I came across the name Aurembiaix (or-em-bee-ay) the other day. It’s a Spanish name that means “from the lower golden land” and belonged to a countess in medieval times. From the description:
Aurembiaix was an impressive medieval countess, whose father Ermengol fought for her to inherit his lands, title and estate. Aurembiaix later fought for her right to succeed her father, and being a skilful negotiator was able to convince her local nobles to back her, despite being a woman. She later saved her city from invaders by dressing local women in men’s clothing to give the appearance of greater military might.
I have fallen in love with this name and even though It’s strange and no one would be able to pronounce it. I REALLY would love to use it for a future girl. (Nicknamed [name_u]Ari[/name_u]). What do you all think? Is it too weird?
I actually love it too, but the spelling would keep me from using it as a first name. If you’re brave enough to use it though, I would love to meet a girl named Aurembiaix!
I also loved it when i stumbled on it, but the spelling is just too much for the US, unfortunately. Maybe if you changed the spelling, though that often loses the meaning.
I agree that the spelling is way too much, there’s no way I’d remember that
[name_f]Imagine[/name_f] 5 year old little Aurembiaix in kindergarten trying to learn how to spell her name! Or an equally young classmate trying to write her name on a birthday party invitation
I do love [name_u]Ari[/name_u], [name_f]Aura[/name_f], [name_f]Bee[/name_f] and [name_f]Em[/name_f] as nicknames but I just dont think it could work
Hmm, I’m the opposite. For a long name the pronunciation is quite intuitive. More so than [name_f]Penelope[/name_f]. I first saw [name_f]Penelope[/name_f] in a book as a kid and thought it was penny-loap! You have to look at it for longer than you would for [name_m]John[/name_m] obviously, but it’s no harder to me than other names I’ve seen on here. She’s quite the namesake, I think if you love it you should use it. [name_u]Ari[/name_u] or Auri for short. I do have an education in [name_m]French[/name_m] though, which helps with the ending.
It’s that -iaix at the end that’s going to trip people up, but when I pronounced it very slowly in my midwestern accent, I heard approximately: R-M-B-A. Present the pronunciation this way, and it shouldn’t be too much of a problem. I already know my partner would never go for it, but I think it’s a lovely name, and lends itself to a variety of nicknames. There ought to be a little Aurembiaix or two running around!