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HelpIppolita and Anastasia
These 2 girls' names have been on my mind recently. They have some of the characteristics I like for female names (long, elaborate, slightly eccentric yet traditional at the same time).
Is Ippolita useable? It's pronounced I-PPO-lee-ta (I think it's here as a user-submitted name).
I used to really dislike Anastasia, in spite of its Russian use for some reason it gave me a "silly" vibe (possibly because it's the name of one of the stepsisters in Disney's Cinderella), but it's been growing on me recently. Out of curiosity, how'd you pronounce it in English? In Italian it's Ana-STA-see-uh and I believe in Russian it's Ana-sta-SEE-uh, sometimes in English however I've heard it as Ana-STA-juh.
Is Ippolita useable? It's pronounced I-PPO-lee-ta (I think it's here as a user-submitted name).
I used to really dislike Anastasia, in spite of its Russian use for some reason it gave me a "silly" vibe (possibly because it's the name of one of the stepsisters in Disney's Cinderella), but it's been growing on me recently. Out of curiosity, how'd you pronounce it in English? In Italian it's Ana-STA-see-uh and I believe in Russian it's Ana-sta-SEE-uh, sometimes in English however I've heard it as Ana-STA-juh.
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I hope I'm not being too harsh, but Anastasia is one of the names I can't stand. I've given like million times these statistics, but to me they're shocking, so I'll do it again: from year 1997 to the year 1997 the top 1 female name in Russia has been Anastasiya - and...
"Moscow - in the year 2005 7.8% (!) of the new born girls were named Anastasiya"
http://www.goldenbaby.moy.su/news/2006-11-27-7
http://www.pisali.ru/yohoho/1322/
Honestly - 7.8%! And people are talking about Emily being popular. I know - different cultures and blah blah, but 7.8% is simply too much.
I don't even live in Russia, but I know 8 Anastasias (at least!) personally, and I'm not going to count all the little Nastyas that I've seen in schools, libraries. Honestly, Anastasias are everywhere!. So, I'm completely sick of this name - I also don't like the glamurous Anastasia Romanova-connection: the fuss around Romanovs drives me crazy! Nikolai II was a member of The Black Hundrets (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Hundreds), and his family shared his views. I'm not going to mention the ill-fated Japanese-Russian war and Bloody Sunday...
Uhh... Reasons enough why I don't like Anastasia? :D I have some more, if needed (Anastasia Volochkova, Nastasya Filippovna...). It has a pretty meaning, though, but Anastas would be much more original, IMHO.
And Ippolyta - Honestly, it makes me think of Ippolit Matveevich Vorobyanov (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twelve_Chairs) - not the nicest possible character.
"Moscow - in the year 2005 7.8% (!) of the new born girls were named Anastasiya"
http://www.goldenbaby.moy.su/news/2006-11-27-7
http://www.pisali.ru/yohoho/1322/
Honestly - 7.8%! And people are talking about Emily being popular. I know - different cultures and blah blah, but 7.8% is simply too much.
I don't even live in Russia, but I know 8 Anastasias (at least!) personally, and I'm not going to count all the little Nastyas that I've seen in schools, libraries. Honestly, Anastasias are everywhere!. So, I'm completely sick of this name - I also don't like the glamurous Anastasia Romanova-connection: the fuss around Romanovs drives me crazy! Nikolai II was a member of The Black Hundrets (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Hundreds), and his family shared his views. I'm not going to mention the ill-fated Japanese-Russian war and Bloody Sunday...
Uhh... Reasons enough why I don't like Anastasia? :D I have some more, if needed (Anastasia Volochkova, Nastasya Filippovna...). It has a pretty meaning, though, but Anastas would be much more original, IMHO.
And Ippolyta - Honestly, it makes me think of Ippolit Matveevich Vorobyanov (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twelve_Chairs) - not the nicest possible character.
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I think Ippolita is usable. It sounds lovely in Italian. :-)
I knew a really strange girl named Anastasia growing up so I used to hate the name. I think it is gorgeous now and a name I had considered using it for quite some time. I prefer any of the other pronunciations over the English one, yet I have to still say an-ah-STAY-zha in English.
I knew a really strange girl named Anastasia growing up so I used to hate the name. I think it is gorgeous now and a name I had considered using it for quite some time. I prefer any of the other pronunciations over the English one, yet I have to still say an-ah-STAY-zha in English.
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I like Anastasia but Ippolita reminds me of hippo!
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Hadn't thought of that, lol
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