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[quote=Anonymous]Adina is the easiest to pronounce for people unfamiliar. I think Sivan and Maytal are about equal, with a slight edge to Sivan because it bears some resemblance to other names they might know (like Siobhan, which also gets mispronounced, but plenty of people are familiar with). Maytal is basically phonetic but particularly among Western people who have kind of narrow ideas about names (see, e.g., this thread) they will stumble over it because there are not a lot of names that sound quite like that.

But ultimately I'd use any of them because your child's name will be used correctly throughout her childhood and by family with no problem. Also, odds are good that she will live in more cosmopolitan places as an adult because of your background. And if she doesn't, oh well -- she'll correct people and some will try and some won't. But SHE will be comfortable in her name and those closest to her will be too. That's enough. You don't have to appease some imagined ignorant, limited person with your child's name choice.[/quote]

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