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[Opinions] Théodrade / Théoda
I've recently been rewatching The Tudors, which let me down the dark hole of Wikipedia in googling the historical characters on the show-- I somehow wound up reading up on Ancient Frankish royalty lol Anyway, I found these two girl names (and just added them to the database) and I kind of love them! What do you all think of them? I especially like Théodrade, it has an old romance feel to it, like it belongs in a Shakespearean play.
http://www.behindthename.com/name/the10oda/submitted
http://www.behindthename.com/name/the10odrade/submitted
My PNL = http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/37275Top: William and Coraline (main) / Percival & Ember (GP) / James & Georgiana (top25)
Bottom: Delsin and Deva (main) / Dinadan & Moxie (GP) / Corvo & Ourania (top25)
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To be honest, I like the simple look and feel of Théoda far more than Théodrade.
Théodrade looks lovely but realistically sounds cumbersome unless said with a lilting elvish accent.
Théoda though - totally usable and quite chic.
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Haha, I love wikipedia spirals.Those are actually lovely names! Very regal and medieval, both in a good way. Théodrade sounds particularly magical. I was clicking through the links to other names like Theodelinde in the user submissions, and I was interested to find that the "Théo" part is from a Germanic name part meaning people, not the Greek for god like in Theodora!
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Oh, that's interesting! I'll make a note of that in their entries.
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They sound royal and fancy in a god way.
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