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[Opinions] Armenian names
What do you think of these Armenian names ?Anoush: I love it, esp. with the nn Anoushka
Levon: nice
Lucine: cute
Maral: interesting
Margarid: see ^
Siran: could grow on me
Taline: nice
Yeva: great

~~ Claire ~~
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Maral is interesting.
Shane & Elizabeth
11/20/04 We are future parents to: Benjamin Luke, Alexander Sara Anneliese, Rachel Sophia
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My opinion of most of them depends on how they're pronounced, as I don't know the pronunciations. The only one I know for sure is Anoush, which I like (as you said, with the nn Anoushka), but I prefer Anouk. I know the site lists it as Dutch, but I have a friend from Armenia who has a cousin (female) named Anouk...perhaps it's a regional variant of Anoush. And on that subject, my friend's name is pronounced NOO-nay. She used to spell it Noune, which I think is gorgeous, but now prefers Nune (it's all transliteration anyway since Armenian doesn't use the Roman alphabet). I don't like the spelling Nune at all.As for the other names you listed, I like:Lucine - I like it a lot with a French accent. With American it sounds either uneducated, or like some sort of chemical.
Maral - if this is mah-RAHL, I like it a lot. If it's MAH-ral, I don't.
Margarid: I don't like it if it's pronounced like Margaret with a different ending. If the stress is mahr-GAH-rid, I like it more...but I still prefer the Hungarian Margit.
Siran - I like it pronounced see-RAHN. That pronunciation would then lend itself to the nn Rani, (RAH-nee), the Hindi word for queen.
Taline - Again, I like it pronounced as if it was a French name, or as tah-LEE-ne, with a light /l/ and the final /e/ halfway between /eh/ and /uh/, as in the Scandinavian Lise.
Yeva - Hmm. I like this one pronounced with a Danish accent!Now I'm really curious how they're all actually supposed to sound...
~ Cait
"Blue tinted individuals who go about armed to the teeth and quoting twelfth-century poetry are not easy to comprehend." ~ Lloyd Alexander
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I like: Anoush, Maral, Magarid and Siran
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I really like Lucine, Siran & Taline. Very pretty!
CIARDA
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They have nice meaningsI love Anoush and Levon, Lucine and Maral are nice.
I also love Aram (due to the composer)
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I didn't know the name Aram. Is it a form of Amram?
~~ Claire ~~
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Im not sure but its the first name of the composer:
Aram Ilich KhachaturianIm fairly sure he is Armenian, he wrote Sabre's dance.
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Yup, He's Armenian. :)and I so much as hear his name and I get the tune stuck in my head. Interesting but annoyingly catchy.
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