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[Opinions] Mika and Rocco
What do you think of Mika on a boy, pronounced 'Micah'? I know most of you will probably hate the alternate spelling but I actually find it so much more appealing than the Micah spelling. I know a 20-year-old with this name.Also, WDYT of Rocco? Does it stand on its own or does it need to be a nickname for something? If so, what?
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I think spelling it Mika and wanting it pronounced like Micah is needlessly complicating things. Mika, pronounced Meeka, is known as a girls' name, like Mika Brzezinski (speaking of difficult spellings) and Micah is well-established as a male name pronounced with a long i.Rocco better have an Italian last name, because it sounds pretty silly otherwise.
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If I saw Mika, I'd pronounce it MEEka and I might give it to a cat.South Africa contains largeish numbers of Rocco people; it's always a full name in its own right here. And it has a bit of a country-music vibe.
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