I think with this pronunciation it doesn’t feel like a feminisation of [name_m]Orion[/name_m], at least not in an English-speaking context? It feels like an alternate spelling of [name_f]Ariana[/name_f] and [name_f]Oriana[/name_f]. I think it’s quite pretty, but I do like those 2 other names more! To make it resemble [name_m]Orion[/name_m] more in [name_f]English[/name_f] I’d do o-RYE-o-nah.
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