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Re: Elegant

by Array (WeloveyouJesseLacey)

6/23/2005, 10:25 AM

I'd consider these names elegant:

Katharine / Katherine / Catherine -- nn Kathy, Kate, Katie, Kitty (my favourite), Kay, etc.
Margaret -- nn Daisy, Margie, Maggie, Marlo (my favourite), Greta, etc
Georgia -- nn Georgie
Maura
Rachel
Vanessa -- nn Nessa or Nessie?
Fidelia
Anne -- nn Nan, Annie, etc
Flavia
Violet -- nn Vi?
Christine -- nn Chrissy, Tina?
Laura
Laure
Alice
Alicia
Frances -- nn Frannie, Francie
Francesca
Noelle
Maude
Linnea -- nn Linny?

Any of those along the lines of what you're looking for?

Array

"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

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- guest (guest) +9

6/23/2005, 10:42 AM

I like Maura the best

Alicia
Flavia I don't like anything that can be taken as a spanish name

Catherine Margaret Alice are to me just not pretty names kind of common?

I don't know how to explain what I'm looking for
It's frustrating

thanks for your help
let me know if you think of any more

- KISSY

6/23/2005, 11:17 AM

My new neice's name is Mara Jane

♥ CHRISTIE ♥

- Array (WeloveyouJesseLacey) +6

6/23/2005, 10:48 AM

Why don't you want names that could be considered Spanish?

When I hear Flavia, by the by, I think of Britain. It doesn't sound Spanish to me--it just seems very European.

Array

"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

- Miranda (Randee15) +1

6/23/2005, 12:19 PM

I think of Rome when I hear Flavia.

Miranda
"Come... you must eat my child." — From an unknown badfic.

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- lala

6/23/2005, 12:52 PM

Ditto. But it's pretty

*Lala*
To Destiny

- guest (guest) +2

6/23/2005, 10:53 AM

I live in south west Texas
where the population is about 90% Hispanic
All of these are very Common in this area.

NMS not my heritage

- Bear (guest) +1

6/23/2005, 12:42 PM

Hmmm. I love Spanish names and find them very elegant, but I can see wanting something different. Do you like French names?

Adele, Gisele, Celeste, Sylvie, Sophie, Josephine, Eugenie (yoo-ZHAY-nee), Fleur, Pascale, Marie (Mimi), Amelie, Genevieve (Evie or Vivie), Lucie, Emilie, Marguerite, Margot, Pauline, Madeleine, Anais, Christine, Claire, Seraphine, Sandrine, Alexandrine, Valerie, Stephanie, Jacqueline, Simone, Leonie (LEE-uh-nee or LAY-uh-nee), Melisande, Charlotte, Natalie, Dominique, Marianne, Anne.

Others:

Alexandra, Imogen, Eleanora, Lenora, Cecily, Audrey, Frances, Jacintha, Cassandra, Callista, Caroline, Patricia,

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- Miss Claire

6/23/2005, 2:49 PM

In French, Eugenie is uh-zheh-nee and Leonie is leh-oh-nee :)

~~ Claire ~~

My ! are Alia, Eidel, Enola, Israel, Dudel, Yuri, Lina, Lorelei, Leilani, Owen, Julian, Glorinda, Mirinda
My ? are Hillel, Meshullam, Johnny, Ginny, Cordelia, Fiammetta, Yocheved
My ~ are Tehila, Tilda, Hailey, Gillian, Huldah
My / are Aglaia and July

- guest (guest)

6/23/2005, 10:51 AM

FLÁVIA
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Portuguese
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Portuguese feminine form of FLAVIUS

FLAVIA
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Spanish, Ancient Roman
Pronounced: FLAH-vyah (Italian, Spanish) [key]
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Feminine form of FLAVIUS

- guest (guest)

6/23/2005, 10:44 AM

lol Maura is a Spanish name too

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