[Opinions] Re: Need help with gold-inspired names: Auriel/Auria
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I slightly prefer Auria. I like Aurelia more than Auriel or Auria, though. Reading it in my head, I lean toward "oh" as the first vowel sound. If I were meeting a person with that name and had only seen it on paper, rather than hear someone introduce themself, I'd probably ask about how to pronounce it.
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Thanks! I've considered Aurelia, but thought it might be too overtly ancient Roman? I'm not European (i.e. white) and would feel a bit weird about using such a strongly Roman-associated name, if that makes sense?
I guess to me anything with "au" in there meaning gold is going to feel Roman-associated to me.