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Helpsome girl names (and 2 boys)
what are your thoughts on these girl names I've been thinking about lately?
Odessa - it's been my #2 name for about a year.
Stellamaris - I'm thinking of using it as a middle name, mostly
Zora - I've had it in my top 5 for a while now but I'm thinking of replacing it with Zelda
Dinah - Alice in Wonderland is my favorite movie so I do think of the cat and I know a lot of people think of "Someone's in the Kitchen With Dinah" but I really like the sound of it.
also, Esaias or Isaias? and how would you personally pronounce them?
thanks! :D
Odessa - it's been my #2 name for about a year.
Stellamaris - I'm thinking of using it as a middle name, mostly
Zora - I've had it in my top 5 for a while now but I'm thinking of replacing it with Zelda
Dinah - Alice in Wonderland is my favorite movie so I do think of the cat and I know a lot of people think of "Someone's in the Kitchen With Dinah" but I really like the sound of it.
also, Esaias or Isaias? and how would you personally pronounce them?
thanks! :D
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Odessa sounds like it would make a better middle name. I'd use Odette as a fn, but not Odessa (I know they're not related, but the sound/look similar). Not really sure why. I imagine it would shorten very naturally to Dessa.
Stellamaris is nice for a mn. I'm guessing it's simply a combination of Stella and Maris.
Zora is a species of mer people in the Legend of Zelda games. Sorry. I really can't see it as a given name. I'm not really a fan of Zelda as a first name either (even though I really love Princess Zelda as a character!), but it feels far more usable.
I like Dinah as well, but I do think of "Someone's in the Kitchen." :/
I really like Isaias and prefer it to Esaias. (I prefer Isaiah to both, but you're not asking about Isaiah.) I honestly have very little idea how to pronounce Esaias just looking at it: EE-sigh-as? ee-SIAH-ass? ess-EYE-as? Isaias is simpler as I'd just say 'Isaiah' and add an 's': eye-SAY-as or eye-SAY-ass or eye-SAY-us or eye-ZAY-us? (The emphasis could also go on the first syllable, I think.) I'm not very good at typing out phonetic pronunciations, sorry. But Isaias sounds nice to me when I say it aloud. :)
Stellamaris is nice for a mn. I'm guessing it's simply a combination of Stella and Maris.
Zora is a species of mer people in the Legend of Zelda games. Sorry. I really can't see it as a given name. I'm not really a fan of Zelda as a first name either (even though I really love Princess Zelda as a character!), but it feels far more usable.
I like Dinah as well, but I do think of "Someone's in the Kitchen." :/
I really like Isaias and prefer it to Esaias. (I prefer Isaiah to both, but you're not asking about Isaiah.) I honestly have very little idea how to pronounce Esaias just looking at it: EE-sigh-as? ee-SIAH-ass? ess-EYE-as? Isaias is simpler as I'd just say 'Isaiah' and add an 's': eye-SAY-as or eye-SAY-ass or eye-SAY-us or eye-ZAY-us? (The emphasis could also go on the first syllable, I think.) I'm not very good at typing out phonetic pronunciations, sorry. But Isaias sounds nice to me when I say it aloud. :)
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I love Dinah, and have a similar connotation, and also get similar comments about the song. What I don't like about it, and ruins it as a first name for me, is that I've noticed a lot of people want to pronounce it like Dina. It's not the same name, people!
I like Zora, but the flapper nature of Zelda makes it more appealing.
I like Zora, but the flapper nature of Zelda makes it more appealing.
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