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[Opinions] Random BAs
From Croatia:GIRLS:Ana (Ante & Svjetlana)
Ana (Ivan & Milica)
Ana (Željka) -see Zeljka
Dijana (Mario and Mirjana)
Dragana (Ilija and Milica)
Ivana (Rudolf and Olivera)
Ivona (Zdravko and Đurđica) -see Durdica
Katarina (Zvonimir and Marijana)
Lana (dad Nikola & Katica)
Lana (Hrvoje & Slađana) -see Sladana
Laura (Boris & Mateja)
Laura (Josipa)
Maria Kyra (Silvio & Ana Marija)
Nia (Mateo & Tanja)
Nikolina (Darko and Jasna)
Petra (Borislav & Marijana)
Petra (Nevenko & Marija)
Vida (Branko & Maja)
Violeta (Stjepan & Suzana)
From US:BOYS:Aidan Nicholas (Scott and Jessica)
Amir Rami (Rami and Hiba )
Andrew Sullivan (Kevin and Dana), brother Matthew, 3
Bobby Difranco (Sharon and Michael), siblings Emily, 14 and Elliot, 11
Christopher Andrew (Andrew and Jamie), brother Kevin, 1
Christoser (Christy and Fernando, grandparents Miguel and Aurola), siblings Fernando Jr., 10, Adrian, 5 and Jeaniel, 2 -I'm hoping it's a typo
Collin John (Matt and Erin)
Evan Patrick (Daniel Jr. and Jennifer)
Gavin Dwight (Matthew and Christine, grandparents Doug and Cherie; Dwight and Barbara)
Myles Rey (Robert and Laurie), sister Lydia, 2
Shane Taylor (Jack and Kimberly), siblings Amanda, 22 and Cody, 17

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Wow, Aidan spelt properly. And quite a traditional batch of names for the US, too. Amir Rami is fun, in a palindromic way.
Is Nia a full name in Croatian, or is it short for something?
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Nia isn't a traditional Croatian name, so I assume the parents hear it somewhere else and liked it. We do have names like Ria, Tia, Mia, so this one fits into that group.
I guess it could be a nickname for Antonia, but I've never seen it used as such before.
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I like:Girls:
Ana
Ivana
Katarina
Lana
Laura
Maria
Nia
Nikolina
VioletaBoys:
Amir
Chirstipher
TaylorI like Bobby but I like it more on a girl than a boy.
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I like:Dragana (Milica) - awesome names!
Ivana (Olivera) - ditto
Katarina
(Mateja)
(Ana Marija) - is there a standard spelling of this name, because i've noticed in other BAs it spelt Anamarija.
(Mateo)
Nikolina
Violeta
(Erin)
sister Lydia
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There's no standard spelling for Ana Marija/ Anamarija, both are used equally.
Since we don't use middle names, when someone has two names it's assumed to be a double first name and both are always said. In this case the stress is different depending on the spelling and I guess it just depends on what parents prefer (oh, and Ana-Marija is also used). Ana Marija and Ana-Marija is actually the only standard double first name here. It's comparable to the Spanish Maria del Carmen, etc.
Other compound names are just spelled together, like Marijana for example.
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