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in reply to a message by Sofia
'ica' names seemed to be the 'it' thing in that generation, is that still the trend over there? I like / love*:
Ana *
Barbara - it's not that bad after you repeat it a few times and get over how dated it is
Ljubica
Zora* - liking it better than Aurora
Miloš
Nikola* - glad to see it on a male
Ana *
Barbara - it's not that bad after you repeat it a few times and get over how dated it is
Ljubica
Zora* - liking it better than Aurora
Miloš
Nikola* - glad to see it on a male
This message was edited 3/7/2011, 4:35 PM
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No, -ica names are dated as full names (they were rare in my generation and are practically extinct now). But since it's the diminutive form they're common for nicknames and pet names for children (and since it's a grammatical category every name can have an -ica form created).
Nikola is exclusively male here, St. Nikola (Nicholas) is a very prominent saint here (he's the patron saint of sailors and since we're a maritime country it's important, and of course here children get gifts on his name day (December 6th) and not on Christmas).
Nikola is exclusively male here, St. Nikola (Nicholas) is a very prominent saint here (he's the patron saint of sailors and since we're a maritime country it's important, and of course here children get gifts on his name day (December 6th) and not on Christmas).
This message was edited 3/7/2011, 5:28 PM
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