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[Opinions] Re: Finnish BAs
I like:
Henrik
Venla Maria
Nelle Evelyn
Leo Emil
Seela Signe
Vela Vivian
Lilia
Aino Elina Matilda
Maire Helene
Noora
Susanna
Piia
Serafina Selma Cecilia (so many s's!) I think Nero is a weird name to give a kid, since the only other Nero I know of was that crazy Roman emperor. Is it a Finnish name, too?Is Unelma like name giving a kid the middle name Adream? Or is it more like A-Dream? Unelma sounds pretty in English, but it might be just weird in Finnish...


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The word "nero" actually means "genius, mastermind" in Finnish, but I still feel that Nero in this case refers to the Roman name.Unelma would be same like giving a name Dream to an English-speaking person. The word "unelma" means "a/the dream" in Finnish, whereas the Finnish word for "to dream" is "unelmoida, uneksia". That's why I put the article "a" there :) By the way, Unelma is pronounced as OO-nel-mah in Finnish.

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