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[Opinions] Evgenia
My auntie recently gave birth to an Evgenia, and calls her Jenny as an English form of the name. I love Evgenia, but I feel as if Jenny is such an injustice to the name. WDYT?Edit: It is pronounced ev-gen(soft g)-ee-ahttp://www.behindthename.com/pnl/170369

This message was edited 1/19/2018, 9:38 PM

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Jenny makes sense as an English NN to Evgenia, even when pronounced correctly (with a hard G). The biggest problem she’ll run into is being confused for a Jennifer.
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I'd never heard Evgenia before, but I really like it! I think Jenny makes sense if I'm pronouncing Evgenia correctly. I love Jenny but hate Jennifer, so to me this seems like a nice way to get there.
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Genie would have been cute. Evgenia is a pretty name, but I like Eugenie more.
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More then weird The only Evgenia I've known went by Genia (GENya); she was Russian. In English, there must be many more obvious ways to have a daughter known as Jenny! I don't see it as an injustice to the name, but certainly it's an uncomfortable stretch.
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I LOVE Evgenia, but what happened to Genya / Zhenya?
Jenny is such a pitiful representation.

This message was edited 1/19/2018, 5:34 AM

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In an English-speaking country (especially the USA), Genya or Zhenya may be mispronounced? That’s all I can think of. Plus Jenny is cute.
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I'm from South Carolina and I don't think they're too hard to pronounce. They're just unfamiliar to most people...but if she's going to use an unusual name like Evgenia, I don't see the problem with an unusual nickname. You've gotta admit Genya / Zhenya are both far cooler than Jenny. Jenny makes me wanna fall asleep.

This message was edited 1/21/2018, 9:25 PM

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Hi !!!Evgenia as Modern Greek?
Well...I prefer Eugenia (e-oo-JE-nya) as in Italian or Eugénie as in French.Anyway this name is not my cup of tea.Jenny is horrible as NN.
It is better Genia but I would go with the whole name.
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