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[Opinions] Delphia?
by Saffine Grace
1/23/2009, 3:56 AM
Recently I heard the name Delphia on a girl and can't decide if I like it or not. WDYT?
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- AngieAngelique (afmastro)
1/23/2009, 3:25 PM
Hmmm, my initial reaction was Delphia was just too girly, and I tend to prefer feminine but not over the top saccharine sweet girly names. However, as I repeat it, it sounds almost mythological which gives it a little bit of stature IMO. But I still think I prefer Delphine.
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- Andromache (Hannah Ruth)
1/23/2009, 11:03 AM
I like it, it's pretty. Delphine and Delphinia are nice, too.
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- Alcyone
1/23/2009, 9:39 AM
It's very pretty. I like Delphine as well, but Delphia would be less likely to be called "Dolphin."
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- delphine
1/23/2009, 9:37 AM
I love it. It's a very feminine delicate name. I love the whole Delphine name family, any spelling... well maybe not quite Dylphyne, but short of that I love all of them. I love both the association with the dolphin and with the Delphi oracle :o).My faveourites are Delphine and Delfina. Delphia is definately a great name. Lea
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- Leah (Leah1007)
1/23/2009, 8:31 AM
Well, I have a friend named Delphine, and I much prefer that. And I like Delphina the most.
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- Chanel   +2
1/23/2009, 8:19 AM
I love it. My grandmother is Delfina and I like Delfina, Delphina, Delfine, Delphine, Delfia, and Delphia. They are all gorgeous.
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- AngieAngelique (afmastro)   +1
1/23/2009, 3:34 PM
I just added Delfina to my personal name list. I really love that so much that I might even consider it for a potential second daughter. However, any name that ends in "fina" (a sound I must love since I have Serafina on my list too) lends itself to the nickname Fina, and as much as I love it, my daughter's name is Fiona and Fiona and Fina is much too similar. But I see Delfina, like Serafina is Italian, and my last name is Italian and I really wanted an Italian first name for my daughter, however the ones I was familiar with at the time were just too long with my last name. I considered Giada and Gianna, but ruled them out because I feared they seemed trendy. Did you grandmother have a nickname or did people just call her Delfina?
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- Chanel
1/24/2009, 8:22 AM
They called her Della sometimes,but as far aw I am aware she went by Delfina all the time. Oh they often called her Delfine (del-feen, they just dropped the third syllable.)
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- Bronislava (ToveTer)
1/23/2009, 7:14 AM
Delphia reminds me of Delphine, but I would say it is prettier and more useable (no dolphin-associations). I also like the association with the Oracle of Delphi. Very Greek, soft and elegant. :)
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- Wordsmith
1/23/2009, 7:10 AM
I appreciate Delphia, though I strongly prefer Delphine and Delphinia.
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- Jonquil
1/23/2009, 6:38 AM
I think this name, Delphia, would be short for the eighteenth-century Philadelphia.
I would use the rather cute Delphi as the nn for sophisticated French Delphine, to achieve a similar effect.

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- dramaqueen16
1/23/2009, 6:04 AM
Love it. Very soft, but somehow strong. A keeper.
(:
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- Tabby (guest)
1/23/2009, 4:04 AM
I've never heard Delphia before. It's really pretty although I might prefer Delphine to Delphia. I think it's one of those names I would like more the more I hear it.
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- Tabby (guest)
1/23/2009, 4:04 AM
I've never heard Delphia before. It's really pretty although I might prefer Delphine to Delphia. I think it's one of those names I would like more the more I hear it.
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- Tabby (guest)
1/23/2009, 4:03 AM
I've never heard Delphia before. It's really pretty although I might prefer Delphine to Delphia. I think it's one of those names I would like more the more I hear it.
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