(no subject)

[ewaeva.livejournal.com]

GAIUS

1. Does having "gai" in it make it unusable, even though it's not prounounced like Gaylord or Galen?

2. Will it surge in popularity because of Battlestar Galactica, even though the character is so unsavory? Will anyone care or know that it was also Julius Caesar's first name?

3. In terms of its Latin origin, this is really the same name as Caius. Which do you like?

4. WDYT of the name?

My opinion: I love the sound and the idea of this name, but I don't think I'd be able to shake how pretentious it seems.

Comments

[kissokomes.livejournal.com]

i love it, i really do! and you can have 'Gai' pronounced 'Guy' as a nickname.

i think the only negative connotation to it is Gaius Longinus, the man who speared Christ's side at the crucifixion. i'm not christian, so it doesn't bother me, but. if you are, it might. don't know how the feeling is on that figure, i know he was cursed for it or something.

[mrsduryee.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah! I forgot about that guy.

Who cursed him? Because that's silly...he was just fulfilling a prophecy.

[kissokomes.livejournal.com]

i donno. Yahweh, maybe?

i'll be honest, most of my knowledge of the Christian stories comes from World of Darkness/White Wolf tabletop RPGs, and Yahweh gets a little curse happy, in those books.

[mrsduryee.livejournal.com]

Hehe...that's not the God I worship, but to each his own. :)

[kissokomes.livejournal.com]

ditto, :)

[ewaeva.livejournal.com]

I didn't even think of Longinus and that wouldn't bother me - it's an otherwise VERY popular Roman name and I really don't think many people would make the connection!

True - "Guy" is a fun nn. Thanks!