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Help[Opinions] Re: Guinevere
in reply to a message by Perrine
Cons:
It's ugly-looking.
It sounds (or would sound, to someone who was unfamiliar and first heard it spoken) more like the name of an antiviral drug, than like a person's name. Quinavir? I'm reaching.
I say GWIN-uh-veer (the ee is not that long because it's unstressed - it's like in atmosphere, not like engineer)
I think it's pretty cool on a real person, though. It'd be usable, like Arwen, Eowyn, or Athena.
I don't think I'd prefer it over Jennifer, at least not today. But it is certainly more remarkable and memorable than Jennifer. I'm on the fence about whether it's better to have a name like Guinevere or one like Jennifer.
- mirfak
It's ugly-looking.
It sounds (or would sound, to someone who was unfamiliar and first heard it spoken) more like the name of an antiviral drug, than like a person's name. Quinavir? I'm reaching.
I say GWIN-uh-veer (the ee is not that long because it's unstressed - it's like in atmosphere, not like engineer)
I think it's pretty cool on a real person, though. It'd be usable, like Arwen, Eowyn, or Athena.
I don't think I'd prefer it over Jennifer, at least not today. But it is certainly more remarkable and memorable than Jennifer. I'm on the fence about whether it's better to have a name like Guinevere or one like Jennifer.
- mirfak
This message was edited 3/1/2023, 10:32 AM
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