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Re: French and Spanish celebrity BAs

by babybackribs (Lolth)

4/10/2013, 7:19 PM

in reply to a message by Sofia

Margaux is cool. I like all the siblings' names except for Amaury.

Fantine is pretty. Andreas is nice too.

Giulia is beautiful. Don't like Pablo or Enzo, though.

Capucine always reminds me of cappuccino.

Never heard Zaida in Spanish, but it actually works well there. I have a friend named Zaida who is from Egypt. Is Olaya Basque or Catalan or something? Luca is kinda boring.

Kai and Dylan look kinda weird in Spanish.

Carlos is nice, but it's very common.

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- overtheclouds +1

4/11/2013, 5:22 AM

Olaya is Asturian (see Olalla). David Villa is from Asturias.
Zaida is fairly common in Spain. According to the INE (Spanish Statistics Institute) there are 3452 Spanish women with that name. I don't know how or why it came to be used - maybe because it sounds like the more popular Zaira.

- lucia bombon

4/11/2013, 10:18 AM

The INE also gives statistics by decade; it appears that Zaida peaked in the 1980s.

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