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[krazyhippie.livejournal.com]

I love the name Mabyn, but no one else I know seems to like it, including my partner. He says it sounds too much like Mabel. I admit I thought it was sort of strange the first time I heard it, but for some reason it really grew on me. What do you think of it?

(It's Welsh for "ever young" btw)

Also...I love the German name Mareike (Muh-RYE-kuh), but I've googled and am having trouble finding a meaning for it. The closest I've found said it was a pet name for Maria/Mary/etc but that's all I've found. Anyone else know, or know where I could find out? It was the name of a pen pal of mine when I was in middle school (over 10 years ago) but I've loved it ever since, and have a lot of German in me so it wouldn't be TOO stupid to use it.

Also...can you get any cute nicknames out of it? I can't think of any. Not necessarily one she'd use enough to write down, but just a name you'd call her around the house. Like my parents always called me Rach, but it wasn't an official nickname like Susie or Katie or something that I would use for anything, just a pet name.

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[ilovehounds.livejournal.com]

i went to school with a girl named Marieke (who was german). i'll be having my high school reunion in two weeks and if you don't have an answer by then, i'll ask her for the meaning.

[ilovehounds.livejournal.com]

oh, and about half our classmates just called her "mikey" for simplicity purposes. she never seemed to mind.

[krazyhippie.livejournal.com]

That'd be awesome, thanks!!