ILaria

anna7602

What do you think?

I capitalized the L so there's no question about spelling, and maybe this is an issue in and of itself.

elizjane26

I've never heard of that one, and I have to say I don't like it.

MCMoo23

Um, I hate to be a Debbie downer...but for some reason it makes me think of milaria. I'm sorry. 

braveangel2

Italian feminine form of Hilarius. So I guess I would say its hilarious?

https://www.behindthename.com/name/ilaria

I know someone with the name, ILIA, and she says the IL combo is a PITA because any sans serif font gives her trouble. Otherwise she likes her name.

Hmmmm...it's also kind of close to Malaria. But then, so is Malia.

braveangel2

MCMoo23:

Um, I hate to be a Debbie downer...but for some reason it makes me think of milaria. I'm sorry. 

hehehehehe

MCMoo23

Oh oops..I didn't realize I spelled malaria wrong. But, it still reminds me of malaria...so I'm still sorry

plunderb

I like this name, but I think that too many English-speakers would pronounce it ILL-uh-REE-uh, instead of ill-AR-ee-uh. Yuck.

My great-grandfather's name was Americo Ilario, so it is on the long list of family names if we have a boy (probably as a mn). I think I like the masculine version better than the feminine, but Hilary has become a feminine name, so maybe it isn't such a good idea.

skio

Hmmm. Not really a fan. I want to think it sounds pretty but...I think it sounds kind of like someone just made it up.

And I also find shortened versions of names important to consider...what would she be called for short? ILL? Lar?

anna7602

skio:

Hmmm. Not really a fan. I want to think it sounds pretty but...I think it sounds kind of like someone just made it up.

And I also find shortened versions of names important to consider...what would she be called for short? ILL? Lar?

Fair point on the first part if you've never heard the name before, but the Ilarias I know just go by Ilaria, no nn. It doesn't feel like it needs a nn.

pinkflipflops44

no

kararae55

It will never be pronounced right.  Don't like it.

FemmeNat01

I knew a girl named this in high school. We didn't really like her so we called her Malaria. I don't like the name.

JaneG2011

I just don't get it.  The first letter is lowercase?  Doesn't make sense to me.

SpartanGirl

plunderb:

I think that too many English-speakers would pronounce it ILL-uh-REE-uh, instead of ill-AR-ee-uh. Yuck.

Depending on how it's pronounced, it makes me think of diarrhea or malaria.

macchiatto

Yeah, I found myself thinking, "That reminds me of a disease. Why does it make me think of a disease? ... Oh yeah. Malaria."

inque223

JaneG2011:

I just don't get it.  The first letter is lowercase?  Doesn't make sense to me.

this totally confuses me. And I still don't understand after her "explanation" about the L. 

kiwi443

not a fan

BrittRMere

inque223:

JaneG2011:

I just don't get it.  The first letter is lowercase?  Doesn't make sense to me.

this totally confuses me. And I still don't understand after her "explanation" about the L. 

Her thing with the weird capitalization (from my understanding), is she wouldn't actually write it like that, just with the sans-serif font on here, the capital "i" and lowercase "L" look the same... "Il"... So she was making sure no one got confused about what the first two letters were.

Correct me if I'm wrong, OP.

Also, this name just makes me think of (NERD ALERT) 'Angel.' There was a demon in the last season named Illyria. I'm not a big fan of the name.