http://x-cherrydarling.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] x-cherrydarling.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] babynames2007-06-29 10:15 am
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WDYT of the name Severine (for a girl)? Pronounced Sev-reen.

I'd never heard of it before until I was browsing a tennis website and saw a French tennis player with that name.

I think it's rather cute.
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[identity profile] miss-tee.livejournal.com 2007-06-29 04:22 pm (UTC)(link)
I have a German cousin with a son by that name (spelled Severin but pronounced Sev-er-een).

[identity profile] th3-unicorn.livejournal.com 2007-06-29 04:37 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't like it because the italian version Severina is typical of the elderly (like great-grannies) and comes from the adjective "severo/severa" which in italian means "strict".

[identity profile] belles-saisons.livejournal.com 2007-06-29 07:02 pm (UTC)(link)
I like it. It's different. Do you know if it's orignally a french name? I'm trying to name my half-french baby girl.

[identity profile] x-cherrydarling.livejournal.com 2007-06-30 11:18 am (UTC)(link)
According to this site: http://www.babynamesworld.com/meaning_of_S%E9verine.html , Severine is French and Latin and comes from an Italian name.

[identity profile] belles-saisons.livejournal.com 2007-07-01 02:17 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks for the link. My hubby and I were actually starting to fall for that name since I read it after you mentioned it. I'm just turned off by the meaning! I'll have to keep searching!

[identity profile] lava-cake.livejournal.com 2007-06-29 10:14 pm (UTC)(link)
OH that is now my new favorite name. I like Sev-er-een, though.
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