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HelpRe: Nadezhda
in reply to a message by Claire H
Nadezhda is a super lovely name with a lovely choice of nickname: Nadya/Nadia. As for pronunciation, it's pronounced more like "nah-DYEZH-da", but the "nah-DEZH-da" pronunciation would suffice amongst English speakers.
It might lead to pronuncation problems, but like I've said to others worried about pronunciation, I don't think it's any different than someone naming their child something like Nevaeh or Katlynn that has varied pronunciations. Besides, once you tell people once how it's pronounced, it'll likely stick with them. But possible pronunciation issues shouldn't keep you from using such a lovely name. :) It's different, uncommon and not likely to become another Emma or Madison in popularity.
As for using it on a non-Russian, I don't think that would be a problem. I know several Tatianas are are anything but Russian.
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It might lead to pronuncation problems, but like I've said to others worried about pronunciation, I don't think it's any different than someone naming their child something like Nevaeh or Katlynn that has varied pronunciations. Besides, once you tell people once how it's pronounced, it'll likely stick with them. But possible pronunciation issues shouldn't keep you from using such a lovely name. :) It's different, uncommon and not likely to become another Emma or Madison in popularity.
As for using it on a non-Russian, I don't think that would be a problem. I know several Tatianas are are anything but Russian.
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This message was edited 12/21/2005, 1:34 PM
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