Message: "Obituaries" - Behind the Name

[Opinions] Obituaries

by Sofia

7/11/2010, 1:30 PM

FEMALE:

Anka (86)
Danica (86)
Dragica (66)
Ivanka (42)
Janica (87)
Jelka (86)
Ksenija (74)
Manda (83)
Marija (68)
Marija (55)
Marija (76)
Milka (60)
Stefanija - Tina (84)

MALE:

Amir (35)
Božidar (79) (see Bozidar)
Branko (57)
Josip (72)
Josip (79)
Mislav Ivan (37)
Siniša (46) (see Sinisa)
Stjepan (66)
Suad (54)

#obituaries

This message was edited 7/11/2010, 1:31 PM

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- littleRainbow

7/11/2010, 2:44 PM

I like:

Amir
Josip
Ivan
Suad

- JHK

7/11/2010, 2:32 PM

I like:

Ksenija
Manda
Marija

- Bear +3

7/11/2010, 2:30 PM

Ksenija is I assume a variant of Xenia? I love it when the "k" sound is pronounced at the beginning like that.

And how do you pronounce Stefanija, "steh-FAH-nee-uh" or "steh-feh-NEE-uh" or other?

- Sofia +2

7/11/2010, 2:49 PM

In this case Stefanija is spelled Štefanija and pronounced 'SHTEH-fah-nee-yah'. Š = sh in Croatian.

And yes, Ksenija is a variant of Xenia, since Croatian alphabet doesn't have the letter X.

This message was edited 7/11/2010, 2:51 PM

- Bear +1

7/11/2010, 4:48 PM

Ah. A third way I hadn't even imagined. Fun. :-)

There can't be too many name beginning with a "ks-" sound for me.

- Sofia

7/11/2010, 6:05 PM

Not many begin with ks (Ksenija, Ksavijer, Ksilena, etc.)), but all others that have x in English are spelled with ks (Aleksandar, Maksim, Maks, etc.)

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