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Help[Opinions] Viktorya?
Now, now. Before you start in about kre8ive spelling-- this is the actual spelling of my grandmother's name. She immigrated here with her family from Galicia, an area of Austria, in the early 1900's.
If I should have another daughter, I was thinking of giving her this name as a middle name. Right now, for girls I am really liking Alanna and Ariana. Do either of these names sound okay?
Alanna Viktorya
Ariana Viktorya
Any other suggestions to go with it?
If I should have another daughter, I was thinking of giving her this name as a middle name. Right now, for girls I am really liking Alanna and Ariana. Do either of these names sound okay?
Alanna Viktorya
Ariana Viktorya
Any other suggestions to go with it?
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They're both really nice!
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I far prefer Alanna (and oh, my favourite spelling of it!) to the whiny Ariana, and I think Alanna Viktorya would be lovely--especially because of Viktorya's history for you.
I've got a lot of Swiss ancestors with fascinating names--including Bendicht and Elsabet! :D I love cool old names like those.
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I've got a lot of Swiss ancestors with fascinating names--including Bendicht and Elsabet! :D I love cool old names like those.
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Thanks.
Bendicht is cool and I love Elsabet.There are a lot of foreign variations of the name Elizabeth that I prefer.
Bendicht is cool and I love Elsabet.There are a lot of foreign variations of the name Elizabeth that I prefer.
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I think the spelling is perfectly fine, especially since it has family significance. I knew a girl from Russia who spelled her name this way and she never had any problems.
I think both names sound fine, although I slighlty prefer Alanna with Viktorya.
How about:
Catherine Viktorya
Anneliese Viktorya
Isobel Viktorya
Abigail Viktorya
Arabelle Viktorya
I think both names sound fine, although I slighlty prefer Alanna with Viktorya.
How about:
Catherine Viktorya
Anneliese Viktorya
Isobel Viktorya
Abigail Viktorya
Arabelle Viktorya
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no offence..but Viktorya is just a really annouyingly version of Victoria, it may look unique or artsy or different but to me it's just a pain in the butt to spell correctly.
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So . . .
So all of those other non-English cultures out there are just "annouying" and are just an attempt to look "unique or artsy" rather than based in long tradition and cultural separation? Saoirse is just an attempt to look creative? Elizaveta is a demand for uniqueness? Johann is a blatant dressing-up of John? Sylwia is just some pain-in-the-butt parent's pretence at cleverness?
Did you even READ Less Lee's post?
Viktorya is clearly a legitimate Northern European variation of Victoria, and it's extremely arrogant and Anglocentric to suggest that any spelling except Victoria is not legitimate.
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All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.
So all of those other non-English cultures out there are just "annouying" and are just an attempt to look "unique or artsy" rather than based in long tradition and cultural separation? Saoirse is just an attempt to look creative? Elizaveta is a demand for uniqueness? Johann is a blatant dressing-up of John? Sylwia is just some pain-in-the-butt parent's pretence at cleverness?
Did you even READ Less Lee's post?
Viktorya is clearly a legitimate Northern European variation of Victoria, and it's extremely arrogant and Anglocentric to suggest that any spelling except Victoria is not legitimate.
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.
This message was edited 8/23/2006, 9:00 PM
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No . . .
What she said was this:
"no offence..but Viktorya is just a really annouyingly version of Victoria, it may look unique or artsy or different but to me it's just a pain in the butt to spell correctly."
She paid no attention to the fact that the Viktorya spelling was after a specific person with a different ethnicity, and suggested that the spelling was merely an attempt to look cool rather than a legitimate variation.
♦ Chrisell ♦
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.
What she said was this:
"no offence..but Viktorya is just a really annouyingly version of Victoria, it may look unique or artsy or different but to me it's just a pain in the butt to spell correctly."
She paid no attention to the fact that the Viktorya spelling was after a specific person with a different ethnicity, and suggested that the spelling was merely an attempt to look cool rather than a legitimate variation.
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.
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Out of curiousity...
...did you read her post fully?
I also find it kind of silly when someone says 'no offence' and then proceeds to say something that most people would find offensive if directed at them. It's pointless to preface a comment with the 'no offence' if offence will likely be taken. If you're worried, maybe think of a nicer way to say it?
