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Anonymous wrote:Minnie. My new favorite name or nickname.

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.

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?

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Anonymous wrote:Helena

Elena is better.

To each his own, I guess. Elena is much more common and to my ear sounds harsher.

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.

Annette
Martina
Serena
Justine
Mariana
Colette

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Anonymous wrote:Sandrine

That's a really pretty name...for an industrial solvent.

Our kid is going to get beat up on the playground!

Yeah, by Sandrine!

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Anonymous wrote:These are awful!!

Oh, Sweetie, people have different opinions than you. Sad fact of life, Child. Get used to it. You think you have good taste but most people will disagree with you.

Are you seriously suggesting that Scolastique is a good name?

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Anonymous wrote:Lucia

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.

There’s also loo-SEE-ah, my preferred pronunciation.

Anonymous wrote:How do you pronounce Helena? Does it rhyme with Elena?

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!)

Anonymous wrote:Minnie. My new favorite name or nickname.

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.

Lyric. I usually don't go for those hippie-dippy names but for some reason I think Lyric is quite lovely.

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Anonymous wrote:Helena

Elena is better.

To each his own, I guess. Elena is much more common and to my ear sounds harsher.

Anonymous wrote: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.

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.

3 sisters: daphne, Helen, and Lois

Anonymous wrote:Paraba

Meant Pharaba

Anonymous wrote:Lucia

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.