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HelpRe: Hania, Jovanka and Nash
in reply to a message by Sabina
1) I don't like Nash, but I don't think it's TOO "gnash" / macho. If I just randomly heard it, I might think it was 'gnash', but if I knew it was a name I'd think it was Nash. It's not my favorite, but I think it's better than names like Cash and Stryker. I like Ash, by the way.
2) Wow, I never notices the "you ---" thing before. :o But actually, I still like Jovanka better. I'm not sure about which pronunciation of hers, if any, would be authentic, but in my mind they're all better than Josephine. I'm not a Josephine fan at all for some reason... although I like Josefina. Iovanka seems like it's mock-Greek almost, like Iason / Jason and Iocasta / Jocasta.
3) I like all of the options. My favorite is Ania / Anya (I like Ania a little better, prn. AH-nee-a. If they want AHN-ya, then Anya is a better choice.) I also like Hania, but I'd definitely want to use HAH-nee-a. If they don't want to mes with the original pronunciation, I'd pick a different name. And I like Zosia. I'd want to say ZOH-see-uh though, not ZO-sha...
4) Yay, Shakespeare! Boo, Romeo & Juliet. Not a good thing to name twins!! See if you can get her to use them as middle names. Emilia Juliet and Tybalt Romeo? Hermione Juliet and Claudius Romeo? Beatrice Juliet and Lysander Romeo? Helena Juliet and Sebastian Romeo? Viola Juliet and Antony Romeo? Hero Juliet and Edmond Romeo? Cordelia Juliet and Seyton Romeo?
5) Is Irinushka a diminutive of Irina? Ira is alright, but I'm used to it on a boy. Medea is just plain awesome :P Clélie is alright/interesting.
2) Wow, I never notices the "you ---" thing before. :o But actually, I still like Jovanka better. I'm not sure about which pronunciation of hers, if any, would be authentic, but in my mind they're all better than Josephine. I'm not a Josephine fan at all for some reason... although I like Josefina. Iovanka seems like it's mock-Greek almost, like Iason / Jason and Iocasta / Jocasta.
3) I like all of the options. My favorite is Ania / Anya (I like Ania a little better, prn. AH-nee-a. If they want AHN-ya, then Anya is a better choice.) I also like Hania, but I'd definitely want to use HAH-nee-a. If they don't want to mes with the original pronunciation, I'd pick a different name. And I like Zosia. I'd want to say ZOH-see-uh though, not ZO-sha...
4) Yay, Shakespeare! Boo, Romeo & Juliet. Not a good thing to name twins!! See if you can get her to use them as middle names. Emilia Juliet and Tybalt Romeo? Hermione Juliet and Claudius Romeo? Beatrice Juliet and Lysander Romeo? Helena Juliet and Sebastian Romeo? Viola Juliet and Antony Romeo? Hero Juliet and Edmond Romeo? Cordelia Juliet and Seyton Romeo?
5) Is Irinushka a diminutive of Irina? Ira is alright, but I'm used to it on a boy. Medea is just plain awesome :P Clélie is alright/interesting.
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Ooopps... and Irinushka, as I'm used to, is a diminutive of Irina... only it's a bit 'adult-to-sweet-kid', cutesy and familiar and squishy. If's a bit like calling... hmmm... an adult Melissa Melly if applied to an adult. Adult Irinas can be called Irinushka, but it's pretty super-familiar and emotional. I've encountered plenty of child Irinas who have been casually called Irinushka by family and friends alike, though, cos they're ickle kiddies. It's like a double diminutive thing, the -ush, and the -ka are probably like the difference between calling someone called Melissa, Mel or Melly or even an Isabella, Bella or Belly. You could go 'Oi, Belly' and 'Hi, Bella, can you print this spreadsheet for me?' but... eh, you know what I mean. Rant out!
Medea is just... interesting on an innocent, wide-eyed kid, though, isn't it xD I've always thought it pretty, but a little vampy.
Clélie is... so interesting. Yes!
Medea is just... interesting on an innocent, wide-eyed kid, though, isn't it xD I've always thought it pretty, but a little vampy.
Clélie is... so interesting. Yes!
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1) I do love Ash :3 Nash is definitely better than Cash, Stryker and their ilk, but I'm glad I'm not the only one to think that Nash sounds like 'gnash'!
2) I've only ever heard 'y' beginnings for Jovanka, so who knows where hers come from... but Josefina, ignoring the slightly Soviet unfortunate feel, is definitely prettier than any pronunciation.
3)Ania (AH-nee-ah) is pretty. I understand Zosia to be, a la Behindthename, more ZAW-sha, which means Hania and Zosia would look similar but actually be HAHN-yah and ZAW-shya (which is way prettier when said, and not quite the same)... hmmm... not my place to say, of cause. Ania and Hania wouldn't work, but Ania and Zosia is pretty, in my view
4) Beatrice and Lysander are on the suggestion list. If they reject them, I'm nabbing them. :3
2) I've only ever heard 'y' beginnings for Jovanka, so who knows where hers come from... but Josefina, ignoring the slightly Soviet unfortunate feel, is definitely prettier than any pronunciation.
3)Ania (AH-nee-ah) is pretty. I understand Zosia to be, a la Behindthename, more ZAW-sha, which means Hania and Zosia would look similar but actually be HAHN-yah and ZAW-shya (which is way prettier when said, and not quite the same)... hmmm... not my place to say, of cause. Ania and Hania wouldn't work, but Ania and Zosia is pretty, in my view
4) Beatrice and Lysander are on the suggestion list. If they reject them, I'm nabbing them. :3
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