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[Opinions] Latinate vs. French forms
On another message board, I was reading a post talking about how, with many names with different forms that fit the subject, how the latinate ending (i.e. -a for girls) is currently often more fashionable than the French endings (-e or a similar suffix). This person was wondering when the trends will switch around. I have provided a link to this discussion below:
http://www.bigbadbabynames.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=advice;action=display;num=1103499542What I was wondering is which forms do you generally prefer? As for me, I like some from each category; it depends on the individual names.

This message was edited 12/20/2004, 3:32 PM

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I like Latinate forms, and since I am first generation American (my family is from Italy), I prefer using these because they are more linked to my roots. I do prefer some French forms: Gabrielle vs. Gabriella
Charlotte vs. Carlotta
Therese vs. TeresaBut I still like: Arianna vs. Ariane
Chiara/ Clara vs. Claire
Emilia vs. Emily
Ilaria vs. Hilary
Isabel/ Isabella vs. spelling Isabelle
Sophia vs. Sophie
Eliana vs. Eliane
Mirella vs. Mireille
Maria vs. Marieand the list goes on. ;)
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