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Help[Opinions] Delphine and Amandine
Two old favorites of mine. Delphine is pronounced del-FEEN and Amandine is ah-mawn-DEEN (not exactly but this comes pretty close).
What do you think of them ? Do you think it would be a problem that the German word for dolphin is Delfin (pronounced exactly like Delphine) ? I live in Germany, by the way.
Both names are a bit dated in France, they are 80s names. I think you could compare them to Amanda and Danielle. Popular in the 80s but not really used much at the moment.
Do you prefer Delphine or Delfine ?
Do you prefer Amandine over Amanda ?
What do you think of them ? Do you think it would be a problem that the German word for dolphin is Delfin (pronounced exactly like Delphine) ? I live in Germany, by the way.
Both names are a bit dated in France, they are 80s names. I think you could compare them to Amanda and Danielle. Popular in the 80s but not really used much at the moment.
Do you prefer Delphine or Delfine ?
Do you prefer Amandine over Amanda ?
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I love Delphine with the nn Delphi. If you called her Delphi most of the time, the delfin thing might not be much of a problem. I like Amandine. I would pronounce it a-MAN-deen, but I'm not sure how others would.
Delfine is way too close to Delfin to me, and I feel like German speakers would more likely want to say del-FEEN-uh if they saw this spelling, but they would just accept Delphine as a French name and know not to pronounce the "e" at the end.
I actually slightly prefer Amanda over Amandine, just because of variations in pronunciation with Amandine. And I think Amanda still has some class to it. It's much less dated than names like Stephanie, Danielle, and Chelsea, in my mind. Though it's been having a spike of popularity, it has been regularly used in America for a while and still has some class. It's like Rebecca to me. It's just classic enough, that although the name seems slightly dated at the moment from a recent spike of popularity, it may turn out to be redeemable soon. Both names have just fallen out of the top one hundred. I'm personally hoping one day I'll be able to comfortably use Rebecca/Rebekah.
Delfine is way too close to Delfin to me, and I feel like German speakers would more likely want to say del-FEEN-uh if they saw this spelling, but they would just accept Delphine as a French name and know not to pronounce the "e" at the end.
I actually slightly prefer Amanda over Amandine, just because of variations in pronunciation with Amandine. And I think Amanda still has some class to it. It's much less dated than names like Stephanie, Danielle, and Chelsea, in my mind. Though it's been having a spike of popularity, it has been regularly used in America for a while and still has some class. It's like Rebecca to me. It's just classic enough, that although the name seems slightly dated at the moment from a recent spike of popularity, it may turn out to be redeemable soon. Both names have just fallen out of the top one hundred. I'm personally hoping one day I'll be able to comfortably use Rebecca/Rebekah.
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I know a Delphine.
She goes by Dolphin, actually. :-D I'm not too fond of her, so the name is colored to me. (She's a sulky spoiled brat) Amandine I love. I wouldn't worry about the datedness to me. As for Delfine: That's much, much too close to the word delfin, so I would nix it.
And I actually slightly prefer Amanda, not sure why.
She goes by Dolphin, actually. :-D I'm not too fond of her, so the name is colored to me. (She's a sulky spoiled brat) Amandine I love. I wouldn't worry about the datedness to me. As for Delfine: That's much, much too close to the word delfin, so I would nix it.
And I actually slightly prefer Amanda, not sure why.
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