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Maral is interesting.

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Shane & Elizabeth
11/20/04

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We are future parents to:

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Benjamin Luke, Alexander

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Sara Anneliese, Rachel Sophia

My opinion of most of them depends on how they're pronounced, as I don't know the pronunciations. The only one I know for sure is Anoush, which I like (as you said, with the nn Anoushka), but I prefer Anouk. I know the site lists it as Dutch, but I have a friend from Armenia who has a cousin (female) named Anouk...perhaps it's a regional variant of Anoush. And on that subject, my friend's name is pronounced NOO-nay. She used to spell it Noune, which I think is gorgeous, but now prefers Nune (it's all transliteration anyway since Armenian doesn't use the Roman alphabet). I don't like the spelling Nune at all.

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As for the other names you listed, I like:

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Lucine - I like it a lot with a French accent. With American it sounds either uneducated, or like some sort of chemical.
Maral - if this is mah-RAHL, I like it a lot. If it's MAH-ral, I don't.
Margarid: I don't like it if it's pronounced like Margaret with a different ending. If the stress is mahr-GAH-rid, I like it more...but I still prefer the Hungarian Margit.
Siran - I like it pronounced see-RAHN. That pronunciation would then lend itself to the nn Rani, (RAH-nee), the Hindi word for queen.
Taline - Again, I like it pronounced as if it was a French name, or as tah-LEE-ne, with a light /l/ and the final /e/ halfway between /eh/ and /uh/, as in the Scandinavian Lise.
Yeva - Hmm. I like this one pronounced with a Danish accent!

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Now I'm really curious how they're all actually supposed to sound...

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~ Cait

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"Blue tinted individuals who go about armed to the teeth and quoting twelfth-century poetry are not easy to comprehend." ~ Lloyd Alexander

I like: Anoush, Maral, Magarid and Siran

I really like Lucine, Siran & Taline. Very pretty!

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CIARDA

They have nice meanings

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I love Anoush and Levon, Lucine and Maral are nice.
I also love Aram (due to the composer)