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[Facts] Re: Czech pronounciation

by ToveTer

1/25/2008, 12:45 PM

And how albout Marie? I've read that it is the most popular name in Czech republic.
Well, maybe I'll give the links to the names (You just click the names, and then you'll find some info about usage.):
Olivie
Silvie
Emilie
Amalie
Livie

Thank you really much for your help though! :)

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- Shellac (guest) +4

1/25/2008, 1:11 PM

I don't know why this site says they are the Czech forms. Maria would be the form used in Czech, not Marie. I was born in eastern Europe and none of these names are Czech forms.

- ToveTer +3

1/25/2008, 1:42 PM

I'm sure you know those things better than me...

... because I haven't ever lived for a longer time in any eastern European countries, exept Russia - and there mostly baceuse my realtives live there.

One more link. I don't speak much Czech, but I think that everyone who speaks slavic languages will understand at least the main idea.
I tried, but I didn't find Maria in M-names. :S

http://www.vestirna.com/www2/_jmena/jmena.php?pismeno=M&jmeno=Marie

- Shellac (guest) +2

1/25/2008, 6:34 PM

Very strange. Maybe I'm confusing Czech and Slovak. I hope someone else knows something more and posts.

- HanaB

2/2/2008, 2:21 PM

I really think you are confusing them. Slovaks use the "-ia" forms, I think, but Czechs tend not to.

Example: According to statistics, there are 332 918 MariEs and 3 826 MariAs in the Czech Republic. So it's hundred to one for "-iE".
You can find the statistics for females here:
http://www.mvcr.cz/sprava/informat/cetnost/2007/jmena_zeny/cet_jmena_zeny_vsechny.xls

- ToveTer

1/26/2008, 4:17 AM

Anyway, thanks for your symphaty to my "problem"! :)

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