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HelpRe: Some Romanian names :) Please comment :)
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yessssssssss
Ilinca- looove. reminds me of the Hungarian Ilonka, but better. maybe a little cutesy, though.
Elena- kind of bland to me, but nothing major wrong with it. classic.
Crina- adorable, but has an edge to it that i love.
Ioana - doesn't stand out so much to me, besides for the pretty spelling imo.
Sorina - lovely, though i'd already consider using Sorin, so it's out.
Carmen- perfect balance of soft and strong.
Maria - same as Elena.
Viorica - i used to really love it, before hearing how my aunt Ibolya had to go by this in order for Ceausescu to overlook our family's record of leaving the country and allow her into college. she said she doesn't like this name.
i'd choose Ilinca for sure. it's already similar to one of my favorites, Ileana. some other ones i love:
Cosmina
Loredana
Luminita
Raluca
Ramona
Ruxandra
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https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/180731/115070 my pnl
Ilinca- looove. reminds me of the Hungarian Ilonka, but better. maybe a little cutesy, though.
Elena- kind of bland to me, but nothing major wrong with it. classic.
Crina- adorable, but has an edge to it that i love.
Ioana - doesn't stand out so much to me, besides for the pretty spelling imo.
Sorina - lovely, though i'd already consider using Sorin, so it's out.
Carmen- perfect balance of soft and strong.
Maria - same as Elena.
Viorica - i used to really love it, before hearing how my aunt Ibolya had to go by this in order for Ceausescu to overlook our family's record of leaving the country and allow her into college. she said she doesn't like this name.
i'd choose Ilinca for sure. it's already similar to one of my favorites, Ileana. some other ones i love:
Cosmina
Loredana
Luminita
Raluca
Ramona
Ruxandra
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https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/180731/115070 my pnl
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Thanks :) Sad that your aunt had to change her name. I didn't know that he did stuff like that as well. He kind of ruined the name Nicolae for me even though it's still common in Romania and I know several other ones. I love Ruxandra and Luminita.
Do you know where Ilinca comes from? On this site it says Elena but on many Romanian sites it say Ilie.
Do you know where Ilinca comes from? On this site it says Elena but on many Romanian sites it say Ilie.
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she luckily didn't have to fully change it- i believe she just applied to/went through college with that name, to get around the background check. background checks and legal documentation was not so thorough back then. still awful that she had to at all, of course.
also this site seems to be the most well researched of all name sites. so i'd bet that Ilinca comes from Elena, especially since Ilonka is from Ilona (which is generally accepted to be a form of Helena, and so connected to Elena).
also this site seems to be the most well researched of all name sites. so i'd bet that Ilinca comes from Elena, especially since Ilonka is from Ilona (which is generally accepted to be a form of Helena, and so connected to Elena).
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Every time someone has a Ceausescu story, they get crazier and crazier.
I think your aunt has a perfectly legitimate reason for not liking the name.
I think your aunt has a perfectly legitimate reason for not liking the name.
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the logic was that the state shouldn't bother to give a college education to someone who might escape to America like her family members did. ironically, my mom mainly left to begin with because she couldn't go to a Romanian college for that exact reason. she didn't think to apply under a different name like my aunt did.
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