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I think I've heard the color cyan pronounced as SYE-an, so that's what I might assume. But I've also seen Cyan and Cian used for boys and pronounced KYE-an and KEE-an, respectively, so I'd be very unsure of pronunciation and gender upon first glance.

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Comments:
Alba - Makes me think of the band Abba or Thomas Alva Edison. I wouldn't use it on a person, but it might be cute for a pet. :b
Emmanuelle - Oh, I think this is a character or actress in a series of soft-porn movies. At least in the U.S. So that's what I think.
:-/
Fabiana - Makes me think of Fabio and Fabian, so mushy romance-y things.
Merryn - I'd prefer Maren, Maryn or Merrin, but I do like it.
Tessa - Like it, but prefer Tess.
Viviana - A little frilly for me but pretty. Prefer Vivian and Vivienne nn Vivi.

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Darcy - Love this because of "Pride & Prejudice" (even though it was his surname)
Hosea (hoe-ZAY-ah) - Very Biblical. Makes me think of a hose. :(
Ronan - Love it
Silas - LOve it
Trueman - Truman would be better, imo, but it's still very surname-y. Trueman looks like "man that is true". :b

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~Heather~

Darcy is cute reminds me of Pride and Predijuce

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I think it pronounced both ways depending on where you are... I've always heard it pronounced as SIE-an. I think it's a cute name for a girl.

I perfer Cyan on a boy. I used to have Cyanne for a girl though.

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"There is none Holy like The Lord, there is none besides Thee; there is no Rock like our God." (1 Samuel 2:2 RSV)

I used to know a Kyan, but he was awful. So the name has pretty much the opposite of a sentimental connection to me.

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I actually prefer Cyan on a boy..

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I like:
Emmanuelle

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Darcy
Ronan
Silas

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~~~~~~~~~~ Bex ~~~~~~~~~~~
Lover of the book Sirius & Remus

Hmm- I'm not a fan of Cyan, really. I mean, it can be confused with Cian, such as what Ylva said.

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From your list, I like: Albra, Fabiana, Viviana, and Hosea (especially). Merryn and Emmanuelle are alright, but I like the others better.

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♦ Andrew ♦

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Cyan has a nice sound (I pronunce it sy-ANN, too), but I dislike the colour--so I wouldn't use it, personally. It's fine for someone else.

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Alba~ I like it, and also Albina and Alberta. Of the three, Alberta's my favourite (because of Alberta Hunter), but Alba's a close second.
Emmanuelle~ It's one I can't get behind--which is weird, because I like Emmanuel for a boy. This just sounds soap opera-y to me.
Fabiana~ I have the sinking feeling that it's still too similar (in the US, at least) to Fabio for usage. But I think it's pretty nice all the same. I like Fabia better, which is even worse!
Merryn~ I can only picture Seda's kid. And since I didn't have the best of opinions on Seda, I don't like this at all. Merit, Maren, Meryl, Merle, and Mariel all sound nicer to my ears.
Tessa~ I rather like it, but I don't think I'd ever be able to use it. See, my mother's a Teresa, and she hates pretty much every diminuitive form of the name! :D
Viviana~ I dislike this--it's horribly frou-frou in a staid way, like Juliana's bitchy older cousin.

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Darcy~ Very nice, but not quite enough for me personally.
Hosea~ About the equivalent of naming a girl Alleluia, I think. Extremely religious sounding to me--and I am quite religious, so that's saying something!
Ronan~ A ronin, in Japan, was a masterless samurai. Now, it refers to people who've failed university or high school entrance exams. Despite the fact that they sound slightly different, that's all I can think of.

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Cyan and Cian

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I'm a bit bewildered, since Cyan is female and pronounced as Syan, while Cian is male and pronounced as Kian (KEE-an).

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At first I thought Cyan was the same as the Irish Cian. I've also seen the spelling Kyan.

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BTW, I love Tessa, Viviana, Ronan and Silas.

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"But it’s all right now.
I learned my lesson well.
You see you can’t please everyone
So you got to please yourself."
Rick Nelson, GardenParty

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"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)

Until you pointed this out, I actually pronounced it like Kie-ANN. But it's a color to me, notsomuch a name.

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I like Emmanuelle, and I love Tessa as a nn for Theresa
I like Silas, of the boys list.

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This message was edited 3/7/2006, 1:14 PM

Maybe a US/Canada v. Scotland pronunciation difference? I pronounce it the BtN way.

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I like Cyan, it's fun. For some reason I thought of it as a boys name (I think it should technically be unisex, though, since its a word). Pronounced your way, it sounds a lot more feminine.

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