Message: "Could these place names be used as female names?"

Could these place names be used as female names?

by Caprice

1/15/2018, 11:53 AM

Here are some place name that I think could work as female names as well. WDYT?

Sassandra (in Côte d'Ivoire)
Saranda (in Albania) - too close to "surrender"?
Mirissa (in Sri Lanka)
Honiara (in Solomon Islands)
Dimona (in Israel) - too close to Demona?
Taormina (in Sicily)
Elmina (in Ghana)
Sirmione (in Italy) - as long as you pronounce it seer-me-OH-nee and not sur-MYE-oh-nee...like "Sir Mayonnaise"...)

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My PNL
http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/3258/61573

This message was edited 1/15/2018, 11:56 AM

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- Angrboða (Moirrey)

1/15/2018, 1:25 PM

I think the reason they sound like names is because they all basically are names with one letter changed, which makes them all sound kind of silly.

Sassandra - Cassandra
Saranda - Miranda
Mirissa - Marissa
Honiara - Honoria
Elmina - Elmira
Sirmione - Hermione / Simone

Dimona and Taormina don't really sound like any real name, but they don't sound like names at all.

This message was edited 1/15/2018, 1:26 PM

- Perrine (Destry)

1/15/2018, 12:33 PM

To be honest, I think only one of them will work really well in real life (they would all work well on a character) and that is Elmina. It's actually really cute and she could even go by Ellie or Mina.

Sassandra - too close to the word 'sassy'
Saranda - yes, too close to 'surrender'
Mirissa - a lifetime of 'No, not Marissa, Mirissa!'
Honiara - not bad or anything but doesn't sound very nice to me
Dimona - 'demon'
Taormina - hard to say and kind of weird
Sirmione - it's kind of cute but doesn't really work for me

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