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Help[Opinions] Mélisande (Amalasuintha / Millicent) - posted on July 4
in reply to a message by Tuesday
Mélisande / Melisande (Amalasuintha / modern Millicent)
I copied the above from BtN's Meaning & History of the name--wherein more "good stuff" can be found at your perusal - and I hope you read this. For an additional modernized nickname I also see Sandy or Sandra (Sondra).
I gather that using the Germanic Amalasuintha might raise a stir for a child in the US--though I say, "why not?", but how about Melisande? Spell this at the preference the name giver or name user, and of course hopefully not--by that of the name caller - smile.
I do not query the name "Millicent" due to the middle name of the Barbie doll--though if a response should contain this, why not?, but more for the Germanic name--especially the meaning of the five, six, or seven, syllable compound, depending on treatment of the diphthong, as delivered to us at present through the French Mélisande / Melisand: a fortified bastion of strength embodied through such graceful elegance!
Mélisande / Melisande / Amalasuintha / Amalaswintha / modern Millicent: do you hear or see Sue too?
http://www.behindthename.com/name/millicent
I see a beautiful set of roots and derivatives. How about you?
I copied the above from BtN's Meaning & History of the name--wherein more "good stuff" can be found at your perusal - and I hope you read this. For an additional modernized nickname I also see Sandy or Sandra (Sondra).
I gather that using the Germanic Amalasuintha might raise a stir for a child in the US--though I say, "why not?", but how about Melisande? Spell this at the preference the name giver or name user, and of course hopefully not--by that of the name caller - smile.
I do not query the name "Millicent" due to the middle name of the Barbie doll--though if a response should contain this, why not?, but more for the Germanic name--especially the meaning of the five, six, or seven, syllable compound, depending on treatment of the diphthong, as delivered to us at present through the French Mélisande / Melisand: a fortified bastion of strength embodied through such graceful elegance!
Mélisande / Melisande / Amalasuintha / Amalaswintha / modern Millicent: do you hear or see Sue too?
http://www.behindthename.com/name/millicent
I see a beautiful set of roots and derivatives. How about you?
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