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What do you think of these Romanian names?
Btw, in Romanian, /ci/ and /ce/ make a “ch” sound, as in cheese. Ă and â makes an “uh” sound or schwa (they’re actually slightly different but hard to explain in English). Ț is a “ts” sound. Ș is a “sh” sound. Other letters are pronounced as in Spanish.
Masculine:
Ovidiu
Florin
Lucian
Marian
Costin
Cătălin
Aurel
Decebal
Dragoș
Flaviu
Horațiu
Traian
Feminine:
Ana
Brândușa
Constanța (also a city)
Ecaterina
Gavrila
Larisa
Miruna
Otilia
Rodica
Viorica
*previously posted as summitseeker*
--hike more / worry less--
Btw, in Romanian, /ci/ and /ce/ make a “ch” sound, as in cheese. Ă and â makes an “uh” sound or schwa (they’re actually slightly different but hard to explain in English). Ț is a “ts” sound. Ș is a “sh” sound. Other letters are pronounced as in Spanish.
Masculine:
Ovidiu
Florin
Lucian
Marian
Costin
Cătălin
Aurel
Decebal
Dragoș
Flaviu
Horațiu
Traian
Feminine:
Ana
Brândușa
Constanța (also a city)
Ecaterina
Gavrila
Larisa
Miruna
Otilia
Rodica
Viorica
*previously posted as summitseeker*
--hike more / worry less--
This message was edited 7/6/2018, 11:28 PM
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I love Romanian names!!
(I love a lot of Eastern European names. Not enough discussion about those here!)
Masculine:
Ovidiu -Kind of cool, but I wouldn't use it. Better as a character name, imo.
Florin -I met one once and I was overjoyed. This is a fantastic name.
Lucian -I prefer the loo-see-an pronunciation of this name.
Marian -I LOVE this, especially since they use it as a masculine name and accent the last syllable. ♥
Costin -cool
Cătălin -ADORE ADORE. The only known male form of Katherine so... that's kind of attractive to me. ♥
Aurel -cute, but not amazing
Decebal -nms
Dragoș -I like it.
Flaviu -I'd like to meet one, but I wouldn't use it.
Horațiu -Better than Horatio, but not by much.
Traian -meh
Feminine:
Ana -dull
Brândușa -The "douche" sound makes me dislike this one.
Constanța (also a city) -LOVE. ♥
Ecaterina -I don't care for any version this name that ends in -rina. I think the -rina part sounds sounds whiney to my ears.
Gavrila -neutral
Larisa -nms
Miruna -I HAVE FALLEN SO IN LOVE WITH THIS LATELY. ♥
Otilia -pretty
Rodica -neutral
Viorica -It's growing on me.
Some of my favourite Romanian names (because they are definitely under discussed):
Masculine:
Silviu
Mădălin
Mircea
Viorel
(I love a lot of Eastern European names. Not enough discussion about those here!)
Masculine:
Ovidiu -Kind of cool, but I wouldn't use it. Better as a character name, imo.
Florin -I met one once and I was overjoyed. This is a fantastic name.
Lucian -I prefer the loo-see-an pronunciation of this name.
Marian -I LOVE this, especially since they use it as a masculine name and accent the last syllable. ♥
Costin -cool
Cătălin -ADORE ADORE. The only known male form of Katherine so... that's kind of attractive to me. ♥
Aurel -cute, but not amazing
Decebal -nms
Dragoș -I like it.
Flaviu -I'd like to meet one, but I wouldn't use it.
Horațiu -Better than Horatio, but not by much.
Traian -meh
Feminine:
Ana -dull
Brândușa -The "douche" sound makes me dislike this one.
Constanța (also a city) -LOVE. ♥
Ecaterina -I don't care for any version this name that ends in -rina. I think the -rina part sounds sounds whiney to my ears.
Gavrila -neutral
Larisa -nms
Miruna -I HAVE FALLEN SO IN LOVE WITH THIS LATELY. ♥
Otilia -pretty
Rodica -neutral
Viorica -It's growing on me.
Some of my favourite Romanian names (because they are definitely under discussed):
Masculine:
Silviu
Mădălin
Mircea
Viorel
This message was edited 7/8/2018, 2:47 AM
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We have flights from Bucharest, Cluj and Iasi at work so I get to see lots of Romanian names. Today I met a man named Florin Sorin (made me smile, it's pretty funny).
