Message: "Names from my family tree"

Names from my family tree

by Gwanwyn (sunshine-babe)

3/20/2015, 5:50 AM

WDYT of these names from my family tree? They all belonged to people born between 1850 and 1920. Are they still usable? Any ideas for combos?

Ida (prn. EE-dah)
Agnes
Lydia (the y is pronounced like a French u)
Luzia (prn. LOO-tsee-ah) nn Luzie
Emilie (prn. e-MEE-lee-eh)
Hilde

Roman
Victor

I'm looking forward to your replies :-)

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- Buneary

3/21/2015, 5:51 PM

Where is your family from?

Ida is pronounced similarly in Portuguese. The European pronunciation is much better than the English one. I can't stand the English pronunciation. I can see why Ida is still popular in a lot of European countries but extremely old-fashioned in the Anglophone world.

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- Wordsmith

3/20/2015, 4:49 PM

I love, love, LOVE Hilde! Ida, Agnes, and Luzia are also lovely.

- kudriashkajo (jodirae)

3/20/2015, 12:14 PM

Luzia would be awesome! I think it's usable.

I would use Roman in a heartbeat.
Roman Amadeus
Roman Emmanuel
Roman Everett
Roman Montgomery

- Flora (booksandtea)

3/20/2015, 9:26 AM

Lydia is a pretty common girls name in my circle, however not pronounced that way.

Emilie would work fine, as well.

I love the prn. of EE-dah for Ida, it really gives it a since of beauty to me.

I've always loved Agnes, called Aggie, personally.

Roman & Victor could still very much work.

I'm not sure about Luzia or Hilde... maybe?

- EMB

3/20/2015, 6:02 AM

I love Lydia and I have a huge name crush on Hilde. I would definitely use it, but I have a strong affinity for old German names. I like Emilie, but I prefer the similar sounding Amalia (I mean, it's my daughter's name so I know I'm biased towards it).

I like both Roman and Victor, but probably prefer Roman. Victor, while a nice name, makes me think of my mom's favorite soap opera so I have a hard time separating the name from that character.

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