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Help[Opinions] Mira or Nina?
Which would you choose and why?
"And by the way, dearie, your punctuation sucks canal water!"
-The Ghost of Vivian Vance
"And by the way, dearie, your punctuation sucks canal water!"
-The Ghost of Vivian Vance
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Nina
No contest for me as it's what my grandmother was called, although not actually her name. I've always liked it. Mira is nice enough but I don't have any associations with it.
No contest for me as it's what my grandmother was called, although not actually her name. I've always liked it. Mira is nice enough but I don't have any associations with it.
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Myra
See what I did there? :)
See what I did there? :)
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I don't like Myra. Nice try, though.
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coincidence!
Just last evening, I met a young woman named Mira.Age about 18. Nice girl, so now I like Mira best.
Just last evening, I met a young woman named Mira.Age about 18. Nice girl, so now I like Mira best.
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Mira
I prefer M names over N names. Just a personal preference I guess
I prefer M names over N names. Just a personal preference I guess
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Mira, but...
...only because Nina is too close to my son's name for my comfort. I actually prefer Nina.
...only because Nina is too close to my son's name for my comfort. I actually prefer Nina.
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Nina, any day. (My very much younger self used to think that naming twin girls Nancy and Nina would be a really good idea ...)
That said, Mira doesn't happen where I live, so I've got no associations with it. I'd expect it to be a nn for Mirabel, Miranda or even Miriam, and for all of these I prefer the full form.
That said, Mira doesn't happen where I live, so I've got no associations with it. I'd expect it to be a nn for Mirabel, Miranda or even Miriam, and for all of these I prefer the full form.
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Mira by far...
It's one of my favorite names. I love the meanings, all of them. I love it alone and as a NN for Mirabel.
Nina is to nicknamey and whiney in sound. It seems childish.
It's one of my favorite names. I love the meanings, all of them. I love it alone and as a NN for Mirabel.
Nina is to nicknamey and whiney in sound. It seems childish.
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Nina. I just think it sounds better.
:)
:)
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Nina
It just sounds better.
It just sounds better.
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Nina
But I like both!
But I like both!
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Nina
I have trouble separating the name Mira from the words mirror and miracle and Spanish LOOK! and I dunno, it looks superficial and bratty. Maybe mostly because I have never met nor heard of an adult Mira - only children. I like it alright on a real person, though.
Nina suffers a little from word association with ninny, and generally too much negative N sound, like, my name is No! But to me it seems too classicky and also informal, for that to damage it. And I think it seems ageless and can be powerful. Reminds me of Nina Hagen.
I'd rather be Nina, and I'm on the fence about naming a child but I think I'd go with Nina.
I have trouble separating the name Mira from the words mirror and miracle and Spanish LOOK! and I dunno, it looks superficial and bratty. Maybe mostly because I have never met nor heard of an adult Mira - only children. I like it alright on a real person, though.
Nina suffers a little from word association with ninny, and generally too much negative N sound, like, my name is No! But to me it seems too classicky and also informal, for that to damage it. And I think it seems ageless and can be powerful. Reminds me of Nina Hagen.
I'd rather be Nina, and I'm on the fence about naming a child but I think I'd go with Nina.
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Nina
xo
xo
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Mira.
Nina has the most annoying, silly sound.
This question made me think of something that I haven't thought of in years--the cartoonist Al Hirschfeld. His daughter's name was Nina and after her birth he would hide her name somewhere at least once in his drawings and it became a game to "find the Ninas."
Nina has the most annoying, silly sound.
This question made me think of something that I haven't thought of in years--the cartoonist Al Hirschfeld. His daughter's name was Nina and after her birth he would hide her name somewhere at least once in his drawings and it became a game to "find the Ninas."
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Mira
I think it looks and sounds nicer (although I appreciate Nina's zippiness), and love the meaning.
I think it looks and sounds nicer (although I appreciate Nina's zippiness), and love the meaning.
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