I think this is *the* name for my baby girl

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Our baby girl, due in April, is destined to have a *mouthful* of a name. (This is our first baby.)

His family named all the children with "A" names
My family named all the chidren with "D" names

His surname is a 4-syllable Greek name starting with A.
My surname is a 2-syllable German name starting with H.  (I didn't change my name when we got married.)

Adriana Lucia (my surname) (his surname)

                             (Adriana pronounced like "Audrey-ana," not "Adrian-a" )  Maybe Adri (like Audrey) for short.
                             For daily use:  Adriana (his surname)

BONUS:  It starts with an A & a D.  It's pretty in writing and said out loud.  The only Adriana I ever knew was smart, attractive, and kind, so I have good associations but not a lot of associations.

His Spanish-speaking relatives say Adriana the way I expect.  I'm afraid that at school or with my midwestern relatives, there may be some confusion - but I love the name, and I'm prepared to be a bit stubborn about how the name is pronounced.

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My nieces' half sister is name Adriana Luz, everyone calls her Audry (spelling it Adri)- so much in fact that her kindergarten teacher's helper actually spelled her name wrong on several art projects.

We live in Michigan so that's midwest, but there are a LOT of Hispanic immigrants here now...

It's not that hard of a name and it's a lot easier to deal with a couple of corrections here and there..

It could be worse though... my own name is horribly mispronounced every single day and I often have to correct people who've known me for YEARS. Today someone called for me today looking for "n-eye-ee-vees" my name is Nieves - pronounced "nyeh-ves" SHORT e sounds.