[Opinions] Re: Finnish names
in reply to a message by Mel
Girls:
Eija - I prn it EY-ah. I like it!
Irina - Never liked it
Kaarina - Spell it Carina or Karina, with two a's it get too finnish for me
Kielo - makes me think of Frida Kahlo
Kiira - Sure, but spell it Kira
Lahja - prn it like you do, but I don't like the spelling.
Loviisa - Spell it Lovisa
Lumi - Nice, beautiful
Matleena - *laugh* Mat is she Swedish word for food, and Lena / Leena is a name for me, so it makes me think "food lena" Awful as a name
Meri - beautiful
Paiva - makes me think of "pava" which some people say instead of a glas of bear
Pauliina - spell it Paulina
Petra - don't like it
Pinja - yes I prn it like PIN-ya
Piritta - Awful!
Priita - Oh, even more awful
Riika - Makes me think of the swedish word rika, which means rich.
Satu - It could work..
Seija - Beuatiful, prn it SEY-yah
Siiri - Spell it Siri, but it's still awful
Silja - Beautiful
Sohvi - Don't like it. prn it SOH-wee, almost as Zoe
Suvi - metter than Sohvi
Taika - Beautiful
Tarja - Too finnish
Taru - sounds like a boy
Tea - spell it Thea. I'm nor sure about how it works on english because of the word tea
Teija - Nice!
Teresa - A little out of time
Tuija - not sure..
Boys:
Jalo - I orn it YA-lo, don't like it
Mainio - Prefer Maino
Mikko - Nickname
Niilo - Like it, also like Nilo
Niko - Like it, but I prefer Nicholas
Oskari - Prefer Oskar
Otto - makes me think of a old german guy who loves donuts..kind of loke like Homer Simpson, it's up to you if that's good or bad
Paavali - Prefer Paul
Paavo - Finnish form of Paul.
Reijo - I like Reijo more than gregory
Reko - yes it's prn like Rico, maybe with a shorter E
Roopertti - *laugh* It's just awful.
Sebastian - love it!
Sepi - Nmsa..
Severi - prefer Severus
Simo - It could work
Sulo - makes me think of sumo
Taavi - prefer David
Tahvo - It works
Taneli - Like it, I think
Tarmo - Could work
Timo - Like it! When i was a kid, I wrote a story about a finnish guy named Timo Leijon
Veli - Makes me think of "vela" (shilly-shally)
Eija - I prn it EY-ah. I like it!
Irina - Never liked it
Kaarina - Spell it Carina or Karina, with two a's it get too finnish for me
Kielo - makes me think of Frida Kahlo
Kiira - Sure, but spell it Kira
Lahja - prn it like you do, but I don't like the spelling.
Loviisa - Spell it Lovisa
Lumi - Nice, beautiful
Matleena - *laugh* Mat is she Swedish word for food, and Lena / Leena is a name for me, so it makes me think "food lena" Awful as a name
Meri - beautiful
Paiva - makes me think of "pava" which some people say instead of a glas of bear
Pauliina - spell it Paulina
Petra - don't like it
Pinja - yes I prn it like PIN-ya
Piritta - Awful!
Priita - Oh, even more awful
Riika - Makes me think of the swedish word rika, which means rich.
Satu - It could work..
Seija - Beuatiful, prn it SEY-yah
Siiri - Spell it Siri, but it's still awful
Silja - Beautiful
Sohvi - Don't like it. prn it SOH-wee, almost as Zoe
Suvi - metter than Sohvi
Taika - Beautiful
Tarja - Too finnish
Taru - sounds like a boy
Tea - spell it Thea. I'm nor sure about how it works on english because of the word tea
Teija - Nice!
Teresa - A little out of time
Tuija - not sure..
Boys:
Jalo - I orn it YA-lo, don't like it
Mainio - Prefer Maino
Mikko - Nickname
Niilo - Like it, also like Nilo
Niko - Like it, but I prefer Nicholas
Oskari - Prefer Oskar
Otto - makes me think of a old german guy who loves donuts..kind of loke like Homer Simpson, it's up to you if that's good or bad
Paavali - Prefer Paul
Paavo - Finnish form of Paul.
Reijo - I like Reijo more than gregory
Reko - yes it's prn like Rico, maybe with a shorter E
Roopertti - *laugh* It's just awful.
Sebastian - love it!
Sepi - Nmsa..
Severi - prefer Severus
Simo - It could work
Sulo - makes me think of sumo
Taavi - prefer David
Tahvo - It works
Taneli - Like it, I think
Tarmo - Could work
Timo - Like it! When i was a kid, I wrote a story about a finnish guy named Timo Leijon
Veli - Makes me think of "vela" (shilly-shally)