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It wouldn’t be unreasonable, but my first instinct would be OR instead of AWE. It does make me think mermaid and I think Auriel would be mistaken for Ariel a lot. If I just saw it on a paper, I would probably think it was a typo of Ariel. Awe-ree-a doesn’t sound like Oreo, but’s OR-ree-a does and would be my first guess at how to pronounce it. I think if I had to pick one I would do Auria, just because it doesn’t look like a typo of Ariel. Auria could possibly be confused as Aura, but as it is a less common name, I don’t think it would happen as much as Ariel. Interesting enough though I don’t know anyone named Ariel in real life, but I do know an Aura. Have you thought of other gold inspired or au- names? Aura could be one. Autumn could work and be more familiar, but maybe not as academia as you want. I was also thinking Aurora, Aurelia, or Oriana.