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Help[Opinions] Rilla and Nefret.
These are two names that have been on my mind a lot lately. Rilla is Greek for brook. Nefret, as I read in Elizabeth Peter's novels, is Egyptian for "beautiful"
My biggest concerns with the names are that Rilla sounds incomplete and Nefret has fret in it. Otherwise, I really love the names.
Opinions?
Molly
My biggest concerns with the names are that Rilla sounds incomplete and Nefret has fret in it. Otherwise, I really love the names.
Opinions?
Molly
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I don't think Rilla sounds any more incomplete than, say, Milla or Kira or Nina. I do think it has a bit of a rough sound with the only two consonants being so blunted, though.
I like Nefret, and the fret would never occur to me. It sounds better adapted for an English speaker and less peculiar than Neferet.
- chazda
I like Nefret, and the fret would never occur to me. It sounds better adapted for an English speaker and less peculiar than Neferet.
- chazda
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In fact, Nefret is Neferet, meaning "beautiful" or "good". It was a very common name in Ancient Egypt.
I don't know anything about Rilla.
I find both names beautiful.
I don't know anything about Rilla.
I find both names beautiful.
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I really like both of them, Rilla more so than Nefret, and I don't think that Rilla sounds incomplete nor does "fret" in Nefret bother me.
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I love Elizabeth Peters too! Ever since I started reading her books I have liked the names Nefret and Sennia. I pronounce Nefret more like Nef-ret, so i wouldn't worry about "fret" being in it. I don't really like Rilla, it sounds like half of a name.
I also like: Nila / Neela - it means dark blue in sanskrit
I also like: Nila / Neela - it means dark blue in sanskrit
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