1) I do love
Ash :3
Nash is definitely better than
Cash, Stryker and their ilk, but I'm glad I'm not the only one to think that
Nash sounds like 'gnash'!
2) I've only ever heard 'y' beginnings for
Jovanka, so who knows where hers come from... but
Josefina, ignoring the slightly Soviet unfortunate feel, is definitely prettier than any pronunciation.
3)Ania (AH-nee-ah) is pretty. I understand
Zosia to be, a la Behindthename, more ZAW-sha, which means
Hania and
Zosia would look similar but actually be HAHN-yah and ZAW-shya (which is way prettier when said, and not quite the same)... hmmm... not my place to say, of cause.
Ania and
Hania wouldn't work, but
Ania and
Zosia is pretty, in my view
4)
Beatrice and
Lysander are on the suggestion list. If they reject them, I'm nabbing them. :3