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HelpRe: Delphine and Amandine
in reply to a message by Lily8
I love Delphine with the nn Delphi. If you called her Delphi most of the time, the delfin thing might not be much of a problem. I like Amandine. I would pronounce it a-MAN-deen, but I'm not sure how others would.
Delfine is way too close to Delfin to me, and I feel like German speakers would more likely want to say del-FEEN-uh if they saw this spelling, but they would just accept Delphine as a French name and know not to pronounce the "e" at the end.
I actually slightly prefer Amanda over Amandine, just because of variations in pronunciation with Amandine. And I think Amanda still has some class to it. It's much less dated than names like Stephanie, Danielle, and Chelsea, in my mind. Though it's been having a spike of popularity, it has been regularly used in America for a while and still has some class. It's like Rebecca to me. It's just classic enough, that although the name seems slightly dated at the moment from a recent spike of popularity, it may turn out to be redeemable soon. Both names have just fallen out of the top one hundred. I'm personally hoping one day I'll be able to comfortably use Rebecca/Rebekah.
Delfine is way too close to Delfin to me, and I feel like German speakers would more likely want to say del-FEEN-uh if they saw this spelling, but they would just accept Delphine as a French name and know not to pronounce the "e" at the end.
I actually slightly prefer Amanda over Amandine, just because of variations in pronunciation with Amandine. And I think Amanda still has some class to it. It's much less dated than names like Stephanie, Danielle, and Chelsea, in my mind. Though it's been having a spike of popularity, it has been regularly used in America for a while and still has some class. It's like Rebecca to me. It's just classic enough, that although the name seems slightly dated at the moment from a recent spike of popularity, it may turn out to be redeemable soon. Both names have just fallen out of the top one hundred. I'm personally hoping one day I'll be able to comfortably use Rebecca/Rebekah.
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