See the results of this poll: Does the spelling work?
Respondents: 26 (This poll is closed)
- Totally! : 4 (15%)
- Too out there: 22 (85%)
Not too out there, but it looks kinda tacky to me. I much prefer [name_f]Rosamund[/name_f]
I don’t think that it’s too out there but I’d still prefer [name_f]Rosamund[/name_f]. What about [name_f]Rozalia[/name_f], [name_f]Rozanna[/name_f], Rozalyn and [name_f]Rozanne[/name_f]?
What’s your heritage / which name are you trying to honor?
I find it confusing in this name, but understand wanting to honor your heritage… any other options you’ve considered?
I’m Sephardic Jewish. It honors my great grandmother, [name_f]Rose[/name_f], and [name_f]Roza[/name_f] is the Ladino version of it.
I prefer [name_f]Rosamund[/name_f]
I love [name_f]Rosamund[/name_f], but really don’t like the look of Rozamund, sorry. It just looks like a misspelling to me. I am rather a stickler for using established spellings of names though; it’s probably one of my biggest naming pet peeves to take an established name and change the spelling, so maybe I’m the wrong person to ask! (Something like [name_f]Kathryn[/name_f] vs. [name_f]Catherine[/name_f] is totally fine, I meant like [name_f]Zoie[/name_f] rather than [name_f]Zoe[/name_f].)
Would the nickname [name_f]Roz[/name_f] be a good compromise for full name [name_f]Rosamund[/name_f]? I personally don’t like your suggested spelling but I don’t think it is horrible by any means.
What about making [name_f]Rosamund[/name_f] her ‘English name’ and [name_f]Roza[/name_f] her ‘Jewish’ name, in the event that you wanted to give the one with meaning but use the sound of the other?
I have no problem at all with this spelling. S and Z have long been interchangeable in the spellings of names ([name_f]Susannah[/name_f]/[name_f]Suzannah[/name_f]), with or without an h ([name_f]Johanna[/name_f], [name_f]Joanna[/name_f]), I and Y interchangeable ([name_f]Edith[/name_f], [name_f]Edyth[/name_f]), one or double letters ([name_f]Alison[/name_f], [name_u]Allison[/name_u]) etc etc. Different spellings have been popular at different periods of history ([name_f]Elinor[/name_f]/[name_f]Eleanor[/name_f]). All part of the joy of names for me.
Mostly I tend to favour the currently popular version when people ask this type of question, but not always. As Rozamond/[name_f]Rosamond[/name_f]/[name_f]Rosemond[/name_f]/[name_f]Rosemund[/name_f]/[name_f]Rosamund[/name_f] etc is going to be a name always requiring spelling I really don’t mind the snazzy Z version.
And, importantly, if the Z version links with heritage, a great reason to use it!