Lia

[lorienellen.livejournal.com]

Is Lia a legitimate name for a girl? I'm usually against "creative" spellings but I don't like the way Leah looks.

What could Lia be a nickname for besides Amelia?

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[sparklymoon.livejournal.com]

This week, I was all gung-ho about how much I loved the names Luisa and Liesl and how would I ever choose.  (Honestly, I would probably never name my children either name, but I've been in a very strange naming mood all week.)  Suddenly, I hit on the solution...  merge the names together!  Luisl.  It took me 3 days to realize it sounded like I was saying weasel (or rather, l'weasel).

Also in the birth announcements today:  Will Grayson, brother of Jack and Karen.  I guess they were Will and Grace fans.

Other birth annoucement names:
Julia Renée (brother Adrian, parents Shari and Fred)
Nathan Pieter & Xander Max (parents Julie and Eugene)
Liam Noah (parents Lindsay and Aaron)
Sophie Rebecca (Shlomit Rivkah) (sister Hannah, parents Bonnie and Sandy)
Liat Sara (brother Nathaniel, parents Robin and David) (I looked it up because I'd never seen it before... Li'at means "you are mine" in Hebrew)
Gabriella Levana (sister to Benny and Daniella, parents Talya and Effie)
Cole Meyer (sister Ariella, parents Anika and Mark)
Emily Sarah (sister Samantha, parents Jennifer and Mark)
Kenzie Brooke (brother Nate, sister Lexi, parents Marly and Chris)
Jordan Paul (parents Stephenie and Robert)
Jacob Samuel (sister Lexie, parents Sean and Melanie)
Marissa (sister Melania, parents Tony and Natalie)

Welsh name pronunciations

[purplefog.livejournal.com]

When I post Birth Announcements, a lot of people ask about the pronunciation of various Welsh names. I had a bit of a scout around and wondered if this website would be helpful at all? You can hear audio clips of the names being said.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/livinginwales/sites/howdoisay/names/

However, I'm not sure if the BBC website is region-blocked. I know video parts of the site are accessible to UK users only :/

Birth Announcements

[lilacmermaid.livejournal.com]

Samuel Simon
Dylan Isaac
Sophie Marie
Mackenzie Jean