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Leah or Natalia?
People tell me Leah is too boring and I really don't want my daughter thinking her name is boring (I don't think it is). I also love Natalia, which I suppose I could still use Lia as a nn (even though we pronounce it 'nah-TAHL-ee-uh).
What do you like better?
My favourite combos so far are:
Leah Alexandra and Natalia Sofia
I'm not really sure about Sofia yet as DH doesn't want a name that sounds to foreign.
Thanks
People tell me Leah is too boring and I really don't want my daughter thinking her name is boring (I don't think it is). I also love Natalia, which I suppose I could still use Lia as a nn (even though we pronounce it 'nah-TAHL-ee-uh).
What do you like better?
My favourite combos so far are:
Leah Alexandra and Natalia Sofia
I'm not really sure about Sofia yet as DH doesn't want a name that sounds to foreign.
Thanks
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I prefer Lea (LAY-ah) with no "h"- but Leah over Natalia ;)
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love the name Leah
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Well, actually, I do think Leah is boring, but if you like it, other people's opinion should not stop you from using it. There's nothing wrong with Leah Alexandra, but I like Natalia Sofia much better.
A Natalia has more choices: she can go by her full name, she can be Natalie, Natty, Nat, Lia, Lee... Leah is just Leah.
"After all who of us in our lives hasn't set fire to some great public building or other..."
Graham Chapman
A Natalia has more choices: she can go by her full name, she can be Natalie, Natty, Nat, Lia, Lee... Leah is just Leah.
"After all who of us in our lives hasn't set fire to some great public building or other..."
Graham Chapman
This message was edited 5/26/2005, 2:06 AM
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I like both names, but I adore Natalia and would consider using it in the future.
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Also ...
If Dh doesn't want a 'foreign' name you could just spell it Sophia. However, Sofia is in very widespread English-speaking use now, and no longer seems foreign at all to me. Like Erika with the K.
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If Dh doesn't want a 'foreign' name you could just spell it Sophia. However, Sofia is in very widespread English-speaking use now, and no longer seems foreign at all to me. Like Erika with the K.
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"Heaven's not a place that you go when you die, it's that moment in life when you actually feel alive."
♥Elinor♥
(Proud "mother" to Dallán, Aubrianna)
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I prefer Natalia. Not a fan of Leah.
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love both but like Leah best :)
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definitely Leah. "Leah Alexandra" is lovely!
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I detest both, but Natalia would win out because of the possibility of the (very cute) nickname Tally. I like the name Lia, though, and the name Natasha.
I don't see why Sofia would seem so much more foreign than Sophia. They're pronunced the same way.
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I don't see why Sofia would seem so much more foreign than Sophia. They're pronunced the same way.
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I'm afraid I fail...
Cristina doesn't look foreign to me, either. It's common enough of a variation that it gets the "normal" stamp from me--and so does Sofia, heh.
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"What are these parents thinking?...Let's name her Madison--she'll live in her own world: 16 square miles surrounded by reality." -- Susan Lampert Smith
Cristina doesn't look foreign to me, either. It's common enough of a variation that it gets the "normal" stamp from me--and so does Sofia, heh.
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I love both...
...but if I had to choose, Leah would win out. I don't think it's boring at all-- perhaps a little simple, but there's not necessarily anything wrong with that. And it's really very sweet.
I love the combo Leah Alexandra. And, if you think you might never use Natalia in the future, Leah Natalia is nice as well. :)
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...but if I had to choose, Leah would win out. I don't think it's boring at all-- perhaps a little simple, but there's not necessarily anything wrong with that. And it's really very sweet.
I love the combo Leah Alexandra. And, if you think you might never use Natalia in the future, Leah Natalia is nice as well. :)
"I make Woody Allen look like Clint Eastwood." — John Rzeznik
!!!!!!!!!!!! Iris, Cordelia, Robin, Juliet, John, Milo, Dedrick, Kendall (m), Felix, Lars, Ciaran, Valentine.
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Well we are foreign lol, but DH would just like our kids to have an English first or middle name to balance it out. I haven't asked him about this combo yet, I'll have to wait and see what he thinks :)
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