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[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

[mooie-ziel.livejournal.com]

You might find this interesting. There really was a guy named Claudius, but for political reasons changed it to Clodius. I don't know if you were reading something on this guy, but it's good to know:

Publius Claudius Pulcher chose to renounce his patrician rank. After gaining the consent of the Roman Senate, and with the connivance of Caesar, he succeeded in being adopted into the plebeian branch of his gens by P. Fonteius in 59 BC, thus becoming Publius Clodius Pulcher. On December 10, 59 BC, he was elected Tribune of the Plebs, an office for which patricians were ineligible.

[ewaeva.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I think this is the guy who started the "fad"! Cool. Changing the spelling of his name to be in with the common folk! :)