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What is your fav version of a "classic" (f) name?
by misabi
2/18/2018, 10:23 PM
Recently, I am loving classic names...but with a twist. For example, I like the name Elizabeth but I LOVE:Lisbet
Liisi
Elisaveta
ElizaAlso, I like Ann but I LOVE:Annika
Hanna
Hannele
AnaïsWhat about you? When you think of a "classic" female name do you have a variation that you love?
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- Eileen (XironDarkstar)
2/21/2018, 1:48 PM
- Becki (dreadfulxsorry)
2/20/2018, 3:57 PM
I love Elizaveta for Elizabeth too!Anna:
AnnelieseMary:
Mariona
Maite (Mary and Theresa)
Marianna (Mary and Anna)Rose:
RosalieCatherine:
Catriona
Kathleen
Catalina
CarinaMargaret:
MargueriteGeorgia:
GeorgianaEmily:
EmiliaHelen:
Elin
HelenaLouise:
Luisa
Louisa
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- Wordsmith
2/20/2018, 1:21 PM
I like Margaret, but I adore Margalit, Margareta / Margarethe, and Marguerite. Charlotte's boring, but I adore Carlotta.
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- Siân (Sharley)   +1
2/19/2018, 1:59 PM
I love...Jane:
Siân
Jessie
Zhanna Catherine:
Käthe
Katja
Ecaterina
Katrin
Cateline
Kaia
Kateri
Kathleen
(And male form Cătălin!)Xenia:
Senja
Ksenia
OxanaMargaret:
Margarita
Margareta
Margeaux
Maisie
Mairead
Maret
Gretel
and Daisy if that counts.
I think about this stuff all the time and I love this so I'll add more later when I'm not at work.

This message was edited 2/19/2018, 1:59 PM

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- misabi
2/20/2018, 8:13 AM
I do like Maret a lot. I've never heard of Senja but it's a cool name. I didn't know the variations of Jane were so interesting!
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- noel (glaucous)   +1
2/19/2018, 7:14 AM
I like Eliza more than Elizabeth as well, but if I was going to use it, I'd probably use it as NN for Elizabeth anyway.
Not entirely sure what is considered a classic, but I like:Janet, Sinead, and Johanna more than Jane, Jean, Joan, Joanna...
Mathilde, Matild, Maude, and Maud more than Matilda
Miriam and Mariah more than Mary and Maria
Amabel / Amabelle / Mabel more than Anabel / Annabel / Annabelle
Beatrix and Beatriz more than Beatrice
Magdalene more than Madeline or Madeleine
Rivka and Rifka more than Rebecca
Margot, Marjorie, Madge, and Greta more than Margaret
Kate, Katya, Katrine, Carina, Catriona, and Katrell more than Katherine / Catharine
Sisel more than Cecilia, Cecily, or CeliaThe one that's sticking out most to me right now of those is Janet. I like that it seems retro and punchy in a way that Jane does not.

This message was edited 2/19/2018, 7:17 AM

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- misabi
2/20/2018, 8:10 AM
Margot! I forgot how much I like that name. Sisel is new to me but I like it a lot. I also like Magdalene more than the others!
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