Names ending with anna/ana

[krosp.livejournal.com]

It seems that ending names with -anna or -ana is a popular trend at the moment. So Julia, Lily, etc are becoming Juliana, Liliana.

I don't really mind the trend, just think it's starting to go a little overboard.

What is the most unusual/new/invented/over-the-top/interesting -anna/-ana name you've heard lately? (basically anything that has probably sprung up out of obscurity in the last 10 years)

Mine is Aureliana.

Comments

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

Aureliana is a legit name, though :)

Here's my pet peeve: -ana, -ano endings in names come from the Latin and have the same purpose of -son endings, meaning "daughter/ son of" (typically the father's name at the time)
So Aureliana by the Romans would mean "daughter of Aurelio".

What bothers me is that in english it somehow doesn't matter whether it's one consonant or two, because everything is read the same. So -ana has become -anna, but this changes the meaning of the name and makes it look like a "clever" blend with the name Anna/Anne.
For example, Adriana or Juliana is the original form, but now we see bunches of Adrianna's and Julianna's. I can't quite stand it :P

The only legit exception would be Mariana (which is really uncommon) and Marianna, because the latter is actually meant to be Maria+Anna.

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

oh and the one that bothers me the most, instead, is Arianna which is originaly spelled with 2 n's (Ariadne in greek, unrelated to Anna), but goes around these days as Ariana, which is the italian adjective for "arian", as in arian race.

DISTRACTION!

[a-tergo-lupi.livejournal.com]

I love Ariadne.

[krosp.livejournal.com]

Hmm I didn't know that about what -ana meant in Latin and the names being turned into -anna when it is not the original form.

Yeah I'm not talking about names not being legit - I'm expecting some of them to be made up and some to be real but only being used again recently. I don't like Aureliana because it is so long and frilly. Aurelia is already enough imo.

[ms-honeybori.livejournal.com]

yes!! I hate when I see my name butchered up to Adrianna. It doesn't even have the same uniqueness. I'm glad someone feels me!