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HelpDavida or Davina
I've been thinking of these two names for a while. They're not favorites by a long shot, but I do like the sound of them. I think they're classy. My question is - which do you perfer, and also, how would you pronunce them?
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Out of the two name Davida. However I also like the name Davinia.
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Neither, really :-( I dislike Davida because I don't generally like male names with an "a" or "ina" crudely shoved on at the end. In a lot of cases it works (e.g. Carla, Aviva), but I'd say Davida, Jamesina etc. are perfect examples of the system not working - they just look contrived to me.
I've never seen the attraction in Davina, either ... It also reminds me of Davina McCall, and I find her very irritating.
I've never seen the attraction in Davina, either ... It also reminds me of Davina McCall, and I find her very irritating.
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I'm not sure which I prefer.
Davida, pros: more unusual/distinctive looking & sounding (as Miranda noted), seems brighter and more upbeat to me. Cons: looks like David with an A tacked onto it. The name David jumps out of it when it's written.
Davina, pros: more conventional sounding, looks more like an originally femme name. More serious looking. Cons: needs a kre8iv mind to derive it from David or from nowhere, and shows it. The -ina is typical and boring and brings the name down, to me.
Guess I'd prefer Davida, but I wouldn't want to be named something that was such a synthetic feminization of a male name, myself.
Anyway, I think both are nice, and a bit different, in a good way.
- chazda
Davida, pros: more unusual/distinctive looking & sounding (as Miranda noted), seems brighter and more upbeat to me. Cons: looks like David with an A tacked onto it. The name David jumps out of it when it's written.
Davina, pros: more conventional sounding, looks more like an originally femme name. More serious looking. Cons: needs a kre8iv mind to derive it from David or from nowhere, and shows it. The -ina is typical and boring and brings the name down, to me.
Guess I'd prefer Davida, but I wouldn't want to be named something that was such a synthetic feminization of a male name, myself.
Anyway, I think both are nice, and a bit different, in a good way.
- chazda
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Davida . . .
This was a favourite of mine for ages - not for a child's name, but for my name/my character's name in a lot of my "imaginings" from ages 10-14. I like Dovie as a nn for it, too. I used to like Duffy as a nn but now that's just cringeworthy!
Davina is also nice, and I used to have a nice friend with that name, but I'm not quite as fond of it as I am of Davida.
:-)
This was a favourite of mine for ages - not for a child's name, but for my name/my character's name in a lot of my "imaginings" from ages 10-14. I like Dovie as a nn for it, too. I used to like Duffy as a nn but now that's just cringeworthy!
Davina is also nice, and I used to have a nice friend with that name, but I'm not quite as fond of it as I am of Davida.
:-)
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Davina!
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davina i like better to me it looks like its pronounced da-vee-na
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Of the two, I like Davina. And i say it da-VEE-na.
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Davida!
Because it's more directly obvious that it comes from David. Davina could be construed as coming from David if you think through that there are no other male Dav- names (except for Davin, which is a form of Devin / Devon, but that's very uncommon), but with Davida you don't have to do that.
And Davida sounds more unusual than Davina too imo.
Miranda
EDIT: Wording
Because it's more directly obvious that it comes from David. Davina could be construed as coming from David if you think through that there are no other male Dav- names (except for Davin, which is a form of Devin / Devon, but that's very uncommon), but with Davida you don't have to do that.
And Davida sounds more unusual than Davina too imo.
Miranda
EDIT: Wording
This message was edited 10/14/2004, 12:43 PM
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I'd say da-VEE-na and da-VEE-da. I prefer Davina though I don't care much for either of them.
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Davina all the way!
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