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in reply to a message by Amphelise
I love Allira and would consider using it. I also love Jarrah for a boy and would consider it if compromising with a partner came down to it!
I have known a number of people named Nerida/Neridah and Tahnee or Tarnee, and a couple of those associations turn me off a little personally although I like the names objectively.
One name I love from the Gadigal language is Merindah. A close friend of mine, who is Wiradjuri and her husband's mother is from the Gadigal people, named her daughter Merindah a few years ago. I grew up not far from a street named 'Merindah' for awhile and so it has a nice feeling of comfort and good memories for me too.
ETA: Kirrily/Kirralee is probably the most quintessential Aussie name I can think of in roughly my generation (+/- 10 years from 1989). I have weirdly met most Kirrily's (and their spelling varieties) overseas but I think that is a selection bias, as in I hear someone say the name Kirrily in a bar in the Czech Republic or the Bahamas and I *know* they are Aussie and make a beeline haha. I did go to school, among my schools, with a couple of them too though.
I have known a number of people named Nerida/Neridah and Tahnee or Tarnee, and a couple of those associations turn me off a little personally although I like the names objectively.
One name I love from the Gadigal language is Merindah. A close friend of mine, who is Wiradjuri and her husband's mother is from the Gadigal people, named her daughter Merindah a few years ago. I grew up not far from a street named 'Merindah' for awhile and so it has a nice feeling of comfort and good memories for me too.
ETA: Kirrily/Kirralee is probably the most quintessential Aussie name I can think of in roughly my generation (+/- 10 years from 1989). I have weirdly met most Kirrily's (and their spelling varieties) overseas but I think that is a selection bias, as in I hear someone say the name Kirrily in a bar in the Czech Republic or the Bahamas and I *know* they are Aussie and make a beeline haha. I did go to school, among my schools, with a couple of them too though.
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