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[botica.livejournal.com]

So my sister finally decided on a name for her boy due in December...

Amare Gianni

WDYT?

The only thing she's not sure about is the spelling of "Amare" as she's pronouncing it Ah-mar-e and is worried about people saying Ah-mare.

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[ragekat.livejournal.com]

I'm not a fan, in fact it sounds feminine.

I pronounced it wrong too when I read it. It looks like Ah mare to me, maybe use an "i" instead on the r at the end?

[stellarichards6.livejournal.com]

so she's naming her kid an infinitive verb in italian.

i can see her trouble, but since i see it as a word and not a name i have no suggestions for how to modify the spelling to make it more pronounceable in the way she wants (which is the correct pronunciation by the way).

[botica.livejournal.com]

"Amare" is a name. It's African.

[stellarichards6.livejournal.com]

from where exactly? africa being a continent and all. genuinely curious as to the origin.

i assumed that it was connected to italian since the middle name is gianni.

[botica.livejournal.com]

From Ethiopia. That would be really silly / retarded to intentionally name a child after an Italian verb.

[stellarichards6.livejournal.com]

From Ethiopia.

thank you.

That would be really silly / retarded to intentionally name a child after an Italian verb.

hence my initial reaction. stranger things have been seen though. so pardon me if i did not assume correctly, when seeing it paired with an italian middle name.

also, this whole "well we don't live in italy so it doesn't matter" thing is funny. sure, having a smaller chance of encountering someone who might interpret the name as something other than what you intend is all well and good, but acknowledging that it's a possibility is good as well. "gadaha"* might sound like a exotic name for a girl to others (used purely as an example), but to me it still means "dirty". i can see how your host family would think it was nice, just like when we hear the name "hope" or "faith" or another word name and consider it to be alright. just wanted to point out that since you dont seem to be from that frame of mind (ie: italian) that there are other ways it would be seen.

*in cherokee if you're curious.

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

It's kinda nasty, I'll explain why: it translates into the italian phrase "Loving Gianni", as an action. More like the title of a movie than a name to me.

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

I should add that by "action" I wasn't referring to physical love, just the action of loving, as opposed to "loving" as an adjective.

[botica.livejournal.com]

Haha ok. The name is also African. So I guess the yuck factor would only matter to people who speak Italian, which doesn't matter as we don't live in Italy.

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

which might (or not) beg the question of why she's using an italian name (Gianni)
Plus she should consider that even if she doesn't live in Italy now, her son might one day, you never know.

"amare" is also the feminine plural form of the adjective "bitter" in italian (just to give the 360° picture on that one)

[botica.livejournal.com]

Because she likes it? The idea of him living in Italy sometime in the future and it causing serious problems really isn't worth considering.

It's funny because I'm living in Italy now as an Au Pair, and I told my host family the name and they didn't raise any eyebrows; they liked it. Though they did tell me how it translates to Italian, like you did.

[snoglobel.livejournal.com]

I knew a guy with this name, spelled and pronounced this way. I never even thought twice about saying it Ah-mare, it looks like Ah-mar-ee to me.

I think Amari might avoid some pronunciation issues though.

[beepandetch.livejournal.com]

Makes me think of the basketball player Amare Stoudemire. Pronounced Ah-mar-ee.

Also, as someone said, it sounds really tacky and porn movie-ish because it's translated into "Loving Gianni". Ick.

[after-the-ashes.livejournal.com]

Sounds feminine both ways and I thought it was Ah-mare. And are you saying ee or eh at the end then?

[hwar.livejournal.com]

I think that the name Amare is fine. I understand how to pronounce it by looking at it but many people won't. A lot of people will assume it is feminine. The problem for me is the first-middle combination, because the middle name makes me assume the first name is Italian, and as others have mentioned it actually spells something in that language. With a different middle I would not assume that it's Italian and it wouldn't bother me.

[duckmole86.livejournal.com]

Agreed.

[morphinae.livejournal.com]

I think Amari was a cheap perfume put out by Avon a few years ago. Sounds tacky.

[aquilinum.livejournal.com]

I definitely thought "loving?" at first, and I don't even speak Italian — but it's close enough to the Spanish that, combined with Gianni, it definitely made me raise an eyebrow.

Where in Africa is it from? There's no such language as "African" (any more than "Native American").

I did a Facebook search for people named Amare and only came up with businesses (all with hearts or other love-related things) and a few articles on a basketball player named Amaré (which, with the accent mark, is Spanish for "will love").

[botica.livejournal.com]

Who said anything about languages? I said it's African. As in, from the continent. Specifically Ethiopia.
:)

[bluedano.livejournal.com]

Well I got the pronunciation right away because it made me think of Amar'e Stoudemire, the NBA player. It seems a little weird paired with Gianni.

[snoglobel.livejournal.com]

I did some research on the origin:

African- Amharic and Tigrinya of Ethiopia name meaning 'he is good looking.'

[solitudete.livejournal.com]

Even though the name is Ethiopian, I assumed it was the Italian meaning because it is followed by Gianni... also, as someone said, it may be better to spell it Amari if she is really worried about people mispronouncing it.

[unaccepatable.livejournal.com]

that name is ridiculous and stupid