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[mrsduryee.livejournal.com]

My Great Grandma Parthena (Gramma Valya) married Michel (pronounce Michele). They had three sons named Tanas (pronounced Tuh-nahsh), Yura (my grandpa) and Nikola (Colya).

*Edit* Parthena is Greek, Michel is Russian, and they raised their children in Turkey, so the names may have Turkish influence. Nikola is definitely Russian.

What are the ethnic backgrounds of some of the names in your families?

Your Opposite Sex Name

[tinylittlestars.livejournal.com]

I hope this is an ok post, cos it isn't a rename me.

I'm just curious - what is your full name, how old are you (since names a lot of the time depend on the era you were born), and what would you have been if you were born the opposite sex (if you know).

I'm Cyndi Frances Stewart, and I'm 21.

If I was a boy, apparently my parents were going to name me Garfield and I would have gotten my Dad's middle name (I got my mum's middle name as a girl).

So if I was a boy, I would have been Garfield Andrew Stewart (weirdo 80's parents).

Making it up

[lostrocket.livejournal.com]

I was wondering how people feel about tailored and made-up names. I know there is a lot of dislike for "kreatyv" spellings, and at least a moderate amount of disdain for apparently made-up names.

I mostly agree with this, but I've started feeling kind of bad because a lot of names that are now perceived as traditional began as made-up (well, I suppose all names were made-up once upon a time when dinosaurs roamed the earth, but most names currently in circulation have a long linguistic history).

I don't mind creative names and spellings on principle. My issue is when people bastardize language in order to differentiate a name. Language has rules and systems, and if you want to come up with something new I think you should operate within those constraints. Language also has history, and it would also be nice to think about the etymology of your creation (but I would definitely settle just for people realizing that you can't swap/add/subtract/rearrange letters indiscriminately).

For people who dislike "kreatyv" and made-up names, is it an across-the-board feeling? Are there ways to categorize how you feel about different tailorings?

I also sometimes have issues with names that have been borrowed from other languages, and kind of jury-rigged to fit with English, but I can't even go into that without this trailing on forever.

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[anapology.livejournal.com]

What's the feeling on Mia? How is it pronouced?
Me-uh or my-uh? I've always pronounced my-uh as Maya and me-uh Mia, but i dont know if that's just me...

I’m 19 and I just like names.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_x_blackroses_x/]

( These are long lists of some of my all-time favorites: )

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[p-inkjeans.livejournal.com]

I was curious earlier when someone asked about family names and I wanted to see if there were any repeats in our family, so I figured I'd share the list.

( Family Names )

pronunciations?

[georgey629.livejournal.com]

I discovered two girl names that I think are lovely, but I'm not quite sure if I know how to pronounce them.

Ishana (Hindu)
Ismaela (Hebrew)

Any ideas?

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[cj-ized.livejournal.com]

Aliza Bethany
Amira Eve
Avigail Eden
Eliana Chloe
Eliora Chloe
Leah Bethany
Liat Eve
Maya Eden
Reina Rebecca
Shoshana Eve

Big sister is Jordana (Yhor-dau-na) Mary. :)