeETT doesn't fit into iambic pentameters! Nobody says romeeOH.Juliette is fine in Francophone places, but not elsewhere; plus, it encourages Anglophones to emphasise the third syllable.

This message was edited 6/20/2021, 7:46 AM

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I think it's a quite fashionable middle name at the moment, I wouldn't be bold enough to use it as a first because of the Romeo and Juliet affiliation but in the middle it's totally doable
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I pronounce it as joo-lee-ETT, it’s much more usable than Romeo, that’s for sure. I think it’s perfectly fine and doesn’t have that much baggage. I also like Juliette and for reason prefer that spelling. I don’t know why.
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Definitely usable, I say joo-lee-ETT and prefer Juliet. However, I never got on the Juliet / Juliette bandwagon, I know at one point it was a widespread board favorite (or perhaps even still is?).I don’t hate it, I’ve just never liked it.Edit: I much prefer Julia. :)

This message was edited 6/20/2021, 6:53 AM

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I like it JOO lee at, I prefer the Juliet spelling, yes usuable
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I like it. But it's not top tier for me. No baggage, though. I'd use a lot of Shakespearean names and many are tragic to some degree.
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I like Juliet a lot, especially as a middle name. I say "joo-lee-ETT". I think it's usable, no issues at all! Although I don't mind a bit of a dark, tragic tinge in my names. It's no more tragic to me than something like Cordelia or Christabel. It's more vaguely "literary". Juliette is OK but those extra letters irk me a bit.
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I love Juliet, it’s one of my favorite names and is currently on my shortlist for a girl. Juliette is all right but I don’t like it as much, it’s a little too overwrought. I pronounce it with the emphasis on the final syllable, so joo-lee-ETT.
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