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[Opinions] Leah or Natalia?
Leah or Natalia?People tell me Leah is too boring and I really don't want my daughter thinking her name is boring (I don't think it is). I also love Natalia, which I suppose I could still use Lia as a nn (even though we pronounce it 'nah-TAHL-ee-uh).What do you like better? My favourite combos so far are:Leah Alexandra and Natalia SofiaI'm not really sure about Sofia yet as DH doesn't want a name that sounds to foreign. Thanks
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I prefer Lea (LAY-ah) with no "h"- but Leah over Natalia ;)
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I like Natalia slightly better. I think Leah is very pretty but for some reason I do find it a tad plain. But I don't really know why-it's very sweet. They're both very nice names.
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love the name Leah
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Leah is definetly not boring - it's lovely. I think Natalia sounds foreign, and that's one reason I don't like it! Natalie sounds nicer.
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Well, actually, I do think Leah is boring, but if you like it, other people's opinion should not stop you from using it. There's nothing wrong with Leah Alexandra, but I like Natalia Sofia much better.A Natalia has more choices: she can go by her full name, she can be Natalie, Natty, Nat, Lia, Lee... Leah is just Leah.
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This message was edited 5/26/2005, 2:06 AM

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I like both names, but I adore Natalia and would consider using it in the future.
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I think both combos are lovely, you can't really go wrong! What would worry me about using Natalia though is that you can't always control what nicknames kids get given, and so while you may call her Lia, some may call her Nat, and I hate that! But really, both are nice names
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Natalia, it's much more interesting. I also like Natalya :-)_____________________________________________________________________"Heaven's not a place that you go when you die, it's that moment in life when you actually feel alive."Elinor
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Also ...If Dh doesn't want a 'foreign' name you could just spell it Sophia. However, Sofia is in very widespread English-speaking use now, and no longer seems foreign at all to me. Like Erika with the K._____________________________________________________________________"Heaven's not a place that you go when you die, it's that moment in life when you actually feel alive."Elinor
(Proud "mother" to Dallán, Aubrianna)
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Thanks Elinor but we both really dislike the Sophia spelling for some reason :)
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I prefer Natalia. Not a fan of Leah.:)
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love both but like Leah best :)
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I definitely prefer Leah Alexandra. It's not boring at all.
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Natalia Sofia, hands down (even though I prefer the spelling Sophia). Leah is a very ugly look and sounding name to me; not very feminine or pretty. I do like AlexandraSo, Natalia Sofia gets my vote.
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definitely Leah. "Leah Alexandra" is lovely!
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I detest both, but Natalia would win out because of the possibility of the (very cute) nickname Tally. I like the name Lia, though, and the name Natasha.I don't see why Sofia would seem so much more foreign than Sophia. They're pronunced the same way.Array
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Sofia is a foreign spelling and Sophia is very common in English speaking countries.
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But they sound exactly the same--and seeing as the spelling Sofia is in the top 100, I simply can't think of it as a "foreign" name. :)Array
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I suppose you are right in that sense, but it's kind of like my name. If you see it spelt Cristina, you would think it's foreign (or made up unfortunately) but Christina looks very English, get what I mean? :)
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I'm afraid I fail...Cristina doesn't look foreign to me, either. It's common enough of a variation that it gets the "normal" stamp from me--and so does Sofia, heh.Array
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Yes they are common enough but it doesn't mean they are English names. To my DH, Sofia is more of a Spanish (foreign) name and Sophie is English.Anyway, I don't think we will see eye to eye on this lol :)
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I love both......but if I had to choose, Leah would win out. I don't think it's boring at all-- perhaps a little simple, but there's not necessarily anything wrong with that. And it's really very sweet.I love the combo Leah Alexandra. And, if you think you might never use Natalia in the future, Leah Natalia is nice as well. :)
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Natalia is much better than Leah imo, but I don't like the two -a endings in Natalia Sofia. And DH is right, it does sound foreign.
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Well we are foreign lol, but DH would just like our kids to have an English first or middle name to balance it out. I haven't asked him about this combo yet, I'll have to wait and see what he thinks :)
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I like Natalia Sofia
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