Irene, Esme, Phoebe

Girl Names
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Please vote
  • [name_f]Irene[/name_f] [name_f]Ariadne[/name_f]
  • [name_f]Esme[/name_f] [name_f]Evadne[/name_f]
  • [name_f]Phoebe[/name_f] [name_f]Ariadne[/name_f]

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Which do you prefer?

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I love [name_f]Irene[/name_f] but I think that R makes the flow awkward with [name_f]Ariadne[/name_f].

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Flow is such a silly term to me. Unscientific, unverifiable, unfalsifiable, and arbitrary. And two “r” sounds don’t knot my tongue/brain.

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I think [name_f]Phoebe[/name_f] [name_f]Ariadne[/name_f] sounds the best to me when said aloud. [name_f]Irene[/name_f] [name_f]Evadne[/name_f] would be pretty, too.

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Actually, I think there is some science to it. I’m sure you could track varying syllable lengths and different sound combinations and have test studies done on them. If it hasn’t already been done, I believe it would be a very interesting study.

Also, Rs are a difficult sound for me to make as I had a bit of a speech impediment as a child that sometimes likes to come back around. So that could be why it doesn’t work for me personally. :woman_shrugging:

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Your own aesthetic principles may seem like a science rather than a personal preference to you—unless you really have some data, which I’d certainly consider.

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Au contraire. It’s called sound symbolism, and also euphony.

https://spsp.org/news-center/blog/sidhu-name-sound

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Preferences can be studied, it turns out. I wouldn’t normally respect a .com site as reputable but this one does have links to sources: The fascinating science behind your tastes and preferences

Here’s an interesting study about what factors influence our preference for certain sounds (noises, voices, music): https://mcdermottlab.mit.edu/papers/McDermott_2011_Auditory_Preference_chapter.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwjHpZC8wu3uAhWDW80KHfAoC6kQFjANegQIIxAB&usg=AOvVaw0_dMbZ4O2D9uXs41npHGG2

Here is a study on how certain consonant sounds within a name impact our perception of the person’s personality: APA PsycNet

Also, sounds we are familiar with influence our “processing fluency,” which I think could explain why some particular sounds don’t “sound right” (or “flow”) to us: Processing fluency - Wikipedia

Does this prove my point about “flow?” No, not really. But, I found it all interesting.

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As much as I completely adore [name_f]Phoebe[/name_f], I don’t like the EE ending on both [name_f]Phoebe[/name_f] and [name_f]Ariadne[/name_f] in the same combo. Went with [name_f]Esme[/name_f] [name_f]Evadne[/name_f] :slight_smile:

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So I went with [name_f]Esme[/name_f] [name_f]Evadne[/name_f]!

All three are gorgeous but I’m a sucker for alliteration and I think this combination is beyond pretty. [name_f]Esme[/name_f] is a sweet [name_u]French[/name_u] name which sounds dainty and elegant as a middle name [name_f]Evadne[/name_f] feels so unexpected it really is such a gorgeous combination.

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I love [name_f]Esme[/name_f] [name_f]Evadne[/name_f]

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I really like [name_f]Irene[/name_f] but find [name_f]Irene[/name_f] [name_f]Ariadne[/name_f] hard to say. [name_f]Phoebe[/name_f] [name_f]Ariadne[/name_f] gets my vote!

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I find [name_f]Irene[/name_f] [name_f]Ariadne[/name_f] difficult to say, and I’m not a fan of [name_f]Phoebe[/name_f] [name_f]Ariadne[/name_f] both ending in “ee” (although [name_f]Phoebe[/name_f] is my favorite of the individual names), so I went with [name_f]Esme[/name_f] [name_f]Evadne[/name_f]

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Irene [name_f]Ariadne[/name_f] has such a cool sound and feel.