Still looking for a stage name

[velkoria.livejournal.com]

Here are the current choices I am working with: 

Monica Biello

Monica Gaspari

Monica Ciccarelli

Monica Sforza

Monica Rizzo

What do you think of these? 

Comments

[bloojanuary.livejournal.com]

Stage name........for what?

[velkoria.livejournal.com]

I posted a few days ago that I will be debuting my first short film in a couple of months and I have been casted in a role for a national film production as one of the main characters. I don't want to use my real name for my stage career.

[waitingonsunday.livejournal.com]

I like the way Monica Gaspari rolls off the tongue the most. I think Ciccarelli and Sforza would run the risk of being misspelled/pronounced a lot.

[velkoria.livejournal.com]

Yes I quite like the way the name sounds :)

[silvermidnight.livejournal.com]

I like Monica Gaspari the best too. Maybe it's not ethnic enough and I don't know what velkoria means, but I think Monica Velkora would be nice, too. (that extra "i" is not as good).

[velkoria.livejournal.com]

Hah hah! That would be cute, actually but it's a totally made up name of a role play character I had when I was like 15ish.

[medamina.livejournal.com]

My vote is with Monica Gaspari as well - it's easy to pronounce and I don't think I'd have any trouble remembering it.

[velkoria.livejournal.com]

I love it because it's so recognizable too! Thanks for the input :).

[magpiefirefly.livejournal.com]

I like Monica Biello (Or Bielli?) because it is easy to pronounce (especially for the non-Italians that don't know what sound a double c makes) G's are harsh (to me?) and Rizzo seems too common.

[velkoria.livejournal.com]

Biello seems so sweet to me :) so it's still on the list.

[duckduckcaboose.livejournal.com]

I agree. I'm part Italian so I can pronounce all of the above names, but I grew up in Atlanta, GA and I can just see them BUTCHERING most of the names if she ever becomes internationally famous.

Monica Biello sounds simple and elegant.

[ghost-light.livejournal.com]

I like Monica Ciccarelli

[velkoria.livejournal.com]

I don't know why but I love it too. I guess it reminds me of the beach. Thank you, by the way.

[serenebean.livejournal.com]

Monica Ciccarelli is my favorite (assuming my pronunciation is right - chick-a-rell-ee? Or is it see-cha-rell-ee? Crap, I always forget my Italian C pronunciation rules.), but Gaspari is definitely the winner for flowing well AND easy pronuncation.

I think I'd avoid anything B__LL__, because I know you were worried about the Bellucci connotation. I was also trying to remember who Biello reminded me of, and it was MARIA Bello. Similar first name issue, sort of.

Sforza is nice, but I think the others are better. I know you got a lot of approval for Rizzo, but I really dislike that one. It just reminds me of Grease, and it seems really harsh-sounding to my ear.

[velkoria.livejournal.com]

You had the pronunciation right :). I think it's a pretty name but I now worry about non-Italians pronouncing it.

I am more and more inclined on Gaspari now. I guess I forgot that to some people the spelling rules for Italian are not obvious.

[becomingun.livejournal.com]

I LOVE Monica Gaspari.

[earn-my-wings.livejournal.com]

Rizzo all the way. Short, memorable, easy to pronounce and spell. It's got a pop to it that the other names don't have and I think it stands out much more than the others.

[so-there.livejournal.com]

some of these are difficult to try to pronounce. Rizzo or Biello might work best for an english speaking audience.