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Help[Opinions] And another list! - old French names, Yiddish...
Ahmed
Dena (dee-nah) - see Dina: her parents spellt it like that to avoid the die-nah pronunciation
Loriane Rahel (lor-yahn rah-khel) - common French name, pet form of Laure or mix of Laurie and Anne / Rahel is the original Hebrew form of Rachel
Maïté (mah-ee-teh) - see Maite
Nessim Hillel (nes-eem hee-lel) - form of Nissim http://www.behindthename.com/submit/view.php?name=nissim
Odeline (o-duh-leen) - from Ottoline or Odilon? or Aude and Line?
Rivki (reev-kee) - pet form of Rivka
Giacomo nn Gimmy (djee-mee) - the spelling of the nn is the Italian form of Jimmy
Nicolas nn Nico (nee-ko) - Nicolas with French pronunciation
Jean-Claude - Jean and Claude with French pron.
Alexandra Chava (khah-vah) nn Sascha and Saschale (zah-shah-luh)
Bluma
Malke (mahl-keh) -Yiddish form of Malka
Maguelone (mah-guh-lon / mahg-lon) - some say it's a form of Magali, others an Occitan pet form of Marie-Madeleine
Cindy
Malkie (mahl-kee) - pet form of Malka
Chayitty (khah-yee-tee) - either a pet form of Chaya, or a mix of Chaya and Yetta (Yiddish pet form of Henrietta)
Katie
Freyda (frie-dah) -see Freyde
Nadja
Jonathan
Dena (dee-nah) - see Dina: her parents spellt it like that to avoid the die-nah pronunciation
Loriane Rahel (lor-yahn rah-khel) - common French name, pet form of Laure or mix of Laurie and Anne / Rahel is the original Hebrew form of Rachel
Maïté (mah-ee-teh) - see Maite
Nessim Hillel (nes-eem hee-lel) - form of Nissim http://www.behindthename.com/submit/view.php?name=nissim
Odeline (o-duh-leen) - from Ottoline or Odilon? or Aude and Line?
Rivki (reev-kee) - pet form of Rivka
Giacomo nn Gimmy (djee-mee) - the spelling of the nn is the Italian form of Jimmy
Nicolas nn Nico (nee-ko) - Nicolas with French pronunciation
Jean-Claude - Jean and Claude with French pron.
Alexandra Chava (khah-vah) nn Sascha and Saschale (zah-shah-luh)
Bluma
Malke (mahl-keh) -Yiddish form of Malka
Maguelone (mah-guh-lon / mahg-lon) - some say it's a form of Magali, others an Occitan pet form of Marie-Madeleine
Cindy
Malkie (mahl-kee) - pet form of Malka
Chayitty (khah-yee-tee) - either a pet form of Chaya, or a mix of Chaya and Yetta (Yiddish pet form of Henrietta)
Katie
Freyda (frie-dah) -see Freyde
Nadja
Jonathan
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I like:
Ahmed
Rahel
Maïté
Nessim Hillel
Rivki
Giacomo --love this
Nicolas nn Nico --love this
Jean-Claude
Alexandra Chava
Malke
Malkie
Katie --as a nickname
Freyda
Nadja --love this
Jonathan
Ahmed
Rahel
Maïté
Nessim Hillel
Rivki
Giacomo --love this
Nicolas nn Nico --love this
Jean-Claude
Alexandra Chava
Malke
Malkie
Katie --as a nickname
Freyda
Nadja --love this
Jonathan
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I like...
Rivki / Rivka - I find both of these interesting, I kind of like them
Nicolas - can't say I like Nico though
Alexandra
Katie
Nadja - though people in America have the hardest time understanding that the 'j' is pronounced as a 'y'. I've known a girl named Anja for years and every year in class she has to tell the teacher how to pronounce her name. They just never get it.
Yetta reminds me of a Yeti.
Jean-Claude is very boring, the first thing I think of when I think of french names, next to Pierre.
Ahmed is french, really? I always knew it as an arabic name.
Rivki / Rivka - I find both of these interesting, I kind of like them
Nicolas - can't say I like Nico though
Alexandra
Katie
Nadja - though people in America have the hardest time understanding that the 'j' is pronounced as a 'y'. I've known a girl named Anja for years and every year in class she has to tell the teacher how to pronounce her name. They just never get it.
Yetta reminds me of a Yeti.
Jean-Claude is very boring, the first thing I think of when I think of french names, next to Pierre.
Ahmed is french, really? I always knew it as an arabic name.
This message was edited 2/20/2008, 11:51 AM
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Ahmed is not French, not all names there are French. It was just an example of the kind of name inside the post :)
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I like:
Loriane as a pet form of Laure
Maïté (mah-ee-teh) - This is a new one to me, but I love it!
Odeline (o-duh-leen)
Nicolas nn Nico (nee-ko) - Love, love, love, but I could never get away with the French pronunciation where I live. Nico is my favorite nn as well.
Maguelone (mah-guh-lon / mahg-lon)
Loriane as a pet form of Laure
Maïté (mah-ee-teh) - This is a new one to me, but I love it!
Odeline (o-duh-leen)
Nicolas nn Nico (nee-ko) - Love, love, love, but I could never get away with the French pronunciation where I live. Nico is my favorite nn as well.
Maguelone (mah-guh-lon / mahg-lon)
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Yes, I also know a Dina of Moroccan descent, the rather funny thing is that, since she got married to a Jewish guy, her full name looks super-Jewish now, instead of Arabic. I know a Maite, whose real name is Maria Teresa, who's originally from the Philippines.
Bluma and Malka could grow on me.
Bluma and Malka could grow on me.
This message was edited 2/20/2008, 11:18 AM
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