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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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[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.