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beautyq115
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Ethnic names you wish you could use....
We have an Irish last name but if we were Greek I would love Athena
And if we had an Italian last name I would love Giuliana ...I love it spelled like that
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mrsgafforio
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Re: Ethnic names you wish you could use....
Giuliana is our girl name!! We have an Italian last name!
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| Posted 5/28/08 1:02 PM |
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katiebug
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Re: Ethnic names you wish you could use....
I am half Greek! Woo Hooo! And I LOVE the name Athena! I just can't sell my FH on the name. I think I may be able to get it as a middle name.
I love most Greek names. Maybe it is in the blood.
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| Posted 5/28/08 1:22 PM |
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Samarty
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Re: Ethnic names you wish you could use....
I love Gianna... but we have a very irish last name so it wouldn't work...
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| Posted 5/28/08 1:30 PM |
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autumn
Mommy to 2 divas
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Lisa
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Re: Ethnic names you wish you could use....
Posted by beautyq115
We have an Irish last name but if we were Greek I would love Athena
And if we had an Italian last name I would love Giuliana ...I love it spelled like that
DH little cuz who was also one of our FG is named Athena
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| Posted 5/28/08 1:51 PM |
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maybeamommy
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Re: Ethnic names you wish you could use....
Maybe I'm the odd one out, but I would use any name that Dh and I liked - no matter what the ethnicity.
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| Posted 5/28/08 1:53 PM |
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SweetTooth
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Re: Ethnic names you wish you could use....
Posted by maybeamommy
Maybe I'm the odd one out, but I would use any name that Dh and I liked - no matter what the ethnicity.
Me too. I don't think it matters what your last name is. If you like a name, then I don't see why you shouldn't use it. This happens all the time!
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Blu-ize
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Re: Ethnic names you wish you could use....
I want to use Isabelle or Isabella if we have a girl but DH says it's too ethnic. It's an Italian name and we're not.
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| Posted 5/28/08 2:16 PM |
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csorisi
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Re: Ethnic names you wish you could use....
Posted by SweetTooth
Posted by maybeamommy
Maybe I'm the odd one out, but I would use any name that Dh and I liked - no matter what the ethnicity.
Me too. I don't think it matters what your last name is. If you like a name, then I don't see why you shouldn't use it. This happens all the time!
I completely agree. We have an irish last name and I like pairing it with an italian first name...breaks it up a little.
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| Posted 5/28/08 2:18 PM |
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MrsRbk
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Re: Ethnic names you wish you could use....
Posted by Blu-ize
I want to use Isabelle or Isabella if we have a girl but DH says it's too ethnic. It's an Italian name and we're not.
We are jewish, and my sister is much more relgious then I am. She said when she gets pregnant again and if she has a girl, that's the name she's going to use. My grandfather's name was Yizack. She is planning on using Isabelle/a to name her after our grandfather.
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nicknmb
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Re: Ethnic names you wish you could use....
I love the name Sophia but our last name is Italian so it would sound like she stepped right off the boat!
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CkGm
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Re: Ethnic names you wish you could use....
I love the name Gabriella, Gaby for short but with our Scottish/Irish last name it would sound rediculous.
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ReiRei13
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Re: Ethnic names you wish you could use....
Luckily all of our very ethnic italian names we love go with our very italian last name
 Gabriella, and Giovanna
 Francesco (We'd call him Frankie but wanna name him after my grandfather)
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| Posted 5/28/08 3:25 PM |
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Blu-ize
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Susan
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Re: Ethnic names you wish you could use....
Posted by MrsRbk
Posted by Blu-ize
I want to use Isabelle or Isabella if we have a girl but DH says it's too ethnic. It's an Italian name and we're not.
We are jewish, and my sister is much more relgious then I am. She said when she gets pregnant again and if she has a girl, that's the name she's going to use. My grandfather's name was Yizack. She is planning on using Isabelle/a to name her after our grandfather.
DH's grandfather was Izzy and I would love to name a baby after him. Maybe I could work on him..
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MrsRbk
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Re: Ethnic names you wish you could use....
Posted by Blu-ize
Posted by MrsRbk
Posted by Blu-ize
I want to use Isabelle or Isabella if we have a girl but DH says it's too ethnic. It's an Italian name and we're not.
We are jewish, and my sister is much more relgious then I am. She said when she gets pregnant again and if she has a girl, that's the name she's going to use. My grandfather's name was Yizack. She is planning on using Isabelle/a to name her after our grandfather.
DH's grandfather was Izzy and I would love to name a baby after him. Maybe I could work on him..
