This is a terrible name unless you are actually living in Italy. Or on St. Lucia. How are you pronouncing the name? LOO-CHEE-AH? or LOO-SHA? Either way, the girl is going to have trouble her entire life with ppl mispronouncing her name. |
Meant Pharaba |
| 3 sisters: daphne, Helen, and Lois |
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Aylin (pronounced like Eye-lunn)
But I think it’s a middle eastern name, harder to pull off if you don’t have those roots. |
It's a Turkish name. |
To each his own, I guess. Elena is much more common and to my ear sounds harsher. |
| Lyric. I usually don't go for those hippie-dippy names but for some reason I think Lyric is quite lovely. |
Mine, too! I met a little Minnie when I was in Los Angeles last fall and just fell in love with the name. The little girl was pretty gorgeous and smart so maybe it was the association. I think her formal name was Willamina. |
Some people pronounce it Helen-a, some He-LAY-na. My niece is the latter. Named in memory of my grandmother Helen. To be honest I prefer plain old Helen, but Helena with either pronunciation is certainly more updated and modern sounding. (My daughter is only a few months older than my niece but I couldn't get DH on board with Helen in any variant!) |
There’s also loo-SEE-ah, my preferred pronunciation. |
Are you seriously suggesting that Scolastique is a good name? |
Our kid is going to get beat up on the playground! Yeah, by Sandrine! |
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Annette
Martina Serena Justine Mariana Colette |
I cannot understand how someone would think that a name consisting of vowels, l, and n is harsh. Harsh must mean something different to you than it does to me. |
I would roll my eyes at a Wilhelmina going by Minnie. Better just to be named Minnie. I’m not a huge fan of Minnie either though! What if she’s chubby? |