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in reply to a message by overtheclouds
I love Valentina! It's beautiful and romantic and one of the strongest names I can think of. For me it's almost a perfect name except it's kind of long and would probably get shortened, and I don't like Val or Tina.
Valeria is pretty and airy but next to Valentina it just feels washed out. Valentina is blood red and Valeria is a kind of faded pink. In Russian Valeria has the beautiful diminutive Lera, which I like loads better than the full name.
It doesn't make me think of malaria so much, but I can see it. I don't know any Valerias so my only association is like, Valeria Messalina. Oh, and Valentina and Valeria both remind me of the word valour. I think I prefer Valerie to Valeria, it avoids the malaria association and is more dark and subdued.
To be honest I think Carthage sounds a bit silly as a first name. It just doesn't have that quality to it, it's so strongly identified as a place name. I don't find it attractive anyway.
Valeria is pretty and airy but next to Valentina it just feels washed out. Valentina is blood red and Valeria is a kind of faded pink. In Russian Valeria has the beautiful diminutive Lera, which I like loads better than the full name.
It doesn't make me think of malaria so much, but I can see it. I don't know any Valerias so my only association is like, Valeria Messalina. Oh, and Valentina and Valeria both remind me of the word valour. I think I prefer Valerie to Valeria, it avoids the malaria association and is more dark and subdued.
To be honest I think Carthage sounds a bit silly as a first name. It just doesn't have that quality to it, it's so strongly identified as a place name. I don't find it attractive anyway.
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