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[Facts] Re: Romansch/Swiss Names
Just a little comment: "Trendy spellings" are out of question in Switzerland. People here would probably regard that as nonsense if you suggested it to them.In fact, I never encountered that phenomenon of re-spelling names in funny ways in any other country except the US, and I was very surprised when I did.

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I realize that now, I only brought that up because I had confused some traditional Swiss names like Flurina, Seraina etc as trendy spellings. I was not saying that Swiss parents use trendy spellings in general.Actually, the French seem to have their own trendy spellings: a la Luna/Louna. Trendy spellings are not just relegated to the US. I have even seen it occur in Germany too, Finn and Fynn for example. I have seen several other French names spelled funny ways in the French BAs, all of which have slipped my mind. Sweden and Norway I can think of a few: Thindra and Tindra. Thindra is definitely a trendy spelling because the name Tindra is derived from a Swedish verb meaning "to twinkle" so adding an unnecessary H to a word name is unneeded to begin with. But that is a completely different subject.
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Just wanted to say that I never thanked you for the link to the Swiss top names. Thank you so much. It was really helpful, and I love your site, and I am glad to meet a Swiss person who is interested in names! :)
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You're welcome :)
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