Message: "October BAs" - Behind the Name

October BAs

by Sofia

11/2/2009, 4:59 PM

A few recent BAs from my local newspapers (Croatia). Parents' names are in brackets.

GIRLS:

Agata (Stipe and Mara)
Ana Marija (Ivica and Ruza)
Antonija (Ante and Marina)
Anja (Marijan and Dragica)
Gabrijela (Vlado and Jasna)
Helena (Tomislav and Ksenija)
Ilijana (Ilija and Anica)
Ivana (Zoran and Suzana)
Ivanka (Jozo and Jela)
Klara (Mario and Bozena)
Lara (Zeljko and Snjezana)
Laura (Goran and Ivana)
Lea (Velimir and Tatjana)
Leonarda (Marko and Domka)
Lucija (Ivan and Andelka)
Nina (Igor and Maja)
Robertina (Jakob and Nada)
Tea (Franjo and Ljubica)
Valentina (Drago and Jelena)
Valentina (Srecko and Kata)

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- hhhhhmmmmm (enchy)

11/3/2009, 4:12 AM

I like:
GIRLS:

Agata
Ilijana but I prefer Iliana or Ileana
Ivana
Lara
Lea (Tatjana)
Leonarda (Marko)
Tea
(Drago)
(Kata)

- Bear +1

11/2/2009, 5:37 PM

A gorgeous list. My favorites are Agata, Antonija, Robertina (!) and Valentina. It must be nice to live somewhere you don't have to fear reading the BA's. I hold my breath when I read most of these. But this one is definitely a pleasure to read.

I was going to put this in its own thread. But a friend gave birth over the weekend and it seemed to fit in here nicely. Hadassah Josephine's little brother Malakai Jericho was born on October 31st, weighing 8 lbs 9 oz. I would have prefered the spelling Malachi, but it's still a nice name to me.

[Thanks and sorry if I've offended you by interrupting your thread.]

This message was edited 11/2/2009, 5:40 PM

- Sofia

11/2/2009, 8:03 PM

Of course not!

I love Josephine and Malakai Jericho (Jericho is a GP of mine and it's great to see it used)! I actually prefer Malakai spelling since it's more phonetic.

And yeah, living in a country where there are no unisex names or creative spelling certainly has it's advantages:-)

- New_Chloe +2

11/2/2009, 5:10 PM

Robertina is great! And love Leonarda.

- Sofia +1

11/2/2009, 5:17 PM

This is the first Robertina I've seen in Croatia and I quite like it. Better than Roberta, imo.
And again: I can't believe Leonarda isn't in the database!

- New_Chloe

11/2/2009, 5:31 PM

no kidding!

I can't believe that either!

- Chrysanthemum (hayleyskye)

11/2/2009, 5:02 PM

I like:

Laura
Jakob (spelt Jacob)

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