...did you read her post fully?
I also find it kind of silly when someone says 'no offence' and then proceeds to say something that most people would find offensive if directed at them. It's pointless to preface a comment with the 'no offence' if offence will likely be taken. If you're worried, maybe think of a nicer way to say it?
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Word.
I agree; I strongly dislike when people qualify their opinions. If you think there's something wrong with it, there probably is. I also have a great disdain for when people say things like, "trust me, I wasn't born yesterday" as if age were an issue or that person should be considered any more trustworthy than the next.
OT, sorry!
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I agree; I strongly dislike when people qualify their opinions. If you think there's something wrong with it, there probably is. I also have a great disdain for when people say things like, "trust me, I wasn't born yesterday" as if age were an issue or that person should be considered any more trustworthy than the next.
OT, sorry!
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Agreed. I've met many the person who was completely immature and many years my senior. That phrase annoys me.
No worries about the OT... my whole brain is OT.
No worries about the OT... my whole brain is OT.
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Ariana Victoria is nice. Even though it's your grandmother's name, I'd still spell it Victoria or at least Viktoria. It would still be honouring her, and save your daughter a lot of hassle.
Bianca Victoria
Cassia Victoria
Chloe Victoria
Eliana Victoria
Elzbieta Victoria
Evadne Victoria
Evangeline Victoria
Francesca Victoria
Gwyneth Victoria (love)
Johanna Victoria
Miranda Victoria
Naomi Victoria
Phaedra Victoria
Phoebe Victoria
Rosa Victoria
Verity Victoria
Willow Victoria
Wren Victoria
(btw, I took these from your personal name list)
Top 3
Ambrose Gratian
Lucian Evander
Ignatius Roman
Valentina Belrose
Juliet Octavia
Ophelia Carys
Bianca Victoria
Cassia Victoria
Chloe Victoria
Eliana Victoria
Elzbieta Victoria
Evadne Victoria
Evangeline Victoria
Francesca Victoria
Gwyneth Victoria (love)
Johanna Victoria
Miranda Victoria
Naomi Victoria
Phaedra Victoria
Phoebe Victoria
Rosa Victoria
Verity Victoria
Willow Victoria
Wren Victoria
(btw, I took these from your personal name list)
Ambrose Gratian
Lucian Evander
Ignatius Roman
Valentina Belrose
Juliet Octavia
Ophelia Carys
This message was edited 8/23/2006, 8:44 PM
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Definitely Ariana!
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They sound fine together. I prefer Ariana.
Although I'm really not a fan of carrying on creative or incorrect spellings. I don't think anyone will find it disrespectful if you spell it correctly. If anyone says anything, you can just say it's for the sake of your daugther learning how to spell it and not having to explain it all the time.
Unless, of course, you really LOVE that spelling. Then I'm just glad it's her MN.
Although I'm really not a fan of carrying on creative or incorrect spellings. I don't think anyone will find it disrespectful if you spell it correctly. If anyone says anything, you can just say it's for the sake of your daugther learning how to spell it and not having to explain it all the time.
Unless, of course, you really LOVE that spelling. Then I'm just glad it's her MN.
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That's just it. If I spell it Victoria, it's just a name, not my grandma's name. It loses it's heritage.
As far as spelling goes, neither of my other two children have ever needed to know how to spell their middle names until 2nd or 3rd grade.
As far as spelling goes, neither of my other two children have ever needed to know how to spell their middle names until 2nd or 3rd grade.
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I respectfully disagree. But if you feel so strongly about it, then that is fine, as I said.
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I think it's a very pretty idea, to name your child after your grandmother, especially with a history such as described. Of the two options you have listed I personally prefer the second (Ariana), although I would also probably consider single syllable first names to better balance the quad-syllable middle name.
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Thanks for your response. I know what you mean about the syllables, the problem is we have a single syllable last name.
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Alanna Viktorya is absolutely lovely. If it were my choice, it would be spelled the regular way - Victoria - but since it's a family name, I think it's also pretty with a "y." In fact, it doesn't seem as trendy as many names with the "i"s turned into "y"s for me - this one looks more Eastern European. Ariana Viktorya is okay as well, but Alanna flows much better.
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