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Help[Opinions] Lalage
Lalage is one of my longstanding favorites; sadly, it rarely receives recognition, and when it does, it gets pilloried. Are there any Lalage admirers out there, or am I alone? For the record, I pronounce it like so: "LAH [the vowel sound in "bat"] - "luh" [the vowel sound in "but"] -- "jee" [as in "Gee whiz!]. Here's the pronunciation in IPA: ˈlælədʒiː
I'm perhaps most charmed by the name's ties to ancient poetry and its modern incarnation as the genus of passerine birds known as trillers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lalage_(bird)
Here are some combos:
Lalage Acantha
Lalage Adele
Lalage Amata
Lalage Antonia
Lalage Augusta
Lalage Aurelia
Lalage Aurore
Lalage Bertille
Lalage Bertrada
Lalage Brunhilde
Lalage Camellia
Lalage Camilla
Lalage Celestia
Lalage Clotilda / Clotilde
Lalage Constance / Constantia
Lalage Cordelia
Lalage Cornelia
Lalage Crescentia
Lalage Delphina / Delphine
Lalage Diana
Lalage Diantha
Lalage Edwina
Lalage Estella
Lalage Eudora
Lalage Euphrasia
Lalage Felicia
Lalage Fernande
Lalage Helene
Lalage Hortensia
Lalage Imelda
Lalage Ingrid
Lalage Letitia
Lalage Louisa
Lalage Lucilla
Lalage Lucretia
Lalage Mathilde / Matilda
Lalage Minerva
Lalage Miranda
Lalage Nevena
Lalage Odette
Lalage Odile
Lalage Olympia
Lalage Ophelia
Lalage Persis
Lalage Prunella
Lalage Renata
Lalage Rhoda
Lalage Roxana / Roxane
Lalage Sabina
Lalage Serena
Lalage Sibylla
Lalage Susanna
Lalage Teresa / Theresa
Lalage Verena
Lalage Zenaida
Lalage Zerelda
I'm perhaps most charmed by the name's ties to ancient poetry and its modern incarnation as the genus of passerine birds known as trillers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lalage_(bird)
Here are some combos:
Lalage Acantha
Lalage Adele
Lalage Amata
Lalage Antonia
Lalage Augusta
Lalage Aurelia
Lalage Aurore
Lalage Bertille
Lalage Bertrada
Lalage Brunhilde
Lalage Camellia
Lalage Camilla
Lalage Celestia
Lalage Clotilda / Clotilde
Lalage Constance / Constantia
Lalage Cordelia
Lalage Cornelia
Lalage Crescentia
Lalage Delphina / Delphine
Lalage Diana
Lalage Diantha
Lalage Edwina
Lalage Estella
Lalage Eudora
Lalage Euphrasia
Lalage Felicia
Lalage Fernande
Lalage Helene
Lalage Hortensia
Lalage Imelda
Lalage Ingrid
Lalage Letitia
Lalage Louisa
Lalage Lucilla
Lalage Lucretia
Lalage Mathilde / Matilda
Lalage Minerva
Lalage Miranda
Lalage Nevena
Lalage Odette
Lalage Odile
Lalage Olympia
Lalage Ophelia
Lalage Persis
Lalage Prunella
Lalage Renata
Lalage Rhoda
Lalage Roxana / Roxane
Lalage Sabina
Lalage Serena
Lalage Sibylla
Lalage Susanna
Lalage Teresa / Theresa
Lalage Verena
Lalage Zenaida
Lalage Zerelda
This message was edited 7/23/2020, 8:51 AM
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Its pronunciation gets a down vote from me.
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Lalage honestly looks like the name of a very strange sea creature (probably because it reminds me of “algae”) - and sounds like some gibberish that a toddler would sing. “La-lah-gee!”.
That is what comes to mind. I do like the ties to ancient poetry, though.
That is what comes to mind. I do like the ties to ancient poetry, though.
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The lady in the Latin poem makes me love the name, dulce ridentem as she eternally is! But the modern pronunciation is a stumbling block. If only it didn't rhyme with 'analogy'. But that disqualifies it from use IRL, at least for me.
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dont like it
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Not one of my favorite names ever, but I do agree it's nice.
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I have always adored the name Lalage. It is charming, poetic, elegant and mystic. An absolutely beautiful name, and truly a hidden gem.
Just a few of the combos I adore:
Lalage Euphrasia
Lalage Constantia
Lalage Celeste
Lalage Vicenza
Lalage Ulalume
Lalage Sadb
Lalage Ligeia
Lalage Lenore
Lalage Morella
Lalage Benoite
Just a few of the combos I adore:
Lalage Euphrasia
Lalage Constantia
Lalage Celeste
Lalage Vicenza
Lalage Ulalume
Lalage Sadb
Lalage Ligeia
Lalage Lenore
Lalage Morella
Lalage Benoite
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