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[Opinions] Nuria
I have been watching a Spanish television program with a character named Nuria in it, and it is really growing on me. What do you think of Nuria? What would you pair it with? Nuria is pronounced noo-REE-ah
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Weird, I've always heard it pronounced with the emphasis on the first syllable.I think it's a beautiful name. In an English-speaking culture, I think getting called "Nurry-uh" might be kind of a bummer.Núria Isabel
Núria Mabel
Núria Lloret
Núria Guadalupe
Núria Beatriz
Núria Leonor
Núria Carmen
Núria Pilar
Núria Salomé
Núria Soledad
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It's not my style. Reminds me a little of Narnia... not sure why! Maybe the beginning and ending letters and the amount of syllables. Nuria Clara
Nuria Monica
Nuria Dolores
Nuria Martina
Nuria Isabel
Nuria Matilde
Nuria Esther
Nuria Judith
Nuria Paz
Nuria Araceli
Nuria Irene
Nuria Amber
Nuria Carmen
Nuria Terese
Nuria Marisol
Nuria Ruth
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It was also one of Arnold Schoenberg's daughters names. I find it interesting, but it sort of reminds me of the word "snore". Nuria Katherine.
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It's really pretty! But also sounds like a skincare line.
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I think its pretty, but I tend to like names that have a -ia ending. I think it has a great nickname as well, Noor. The meaning of the name is lacking, though. I'm going to suggest fully Spanish, Catalan, Galician, Portuguese combos. Nuria Belen
Nuria Dulce
Nuria Emperatriz
Nuria Guadalupe
Nuria Luz
Nuria Marisol
Nuria Merce
Nuria Nieves
Nuria Pilar
Nuria Salome
Nuria Ysabel
Nuria Zurine
Nuria Ines
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Neither my partner or I are Spanish so if I did use Nuria I don't think I'd use a Spanish middle name. Nuria Belen and Nuria Luz are beautiful though.
Noor is one of my favourite names, but I'd be hesitant to put it on my list because I think it'd be very confusing for my hypothetical child, my boyfriend regularly has people come up and speak to him in Persian (He's Indian) I imagine having a Persian name (Nour is very common with our Iranian population) would compound that issue.

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I guess it is appealing as a Spanish name. If it were/became an English usage I think the similarity to medical terms describing urination would spoil it for me (anuria, penuria) as well as the similarity to nutria (a semiaquatic rat that infests wetlands and is an invasive species where I live).
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Welp. That'll do it, I really dislike names that have medical meanings (Alexia and Addison being the most common offenders) so I don't think I'll be adding Nuria to my list anytime soon. It's still pretty in Spanish.
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