Luisa vs Eva vs Sophia

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Both Luisa and Eva code hispanic to me. Both will be mispronounced and misspelled.

Luisa - Louisa and the Z sound you mentioned.

Eva vs Ava or Pronounced Ee-va vs pronounced Ay-va

The only Eva I've known had Scandinavian parents. Makes me think of Scandinavia or Germany.

[Anonymous]

Love all three. Have you considered Lucia?

Eva
Sophia
Luisa

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Spain is a country in Europe... Native Europeans (people who are ethnically European) are white.

Exactly, this would be like someone asking if they would be appropriating German culture by using a German name or appropriating French culture by using a French name. It sounds ridiculous.

You only run into weird/appropriation territory by using an African, Asian, Native American, etc. name. It's not appropriation to use a European name.

Op here, and I disagree! If name my child Gretl or Estelle or something clearly not white American, it would still seem weird and appropriate-y.

I went to high school with a Gretel. She was white American, as were her parents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Spain is a country in Europe... Native Europeans (people who are ethnically European) are white.

Exactly, this would be like someone asking if they would be appropriating German culture by using a German name or appropriating French culture by using a French name. It sounds ridiculous.

You only run into weird/appropriation territory by using an African, Asian, Native American, etc. name. It's not appropriation to use a European name.

Op here, and I disagree! If name my child Gretl or Estelle or something clearly not white American, it would still seem weird and appropriate-y.

Uh... Luisa, Eva, and Sophia aren't American names either. All of these names come from other countries. I'd love to know what you think the difference is between Luisa, Eva, and Sophia & Gretel and Estelle.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Love all three. Have you considered Lucia?

Eva
Sophia
Luisa

+1 Came here to suggest Lucia, too

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Spain is a country in Europe... Native Europeans (people who are ethnically European) are white.

You're wasting your time. I doubt the OP even knows that Spaniards and Latinos are not the same people. She seems like the type of person to refer to Latin Americans from Spanish-speaking countries as Spanish rather than Hispanic.

I've known (uneducated) Americans who literally think that the Spanish language originated in Mexico. Some of them even call it "Mexican" rather than Spanish. 🥴

+1

[Anonymous]

I’m partial to Eva. That was my grandma. I would have used it for a daughter. I have a son and his name is Evan.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Spain is a country in Europe... Native Europeans (people who are ethnically European) are white.

You're wasting your time. I doubt the OP even knows that Spaniards and Latinos are not the same people. She seems like the type of person to refer to Latin Americans from Spanish-speaking countries as Spanish rather than Hispanic.

I've known (uneducated) Americans who literally think that the Spanish language originated in Mexico. Some of them even call it "Mexican" rather than Spanish. 🥴

OP here. Yikes, you are a salty person!

Luisa could be appropriated in theory from either Spain or Latin America, so what is your point? Also, I know several non-Spain Spanish speakers who refer to themselves and their communities as Spanish, so idk what to tell you.

DP here, and that's really weird. It's literally false.

I SPEAK English, but I don't refer to myself as English, or that I'm from an English community.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Spain is a country in Europe... Native Europeans (people who are ethnically European) are white.

You're wasting your time. I doubt the OP even knows that Spaniards and Latinos are not the same people. She seems like the type of person to refer to Latin Americans from Spanish-speaking countries as Spanish rather than Hispanic.

I've known (uneducated) Americans who literally think that the Spanish language originated in Mexico. Some of them even call it "Mexican" rather than Spanish. 🥴

OP here. Yikes, you are a salty person!

Luisa could be appropriated in theory from either Spain or Latin America, so what is your point? Also, I know several non-Spain Spanish speakers who refer to themselves and their communities as Spanish, so idk what to tell you.

DP here, and that's really weird. It's literally false.

I SPEAK English, but I don't refer to myself as English, or that I'm from an English community.

Exactly, that would be like Americans calling ourselves English just because that is the language we speak or Rwandans calling themselves French because they speak French. (Some Americans are ethnically English, but that is an entirely different subject.)

The only English, French, Spanish, etc. people are people that are from England, France, and Spain. The rest are anglophones, francophones, hispanophones/Hispanics, etc.

Somehow people can comprehend that speaking English doesn't make you English and speaking French doesn't make you French but can't comprehend that speaking Spanish doesn't make you Spanish.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Spain is a country in Europe... Native Europeans (people who are ethnically European) are white.

You're wasting your time. I doubt the OP even knows that Spaniards and Latinos are not the same people. She seems like the type of person to refer to Latin Americans from Spanish-speaking countries as Spanish rather than Hispanic.

I've known (uneducated) Americans who literally think that the Spanish language originated in Mexico. Some of them even call it "Mexican" rather than Spanish. 🥴

OP here. Yikes, you are a salty person!

Luisa could be appropriated in theory from either Spain or Latin America, so what is your point? Also, I know several non-Spain Spanish speakers who refer to themselves and their communities as Spanish, so idk what to tell you.

DP here, and that's really weird. It's literally false.

I SPEAK English, but I don't refer to myself as English, or that I'm from an English community.

Exactly, that would be like Americans calling ourselves English just because that is the language we speak or Rwandans calling themselves French because they speak French. (Some Americans are ethnically English, but that is an entirely different subject.)

The only English, French, Spanish, etc. people are people that are from England, France, and Spain. The rest are anglophones, francophones, hispanophones/Hispanics, etc.

Somehow people can comprehend that speaking English doesn't make you English and speaking French doesn't make you French but can't comprehend that speaking Spanish doesn't make you Spanish.

The bolded is really all that needs to be said. You're not Spanish if you're not from Spain.

[Anonymous]

Sophia

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Love all three. Have you considered Lucia?

Eva
Sophia
Luisa

+1 Came here to suggest Lucia, too

+2

Lucia, LOuisa, or Eva.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Spain is a country in Europe... Native Europeans (people who are ethnically European) are white.

You're wasting your time. I doubt the OP even knows that Spaniards and Latinos are not the same people. She seems like the type of person to refer to Latin Americans from Spanish-speaking countries as Spanish rather than Hispanic.

I've known (uneducated) Americans who literally think that the Spanish language originated in Mexico. Some of them even call it "Mexican" rather than Spanish. 🥴

OP here. Yikes, you are a salty person!

Luisa could be appropriated in theory from either Spain or Latin America, so what is your point? Also, I know several non-Spain Spanish speakers who refer to themselves and their communities as Spanish, so idk what to tell you.

DP here, and that's really weird. It's literally false.

I SPEAK English, but I don't refer to myself as English, or that I'm from an English community.

Exactly, that would be like Americans calling ourselves English just because that is the language we speak or Rwandans calling themselves French because they speak French. (Some Americans are ethnically English, but that is an entirely different subject.)

The only English, French, Spanish, etc. people are people that are from England, France, and Spain. The rest are anglophones, francophones, hispanophones/Hispanics, etc.

Somehow people can comprehend that speaking English doesn't make you English and speaking French doesn't make you French but can't comprehend that speaking Spanish doesn't make you Spanish.

The bolded is really all that needs to be said. You're not Spanish if you're not from Spain.

OP here, and I’m really gonna double down on this bc I think people like you PPs are why Trump was elected. My family is American but we live abroad in a German speaking country. MANY people at my DC’s elementary school—knowing she is American!—refer to DC as English. “Oh right, Larla is English just like Larlo (peer from New Zealand).” This is a shorthand that people use, all around the world, and not just for Spanish speakers. I truly believe that these holier than thou attitudes have brought us to today. So thanks for your contribution, I bet the “Spanish” people all over the world are really grateful for your support.