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Re: Ukrainian name spelling
by Rainya
3/22/2025, 10:13 AM
in reply to a message by Anya Mel’nik or Mel’nyk
Davyd, Khrystyna, Larysa, and Martyn would probably seem like kre8tyv spellings since Americans use Ys to make names look more "unique." Possibly Klyment too. The rest look more ethnic.

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- Manipura (glaucous)
3/22/2025, 4:56 PM
Klyment would just seem Eastern European to me because that's already how Kliment or Klement would seem (vs Clement).Kh plus y as a middle letter seems Slavic (or maybe Arabic) to me, but I can imagine people looking at it and thinking 'why such a weird spelling of Kristina / Christina' especially if it was next to an English surname.

This message was edited 3/22/2025, 6:29 PM