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1) Another person who sees the Gnash bit! Simple does work with the surname, so maybe it will fit the kid...

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2) I honestly couldn't say if the lady in question saw the Jovana Jovanka link. Eastern style Joseph based names always make me think of Stalin, lamentably. Josipa looks pretty, but it could be pretty butchered, and I have a soft spot for Johanna. Milanka is really rather nice. I have this odd urge to suggest Milana and then say, hey, Milanka...nickname...dude? But that might just be my semi-generic-Slavophone urge to stick -ka on anything.

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3) Ania and Zosia. Hania/Ania won't work and they're getting set on Zosia, but Ania is so growing on me. The whole AH-nee-yah pr whatever... eh... pronunciation is pretty unorthodox, I think, but it tends to blur anyway, and is really rather pretty. I think it's better than Hania, non?

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4) Beatrice. I love and adore Beatrice. End of. :D

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5) Clélie... seriously? I would never have guessed! Is there a link? I just found it so obscure... and Ira is listed as a Russian nickname for Irina, which I have never heard...ever...hmmm....