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New babies, a baby to be and some twin sightings
New babies:
SWITZERLAND:
Benedikt Peter - 3 sisters, names I don't know but will try and find out (my friend is their au pair)
Elaurio - boy. cousin to Naima, Line & Anissa.
Eytan / Eitan - not sure of the spelling of this one, but father said its the Italian form of Ethan and thats what it sounds like. Anyone know? Mum is Italian, Dad is French.AUSTRALIA:
Calvin - brother Kade
Archie Alexander - cousin to Ella & Olivia. Other names considered were Boston and Xavier.
Emma JadeBaby to be:
Finley Drew, due in June. Australian parents living in Scotland. Drew is dad's middle name. If he'd been a girl, he would have been Madeline or Matilda.Twin sightings:
Zoe & Clara - identical twin girls who were on the plane to Scotland with me.
Mary Love & Sara Beth - Mary Love is an au pair here in Switzerland with me, she and her sister are American and are ALWAYS called by both of their names.
Lea & Julia - met them back in Australia, but they are German and live in Germany. Julia is prn. with a Y rather then a hard J sound- Yu-lia. WDYT?

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Benedikt Peter is lovely. I'm quite fond of Archie too.
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I love Benedikt Peter and Calvin. Elaurio is cool, I'm starting to like it.
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I presume Eitan to be spelled with the i, since technically the Italian alphabet has no y.
I like:
Archie
Matilda
Xavier
Alexander
Julia

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According to this site...Eitan/ Eytan is Hebrew and Ethan is the Anglicized version. But still, the most likely spelling in Italian would be Eitan. My husband is Italian and doesn't think this is a name that is considered exclusively Italian, although he is from Southern Italy so usage could be more common in the north?

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I've never heard Eitan used in any part of Italy. I don't think people in Italy even use Eitan.

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Yes, we didn't think so either. But considering the differences between the regions we weren't entirely sure. In the original post it was said the father said it was 'the Italian form', and that's what I was responding to mostly.
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