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[Opinions] Clara and Alicia
I've had these two names on my mind recently. WDYT?Do you prefer Clara or Chiara?Alicia is growing on me because I like a lot of girls' names that start with "al", however I was wondering if Alicia isn't a bit dated and 1980s-ish. Any thoughts?
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I far prefer Clare and Alice; if pushed, I'd go for Clara rather than Chiara. However, I once knew a toddler whose name looked like Clara but they pronounced it like Sarah with a Cl instead of the S 'because they couldn't choose between Sarah and Clare'. Put me off my lunch.
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I like Clara, it has an old world feel to it and reminds me of the Nutcracker ballet. That said, I prefer Chiara and Alessia to Clara and Alicia. The former fit with my Italian heritage and feel newer and fresher to me than the latter.
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Alicia pronounced ah-LEE-sha is a tad bit dated to the 80s, but I've always liked the Spanish pronunciation of the name which isn't dated imo.Chiara is not my style at all.
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I love Clara and Alicia. Because of it's similarity to Lara, I wouldn't get to use Clara. I prefer the Spanish pronunciation (in the Americas) of Alicia, so I'm not sure I would use that one either. I don't find Alicia dated, though the only two I know were born in the 80s.
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I strongly prefer Chiara. So pretty.Alicia is great too but I only like the Spanish pronunciation. I don't find it dated at all. Then again, I haven't known many. I went to middle school with a girl named Aleasia. I think her parents were phonetically going for Alicia but no one got it right. We ended up calling her Lisa!
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I love the name Clara! It's traditional and feminine without feeling "old lady-ish." I don't love Alicia, but I do love Alice -- which BTW is my middle name!There are a bunch of great Al names like Alyssa, Alina, Alexis, Allison, Alaina, and Alexandra out on this link:http://www.babyhold.com/list/List_Alpha/a/page1/
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I prefer Clara. I think Alicia is nice but I prefer Alice (which I especially like with Italian pronunciation, btw :) )

This message was edited 12/18/2009, 11:02 AM

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