That was the problem when my nephew was born last year. My father and grandfather have the same hebrew name (my grandfather was my dads step father), so because of that they couldn't name the baby after him since my father is still with us. But if they had/have a girl next, they are allowed to name her after my grandfather because it would be a girl and it doesn't count.
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| Posted 5/28/08 4:12 PM |
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Blu-ize
Plan B is Now Plan A
Member since 7/05 32475 total posts
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Susan
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Re: Ethnic names you wish you could use....
Posted by MrsRbk
Posted by Blu-ize
Posted by MrsRbk
Posted by Blu-ize
I want to use Isabelle or Isabella if we have a girl but DH says it's too ethnic. It's an Italian name and we're not.
We are jewish, and my sister is much more relgious then I am. She said when she gets pregnant again and if she has a girl, that's the name she's going to use. My grandfather's name was Yizack. She is planning on using Isabelle/a to name her after our grandfather.
DH's grandfather was Izzy and I would love to name a baby after him. Maybe I could work on him..
That was the problem when my nephew was born last year. My father and grandfather have the same hebrew name (my grandfather was my dads step father), so because of that they couldn't name the baby after him since my father is still with us. But if they had/have a girl next, they are allowed to name her after my grandfather because it would be a girl and it doesn't count.
well grandpa is gone but I still have to get DH onboard with that name if it's a girl..heck if we are lucky enough to have a baby!
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| Posted 5/28/08 4:33 PM |
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Lizzy
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Re: Ethnic names you wish you could use....
I like Diem and Maddox but my DH thinks they are too "ethnic"
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Goldi0218
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Re: Ethnic names you wish you could use....
Our last name is very Russian. It is butchered on a daily basis. Anyone who actually takes the time to read it phonetically should in theory be able to get it - assuming you have made it past the third grade. That being said, we didn't want to take chances and have people butcher her first name too. We chose a name from the Old Testament for both her first and middle name so she didn't have to go through life correcting people.
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We are Jewish too. We chose names in English that we liked. We will be naming for my father and DH's grandfather (using feminine equivalents since we are having a girl) in Hebrew. In addition, due to the recent passing of my mother, we are giving our daughter a second Hebrew middle name in honor of her. The Hebrew name is actually where the honor is and DOES NOT have to correspond with an English initial though many do it that way.
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luckyinlove
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Re: Ethnic names you wish you could use....
Our last name is very Irish/Scottish and awkward sounding. Very few names sound good paired with it. My best bet is to go with Irish sounding names. Everything else sounds ridiculous.
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Arieschick29
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Re: Ethnic names you wish you could use....
Posted by nicknmb
I love the name Sophia but our last name is Italian so it would sound like she stepped right off the boat!
sophia is the # 1 name in USA right now ( I believe)
I know of 2 girls born last year with it.
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Re: Ethnic names you wish you could use....
I am Polish and English witha smal smidge of German, but Joe 100% German...he wants to name our son Friz. I do like the name I just worry about how he would be treated. I suggested Fredrick and Fritz for short but it was a no-go......Do you think Fritz is a name that people say oh how unique or a name that says your about to get your lunch money stolen and a wedgie all before 1st period?
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ReiRei13
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Re: Ethnic names you wish you could use....
Posted by medic6809
I am Polish and English witha smal smidge of German, but Joe 100% German...he wants to name our son Friz. I do like the name I just worry about how he would be treated. I suggested Fredrick and Fritz for short but it was a no-go......Do you think Fritz is a name that people say oh how unique or a name that says your about to get your lunch money stolen and a wedgie all before 1st period?
I personally like Frederick better with Fritz as a nickname!! Buts thats JMO!! I personally wouldn't stress about it too much just yet...you never know you might have all girls (and then you wasted all this time stressing over it). Or you could have a boy and he can come out looking NOTHIN like a Fritz! GOOD LUCK! 
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Tine73
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Re: Ethnic names you wish you could use....
We have an italian last name and stayed away from italian first names, but I really like Isabella.
On the flip side, DH likes some really Irish names like Erin which sounds really dumb with our last name IMO....
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| Posted 5/28/08 10:54 PM |
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neenie
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Re: Ethnic names you wish you could use....
Graziana
Graciela
Antonella
Tiziana
Toula
Athena
Bracha (sounds like Brock-ah)
DH hates all of them, and combined with our last name, the would just sound like an identity crisis 
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J9-13
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Re: Ethnic names you wish you could use....
Posted by nicknmb
I love the name Sophia but our last name is Italian so it would sound like she stepped right off the boat!
LOL Thats the same problem I have with some of the names I would like to use one day.
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