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Help[Opinions] Re: Magda and Anya
in reply to a message by vigdis
Magda is so clunky. It basically isolates the least appealing part of Magdalene / Magdalena. I'm not digging Miriam and Magda together. They're matchy, they make each other seem really frumpy, and Magda looks incomplete next to Miriam. Magdalene and Miriam together strike me as EXTREMELY religious...like, fanaticism level. Which is a shame, since I like Magdalene a lot.
I love Anya but only as a nickname. It's never used as a full name in Russian and it irks me when English-speakers do. Like Magda, Anya seems especially incomplete next to the stately Miriam. I'd expect Anya to have a sister named Mira, not Miriam. Are there any other An- names you both like? Annabel, Anneliese, Annika (which is also a nickname but often used as a given name in Scandinavia)...
There's also Anja, which like Annika is a nickname with a long history of freestanding use in Scandinavia. But you might run into some pronunciation issues.
I love Anya but only as a nickname. It's never used as a full name in Russian and it irks me when English-speakers do. Like Magda, Anya seems especially incomplete next to the stately Miriam. I'd expect Anya to have a sister named Mira, not Miriam. Are there any other An- names you both like? Annabel, Anneliese, Annika (which is also a nickname but often used as a given name in Scandinavia)...
There's also Anja, which like Annika is a nickname with a long history of freestanding use in Scandinavia. But you might run into some pronunciation issues.
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