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HelpEphraim and others (eta)
Please give your opinion on Ephraim and one or all of these male names. Thank you :)
Branum
Jowan "JO-en"
Swithin "Whit" (?)
Zorion
Janvier "DJohn-vee-air"
Reynald / Reynold "ray-NAWLD"
Eta- how so you pronounce Ephraim?
Branum
Jowan "JO-en"
Swithin "Whit" (?)
Zorion
Janvier "DJohn-vee-air"
Reynald / Reynold "ray-NAWLD"
Eta- how so you pronounce Ephraim?
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I adore Ephraim!! I pronounce it like Eh-frum, which could be totally wrong but I'm basing it off how I heard it in Everwood, although his character spelled it Ephram.
To be brutally honest, I think the rest of the names are god awful.
To be brutally honest, I think the rest of the names are god awful.
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Ephraim is a name I love, I think it's gorgeous. I pronounce it EE-frem. The other names aren't for me.
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I like Ephraim.
The others I'm not too familiar with, but I've looked them up.
I like the way Jowan is apparently pronounced, JOH-an. I love names from the United Kingdom & Ireland, sometimes they are a bit difficult for the average American (which I am, not sure of your nationality) to pronounce.
Swithin seems less strong as a name to me, but I LOVE when men are named Whitney simply because they can be called "Whit", which to me is so handsome on a man. I'm not sure if it really works with Swithin, but I'd love to see other names where this was available.
Janvier will always be January to me, and it will always be prounounced Jzahn-vee-ay.
Reynold/Reynald has some cool history. It's familiar enough. Not my favorite, but definitely could work for the right person.
The others I'm not too familiar with, but I've looked them up.
I like the way Jowan is apparently pronounced, JOH-an. I love names from the United Kingdom & Ireland, sometimes they are a bit difficult for the average American (which I am, not sure of your nationality) to pronounce.
Swithin seems less strong as a name to me, but I LOVE when men are named Whitney simply because they can be called "Whit", which to me is so handsome on a man. I'm not sure if it really works with Swithin, but I'd love to see other names where this was available.
Janvier will always be January to me, and it will always be prounounced Jzahn-vee-ay.
Reynold/Reynald has some cool history. It's familiar enough. Not my favorite, but definitely could work for the right person.
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I like "Jahn-vee-ay" too. That French accent is hard to convey through text :) Id try for a more authentic pronunciation but am prepared to settle on a more "Americanized" one
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Ephraim is an amazing name and should be used much more often than it is.
Branum - All I see is a misspelling of Barnum. I like the Bran- sound though.
Jowan - I like uncommon JO- names for boys but I've never heard of this one before. It's got a nice sound but it looks sort of made up. I know it's not but it's similarity to Rowan lends itself to that appearance.
Swithin - It's 'within' with an S. It looks like a typo.
Zorion - I'd prefer just Orion. The Z makes it a bit odd for me. Like it's trying too hard to be cool.
Janvier - I love this and would use it.
Reynald / Reynold - It sounds so elderly to me. I can't imagine this one on a child. Unless their nickname is Rey, then it's cute and I could get behind that.
Branum - All I see is a misspelling of Barnum. I like the Bran- sound though.
Jowan - I like uncommon JO- names for boys but I've never heard of this one before. It's got a nice sound but it looks sort of made up. I know it's not but it's similarity to Rowan lends itself to that appearance.
Swithin - It's 'within' with an S. It looks like a typo.
Zorion - I'd prefer just Orion. The Z makes it a bit odd for me. Like it's trying too hard to be cool.
Janvier - I love this and would use it.
Reynald / Reynold - It sounds so elderly to me. I can't imagine this one on a child. Unless their nickname is Rey, then it's cute and I could get behind that.
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