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[Opinions] Re: Frida?

by Caprice

2/6/2017, 11:40 AM

Since I'm a BIG fan of Frida Kahlo, I like the name Frida. If you say it with a Latin touch, it sounds gorgeous. It's just a pity that it's so common here. I have a cousin called Frida and I've known several other Fridas. And in Swedish it sounds kind of meeky. Since my own name, Fredrika, is pretty uncommon, people often mistake it for Frida. Being a Kahlo fan, I can't say it irritates me, though. :)
Frida Kahlo's father was from Germany and she originally spelled her name Frieda, but changed the spelling when Nazism grew big in Europe, because she didn't want it to sound so "German". (She also made up that her father was in fact Jewish, but he probably wasn't.)
Her full name was Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón (and later Kahlo de Rivera).

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- Serafina Starstrider +2

2/6/2017, 2:30 PM

I didn't know that Frida Kahlo's name was actually Magdalena Carmen Frida. It's a marvellous combo and it fits her.

There is a part of me that loves Magdalena and another part of me that worries it is too heavy.

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- Bear +1

2/7/2017, 11:23 AM

Aw. Poor heavy names. Embrace the heft? The heaviness of some names is what I love most about some names. They're so grand and imposing. (Rosamund, Augusta, Berengaria, etc.)

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- Serafina Starstrider

2/8/2017, 2:40 PM

I'm actually not familiar with Berengaria, I wish to like it but 5 syllable names always feel a little overboard. I do love Augusta and Rosamund is nice, both are a bit heavy but less so than Magdalena. You're right that heavy isn't necessarily a bad thing. I do like names like Georgina, Margaretha, Ursula, Reginald, Frederick, and Ferdinand. I'm noticing that longer names with G's, D's, and U's seem to feel especially heavy.

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- Bear

2/6/2017, 12:53 PM

Magdalena Carmen Frida is utterly gorgeous together. :0)

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