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[Opinions] Re: Strange names given to 2024 Ukrainians
I like
Vella, K'yara, Mirabella, Oliviya
Vohnedar, Olherd, SiriusEskyender is interesting.
Dzenyslava took me off guard, making Jenny more slavic (I guess, unless it's something different)
instead of choosing version like Yana, Zhanna, Ivana, but I respect that.
Dzvina is Gina?

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Eskyender is Eskender Ukrainianised (Eskender is a Crimean Tatar name, though it's not listed as that on the site)
Dzenyslava I don't think comes from Jenny, because in Ukraine we write Jenny like Dzhenni or Dzheni. It would probably look like Dzhenislava or Dzhenyslava (maybe with two n). I thought it might come from дзенькіт (dzenkit) "jingle, ring" but I'm not sure.
Dzvina is a variant of Dzvinka, which is a modern name that means "bell" (from дзвінок) or "sonourous" (from дзвінкий). They probably left off the k because it makes it sound like a diminutive.
Thank you for explonation, I feel stupid for not making connection to Dzwon "dzenkit" with Dzvina.