Marina

[ouronlylight.livejournal.com]

What do you think of the name Marina? It shot to the top of my list recently, but a few people have told me that they predominantly associate it with the noun, a dock for boats. So, what I'd like to know is, first, can you escape this association when you hear the name Marina, and second, if you can't, is this a negative association?

Also, what do you think of the combination Marina Isabella? Is it too much of a mouthful?

Comments

[ouronlylight.livejournal.com]

I have, because two names ending in -a makes me a bit nervous as well, but whenever I put Marina Isabel together with various surnames it just sounds wrong. I feel like Isabella just flows into the surname better than Isabel, if that makes sense?

[hermione-vader.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it does. I guess Isabella would work better with extra syllables after it.

Also, I went to middle school and high school with a girl named Marina, and no one ever compared her to a boat dock.