Message: "Kryzia" - Behind the Name

[Facts] Kryzia

by ADT

3/7/2011, 8:02 PM

Hello! I'm wondering about the meaning of Kryzia (f) = pronounced it KRITZ-ya. It could be Italian...

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- Orsino (bananarama) +7

3/9/2011, 5:14 PM

It can't be Italian, because the Italian alphabet doesn't include K or Y. But it could be a variant of the Polish nickname Krysia.

- ADT +6

3/10/2011, 5:40 PM

I said Italian because that's what the young woman whose name it is said. I asked her if it's a variant of Christina and she said no. It is definitely not a variant of Krysia (which is pron KRI-shah).

- Orsino (bananarama) +5

3/10/2011, 6:12 PM

Well, it can't be Italian because there is no K or Y in the Italian alphabet. Thus, she's wrong.

- Fiammetta (lady murasaki) +3

3/11/2011, 8:18 AM

actually

While indeed there's no K or Y in the Italian alphabet that doesn't stop some people from using sometimes names, probably of foreign derivation, that might contain these letters (I've come across a couple of Ylenia), just as there are some words borrowed from other languages but that are now in Italian dictionaries, that contain k's or y's (such as knock-out or yacht).

This said, you're right that Kryzia isn't an Italian name but she could still be Italian. Krizia (in this spelling) is an Italian fashion brand.

- ADT +2

3/11/2011, 11:47 AM

Thank you! How do you pronounce Krizia (the fashion brand)?

This message was edited 3/11/2011, 11:48 AM

- Fiammetta (lady murasaki) +1

3/11/2011, 11:51 AM

It would be KREE-tzee-a.

- ADT

3/11/2011, 1:14 PM

Thanks, so pretty much like the name. I'll ask next time I see her.

This message was edited 3/11/2011, 1:14 PM

- ADT

3/10/2011, 8:18 PM

Okay, I believe you, thanks for letting me know. I just thought she was right as I believe her background is Italian.

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