Is this completely unusable? I’ve found myself really falling for it over the past couple months. I love the soft “G” and the feminine allure. I like that I could still probably use my favorite [name]Josephine[/name] nn, too ([name]Posy[/name]!), although I admit to loving [name]Gigi[/name] and Sephie, too. But is it totally crazy for someone with absolutely no Italian blood?
I also love [name]Josefina[/name] (with the [name]German[/name] prn., yo-seh-[name]FEE[/name]-nah, not the Spanish one), but I’m afraid it works about as well as [name]Giuseppina[/name] does.
I think I just need convincing that it most definitely needs to stay in the GP list rather than the realistic one.
On another note–how does [name]Hazel[/name] fit with the other names on my list? I’ve been crushing on this lately, too, and I figure it’d be easier to get away with than [name]Giuseppina[/name]. I was thinking [name]Hazel[/name] [name]Isabella[/name] or [name]Hazel[/name] [name]Elisabeth[/name]…
[name]Giuseppina[/name] is a lot of name. It sounds cool and looks cool but it’s a lot of name.
[name]Do[/name] you think [name]Josefina[/name] will get the pronunciation you want where you live? The Spanish pronunciation is my natural go-to, so maybe I’m not the best judge of that.
[name]Hazel[/name] is lovely. I think it fits with [name]Olivia[/name] and [name]Violet[/name] (too much color?) and [name]Charlotte[/name], [name]Eva[/name] and [name]Tess[/name]. You’re other names are so feminine and flowy ([name]Isabelle[/name], [name]Arianne[/name], [name]Lilliana[/name], [name]Eleni[/name]) that [name]Hazel[/name] seems abrupt next to them.
[name]Hazel[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name] has the “el” sound repeated next to each other, so it kinda becomes one name when I say it. Hazelizabeth.
[name]Hazel[/name] [name]Elisabeth[/name] is gorgeous. Like, drop-dead-gorgeous. This is the obvious winner for me! I would have no clue how to pronounce [name]Giuseppina[/name] and I don’t like [name]Josefina[/name]. [name]Josephine[/name] is cute, but [name]IMO[/name], it doesn’t hold a candle to [name]Hazel[/name]. Go with [name]Hazel[/name]!
[name]Giuseppina[/name] is adorable but quite a mouthful. I don’t think you’d ever get two Mns to flow right with it
[name]Josefina[/name] is so sweet but I think you would have to correct the pronunciation all the time. I think most people would just say [name]Josephine[/name] with an a at the end but maybe not. With all the NN options though she could easily say hi I’m [name]Posy[/name] or [name]Josie[/name] or [name]Effie[/name] or whatever she chooses. So I think this one has definite potential.
[name]Hazel[/name] has never been my favorite but I can see the appeal. I think it fits in fine with your other names but it always seems better to me as an mn. It just has a somewhat harsh quality to me that flows better as a mn. I think [name]Adeline[/name] [name]Hazel[/name] or even [name]Catherine[/name] [name]Hazel[/name] would be gorgeous.
@peacelovepurple - I’m glad you like it. It seems like [name]Hazel[/name] can feel so harsh with most combos, I had a really hard time coming up with something I liked. I’m not even sure [name]Hazel[/name] [name]Elisabeth[/name]'s perfect, but I do like it. I still [name]LOVE[/name] [name]Hazel[/name] [name]Isabella[/name] (it was my combo when it was on my top 5 years ago), but with [name]Isabelle[/name] being completely immovable as my number one for years now, I don’t foresee using [name]Isabella[/name] when I love [name]Isabelle[/name] so much.
Oh, and @dindlee - I am not sure I could really say as to whether I could ensure the “yo” pronunciation. There is a strong [name]German[/name]/Dutch presence where I live, but in the cities, there is a strong Hispanic population, as well. A good part of me is [name]German[/name]/Swiss, so I feel like one of the reasons I like [name]Josefina[/name] so much is because it could honor my heritage. But the [name]German[/name] part of my family has been in [name]America[/name] since the 1600s, so I think people would think it’d be weird to pick such an obviously [name]German[/name]/European name, when we’ve been American mutts for so long. But still, I love how obviously [name]German[/name] it is!
Your love for [name]Giuseppina[/name] probably falls into the same category as my abiding love for [name]Ernestine[/name]-- completely unreasonable to anyone but us. I do agree, though, that [name]Hazel[/name] is wonderful. For all the attention it gets here, I have yet to meet one in real life under the age of 80. Such a shame, because I would love to meet a cute little [name]Hazel[/name]!
Ahh, I agree! I met the cutest little lady (nearly old lady–probably more middle-aged than anything) with the name and I told her I adored her name and she thought I was crazy, haha. She was so adorable, though, talking about how she was named for her grandmother and how [name]Hazel[/name] must be getting popular because of [name]Julia[/name] [name]Roberts[/name] daughter. She was just so sweet, she made me love [name]Hazel[/name] all the more.
There was [name]Hazel[/name] on 30 [name]Rock[/name] for a while, character in her 20s or 30s. That youthifies it a bit, plus the popularity. I think it’s totally usable.
I also think [name]Hazel[/name] combines well with [name]Josephine[/name] and [name]Josefina[/name]. You could put [name]Josefina[/name] in the middle for sure. I like [name]Josefina[/name] with an American J sound ([name]Josephine[/name] + A), if you could tolerate it, you could accept it and use the Y pronunciation as an alternative. I just think it’s good to be open to the J since that is how most people will pronounce it. I also think in [name]German[/name] the spelling [name]Josephine[/name] would be pronounced the same as [name]Josefina[/name], it’s just less common, but that gets you a lot of bang for your buck. [name]Hazel[/name] [name]Josephine[/name] is adorable.
[name]Giuseppina[/name] I’m afraid is too much. But I like it as a nickname for [name]Josephine[/name], [name]Josefina[/name], or also [name]Nina[/name] (since they rhyme). I think [name]Giuseppina[/name] nn [name]Posey[/name] is asking a lot, although I think [name]Josephine[/name] nn [name]Posey[/name] is fine which is also too much for some.
[name]Giuseppina[/name] was my great-grandmother’s name, but she went by [name]Josephine[/name]. I’ve considered it before, but I feel like a future daughter of mine would hate me for giving her a name that can easily be turned into Juicy Penis (especially when saying “[name]Giuseppina[/name]'s”). I usually remove it for being too tease worthy.
I’m actually not opposed to it. Several months ago, I made a post about how I’d fallen in love with [name]Josefina[/name] ([name]Josephine[/name] + A), and I got tons of [name]Berry[/name] backlash, with people saying it would be a huge offense to Latin Americans (who say it with the “H” sound), they would think me odd for taking a Hispanic name and using it on a white kid, if I liked [name]Josephine[/name]-ah why didn’t I just use [name]Josephina[/name], [name]Josefina[/name] would cause too much confusion, blah, blah, blah. I don’t mean that disrespectfully because I do know it’s a very common Hispanic name, but it’s not just a Hispanic name. But I just find it ironic that you say most people will say it the way I had originally wanted it said, when the whole public Nameberry outcry said just the opposite. I’ve only fallen for the [name]German[/name] prn. after I was convinced that [name]Josefina[/name] with a “J” sound didn’t work. I still really love the sound of yo-seh-fee-nah, though.
@teacherma - ohh, Juicy Penis is so unfortunate! I think [name]Giuseppina[/name] will forever stay on the GP list, for that. Unless I can find a stellar combo for it with [name]Giuseppina[/name] as a MN.
She was just so sweet, she made me love [name]Hazel[/name] all the more.