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So, my cousin Irene in Greece has just given birth to a baby girl named Nefeli Paraskeve. WDYT? She joins siblings Anastasia Maria, Sophia Alcmene, and Panayiotis Eleftherios.
I like it. Since she already honored her mother and mother in law with Maria and Sophia, she and her husband were free to choose any names they liked. Nefeli is a rare name I've never heard before, but my cousin likes rarer names (Alcmene and Eleftherios, anyone?). Paraskeve is my mother's name but this baby is named after the fact that she was born on a Friday, not my mom.
Pronunciations:
nef-eh-lee
para-skeh-vee
pana-yo-tees
elef-ther-yos
alk-mee-nee
I like it. Since she already honored her mother and mother in law with Maria and Sophia, she and her husband were free to choose any names they liked. Nefeli is a rare name I've never heard before, but my cousin likes rarer names (Alcmene and Eleftherios, anyone?). Paraskeve is my mother's name but this baby is named after the fact that she was born on a Friday, not my mom.
Pronunciations:
nef-eh-lee
para-skeh-vee
pana-yo-tees
elef-ther-yos
alk-mee-nee
This message was edited 11/8/2014, 8:03 AM
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As as Greek (or American-Greek, whatever), I'm so excited to see Greek names talked about on this board. All of your cousin's kids are amazing. I had never heard the name Nefeli before, but I think it is a stunner. I have a cousin named Paraskeve (but they changed the spelling) and I like her name, even though it is too hard for Americans. I also like how your cousin used family names as well. Your cousin chose well.
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I think I would like it better as Nefeli Paraskeva. I don't have a 1:1 connection with most Greek names, as I have no ancestry of that background and don't know many Greek people or people of Greek ancestry that use traditional Greek names, particularly not of the more rare variety.
Anastasia Maria really isn't my thing, but good enough. Something feels off about Sophia Alcmene. I think its because the names sort of flow into one another, like one word Sophialcmene. Again, I can't really say much about Panayiotis Eleftherios because of my lack of interaction with it. I *think* I like the sound of Eleftherios.
Anastasia Maria really isn't my thing, but good enough. Something feels off about Sophia Alcmene. I think its because the names sort of flow into one another, like one word Sophialcmene. Again, I can't really say much about Panayiotis Eleftherios because of my lack of interaction with it. I *think* I like the sound of Eleftherios.
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