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[Opinions] Re: Swedish celebrity BAs
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Well, at least Swedish celebrities announce their kids' names. German celebs these days tend to just announce that the baby was born, maybe that the child is a boy or a girl, and that was that. No name. Well, many of them do.
(Which I totally understand, by the way. It's just, you know, a tad frustrating for the name nerd that I am. Um, yeah.)Vida Serafia Julia - I love Vida, I really do. I like Julia. And I just don't know what to make of Serafia. In fact, I'm not even sure how to pronounce it. Or, more precisely, where the emphasis goes: is it on the second or the third syllable?
For some reason, though, this combo works for me. To my surprise. Huh.
But wait! She has a sister named Liv Älva Serafia Juni? The same middle name? And Juni. So might Julia be a "variant" of Juli for her parents?
Liv Älva, as a combo, doesn't convince me. Too wordy for me, I guess. How is that combo perceived in Sweden?
Bibbi Nikki-Lo Inga-Lill Krabban - um, a crab and a lynx in the same combo? That sounds kind of like a set-up to an Aesopian fable ;)
I really like Inga, though. Cecilia and Olivia are not necessarily names I would use, but I like the sibset.Tilo, spelt Thilo, is one of the few boys' names I really like at the moment.
Oh, and I love Frances. How is the sibset Florian, Floyd and Flynn perceived? Don't get me wrong, I think all three names are rather nice, but Florian has a totally different feel, style than Floyd and Flynn to me.

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Yes, very frustrating for a name nerd!Emphasis is on the second syllable in Serafia. It's their mother's middle name, I suppose that's why they both have it. It was rather common in Sweden around 1900.
Vida was born in July, so I thought it might be that Liv was born in June, but apparently not ...
Serafia saves Liv's combo IMO - it would have looked a lot like just a random line of words without it.Florian, Flynn and Floyd is one of the sibsets they usually include in articles about how weird names celeb kids have. I definitely agree Florian has a different feel, but I suppose there weren't that many Fl- names. ;) Though I'm not sure other Swedes would agree with me about Florian, it's not that common here after all ...
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ThiloWhere does Thilo / Tilo come from? Is it Dutch? It looks like a Dutch variant or nn. But I can't put my finger on it.
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Thilo, Tilo and Tielo (well, there are even more variants) are Northern German short forms of names that begin with the element Diet-, like Dietrich. According to my book on Frisian names, they are also East Frisian (in which case they are derived from Thiad-something names, but Thiad- is the Frisian form of German Diet-).Aw, this sounds really muddled, doesn't it? Sorry, it's late.
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Aha ... I wonder why Lina and Nassim chose it though. No relation to Northern Germany as far as I know ... I guess it might just be an alteration of the very popular Milo in this case. :/
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No, no. This is exactly why I come to this site. Very interesting. Thanks!
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