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in reply to a message by M.Catalina
Manuela. I like it! The E- in front makes it mumbly, but Manuela is great. Mah-noo-eh-la, Mah-nweh-la ... not Man-yoo-ella.
Francesca is my favorite of the Franc-names but I'm not sure I'd choose it over a version that I felt was more in line with family heritage. My own daughter would have to be a Frances. All of them are nice though, Francoise is the only one that kinda turns me off.
I don't really like any of the Blanc-names but if I had to be called one, I'd pick Bianca and go by Bebe. Blanca is second choice. I don't like Blanche because I say it just like the word blanch. It sounds nicer in French.
I like Madeleine best. Magdalene least because it's confusing to pronounce. Magali is not very attractive to me either although it is probably nice with the right accent.
I don't like any of the Letitia names. Not my favorite sounds! I guess Lettice is the most friendly, but it looks a lot like the word lettuce. Letizia is probably the coolest.
Matilda is so familiar to me, so that's a gimme. I don't really like any of them, though. They feel to me like an apron covered in white flour. Mafalda seems very clunky to me.
Joanna is my favorite johan-name. They are all nice but I prefer them pronounced with J instead of H or Y sound, so probably Jana is my least favorite, it's the one most insisting on the Y sound in my mind. I'd like it if it were said like Jane-uh.
Eleanor, Beatrix, and Naomi are all names I don't really like much in any form.
Eleanor is the best of them, but I prefer Elanor! Leonora is probably the prettiest, and Eleonore the worst. It looks to me like a Kaeleigh of yore, with that spelling.
Beatriz is the least unappealing because the spelling suggests a nicer prn (bay-a-trees instead of bee-a-tricks or bee-a-triss). My preferred form of this name is Beatrisa (bay-a-tree-sa)
Noemia is much nicer than homely, smug Naomi. Any of them are.
- mirfak
Francesca is my favorite of the Franc-names but I'm not sure I'd choose it over a version that I felt was more in line with family heritage. My own daughter would have to be a Frances. All of them are nice though, Francoise is the only one that kinda turns me off.
I don't really like any of the Blanc-names but if I had to be called one, I'd pick Bianca and go by Bebe. Blanca is second choice. I don't like Blanche because I say it just like the word blanch. It sounds nicer in French.
I like Madeleine best. Magdalene least because it's confusing to pronounce. Magali is not very attractive to me either although it is probably nice with the right accent.
I don't like any of the Letitia names. Not my favorite sounds! I guess Lettice is the most friendly, but it looks a lot like the word lettuce. Letizia is probably the coolest.
Matilda is so familiar to me, so that's a gimme. I don't really like any of them, though. They feel to me like an apron covered in white flour. Mafalda seems very clunky to me.
Joanna is my favorite johan-name. They are all nice but I prefer them pronounced with J instead of H or Y sound, so probably Jana is my least favorite, it's the one most insisting on the Y sound in my mind. I'd like it if it were said like Jane-uh.
Eleanor, Beatrix, and Naomi are all names I don't really like much in any form.
Eleanor is the best of them, but I prefer Elanor! Leonora is probably the prettiest, and Eleonore the worst. It looks to me like a Kaeleigh of yore, with that spelling.
Beatriz is the least unappealing because the spelling suggests a nicer prn (bay-a-trees instead of bee-a-tricks or bee-a-triss). My preferred form of this name is Beatrisa (bay-a-tree-sa)
Noemia is much nicer than homely, smug Naomi. Any of them are.
- mirfak
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