In general I like the masculine names more than the feminine.
In general I like the masculine names more than the feminine.
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Ovidiu - Love
Florin - like
Lucian - Haha, I always get this name mixed up with Lucius (as in Malfoy). It's not my cup of tea.
Marian - Not my cup of tea. I know a girl with this name. I'm not too fond of her, and I'm obviously biased because of her.
Costin - Wouldn't use it myself, but it's a solid name
Cătălin - I think I've seen this as a feminine name as well(?), and I kind of get that vibe from it too
Aurel - Not my cup of tea
Decebal - LOVE
Dragoș - The sound of it isn't too appealing to me, but I like the meaning.
Flaviu - like this one alot
Horațiu - not my cup of tea
Traian - not my cup of tea
Ana - like
Brândușa - I like flower names, but not this particular one.
Constanța (also a city) - love
Ecaterina - like this spelling even more than Ekaterina! Love!
Gavrila - not my cup of tea
Larisa - not too fond of -isa names
Miruna - like
Otilia - fond of, but wouldn't use it
Rodica - sounds a bit unfinished to me
Viorica - my favorite
Florin - like
Lucian - Haha, I always get this name mixed up with Lucius (as in Malfoy). It's not my cup of tea.
Marian - Not my cup of tea. I know a girl with this name. I'm not too fond of her, and I'm obviously biased because of her.
Costin - Wouldn't use it myself, but it's a solid name
Cătălin - I think I've seen this as a feminine name as well(?), and I kind of get that vibe from it too
Aurel - Not my cup of tea
Decebal - LOVE
Dragoș - The sound of it isn't too appealing to me, but I like the meaning.
Flaviu - like this one alot
Horațiu - not my cup of tea
Traian - not my cup of tea
Ana - like
Brândușa - I like flower names, but not this particular one.
Constanța (also a city) - love
Ecaterina - like this spelling even more than Ekaterina! Love!
Gavrila - not my cup of tea
Larisa - not too fond of -isa names
Miruna - like
Otilia - fond of, but wouldn't use it
Rodica - sounds a bit unfinished to me
Viorica - my favorite
This message was edited 7/7/2018, 2:09 PM
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yesss... i was just considering making a thread like this...
i love:
Lucian (would use)
Florin
Dragos - would use if not for the teasing it would bring in the US
Horatiu
Brandusa
Ecaterina - favorite form of Catherine
Gavrila - i would use Gavril
Miruna - would use
Rodica
other ones i love:
Bogdan - though i feel like it wouldnt work well in the US :/
Cosmin - well on fence about it still
Silviu
Serafim
Crina
Ileana
Iolandq
Loredana
Luminita
Rahela
Ruxandra
i love:
Lucian (would use)
Florin
Dragos - would use if not for the teasing it would bring in the US
Horatiu
Brandusa
Ecaterina - favorite form of Catherine
Gavrila - i would use Gavril
Miruna - would use
Rodica
other ones i love:
Bogdan - though i feel like it wouldnt work well in the US :/
Cosmin - well on fence about it still
Silviu
Serafim
Crina
Ileana
Iolandq
Loredana
Luminita
Rahela
Ruxandra
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Agreed completely! And I love Dragoș, too. The English meaning doesn’t cross my mind unless I consciously think about it; it just makes me think of love. Of course it’s probably not workable here because of what it sounds like in English
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Of the feminine names, Rodica is the only one that grabs my attention in a positive way. It's interesting, without being weird. Miruna has potential as well.
I really like Traian and Dragos. I would prefer Constantin over just Costin, but it's not bad either. Ovidiu and Horatiu are good too, but I prefer them both with an -s at the end (which wouldn't make them the Romanian versions anymore).
I knew a guy called Marian. Over here it's mainly used as a feminine name, so it took me a short while to get used to it.
I really like Traian and Dragos. I would prefer Constantin over just Costin, but it's not bad either. Ovidiu and Horatiu are good too, but I prefer them both with an -s at the end (which wouldn't make them the Romanian versions anymore).
I knew a guy called Marian. Over here it's mainly used as a feminine name, so it took me a short while to get used to it.
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