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[onzeminutos.livejournal.com]

WDYT about the names Blanka, Albina and Sofia (it's spelled this way since it's the most common spelling in Finland. We don't really have that ph spelling here)? I've started to really like them recently... They sound kind of old fashioned and unique in a good way. And kinda Swedish, too. That's also good in my books :>) I would probably use Blanka and Albina as middle names though.

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[beepandetch.livejournal.com]

I know a woman named Albina, she's Mexican so I always thought it was a Spanish name. I like Blanka okay but Sofia (with a ph) is very popular right now.

[onzeminutos.livejournal.com]

Well, I think it means albino in Spanish :D It might be a Spanish name though, I just got the name from a Finnish-Swedish woman so it seems Swedish to me because of that :>)

[pinkysmith.livejournal.com]

Blanka reminds me of the video game Street Fighter but that may not be as popular in Finland...I also think of the Spanish translations of the first 2 which are forms of the color white and therefore get associated with purity.

i like Blanka and Sofia

[onzeminutos.livejournal.com]

Well, I don't play video games so I don't know that game... :>) Both Blanka and Albina are historical figures I'm interested in so that's where I got the names.

[after-the-ashes.livejournal.com]

Blanka is meh to me. I like Bianca better. Albina sounds like Albino, which isn't good. But I love it because of the bina part. Mostly because my dad's pet name for me is Beena. I like Sofia, and the spelling is better that way =]

[onzeminutos.livejournal.com]

I think the Sofia spelling is way better, too! Even though it sounds the same I just don't think Sophia is that pretty.

[duckduckcaboose.livejournal.com]

I've always seen Blanca spelled, well, the way I just spelled it. I actually like it better with the k.

[onzeminutos.livejournal.com]

I got the name from Blanka of Namur so that's why I spelled it with k :>) And most names that are spelled with c in English are spelled with k in Finnish. Like Christina - Kristiina, Carolina - Karoliina, Michael - Mikael etc.

[duckduckcaboose.livejournal.com]

The only Finnish people I know are named Hanna and Heta... well, I mean besides the famous ones like Mika Hakkinen and Kimi Raikkonen.

I've always thought of Blanca as a more Hispanic name than anything, but I suppose it makes sense that there would be some form of most names in most countries.

[onzeminutos.livejournal.com]

Haha, that's cool, one of my best friends is called Hanna and I was almost named Heta (though I'm glad I was not named that since the name just reminds me of a milkmaid) :>)

Yeah, I think Blanca is the Spanish version of Blanche. Blanche was actually the original name of Blanka of Namur (she was the queen consort of a king of Sweden and Norway) but I guess it was changed to Blanka so that it would be easier in her new homeland.

[qalanjo.livejournal.com]

I know an Albina. She's Albanian. She goes by Bina. I really like the name.

[arbus.livejournal.com]

i like sofia a lot, and have always preferred that spelling.

i think sofia blanka sounds really great.

[snoglobel.livejournal.com]

I know a Blanca who's beautiful and a ton of fun. I like the name - it's different but sounds like an exciting person to me.

[daydream11.livejournal.com]

I like Sofia; the spelling is so lovely, I think. Albina reminds me too much of the word albino, and I prefer Bianca or Blanche over Blanka.

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

I've always kind of liked Blanka, and I like Sofia too, but I'm not a fan of Albina. Too 'albino' for me ;).

By the way, I think Blanka is also prettier than other names meaning white (i.e. Blanche & Bianca).

[thellamaqueen.livejournal.com]

For some reason, Blanka spelled with a k makes me want to pronounce it "Blaynka" instead of "Blahnka". I've always seen it spelled with Blanca.
Albina is weird to me because all I think of is Albino.
Sofia is nice though. My husband and I are planning to use it as a middle name.