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[Opinions] Tiphanie
I met a girl in the grocery store with the name Tiphanie. My husband really wanted to give Nadine the name Tiffany, and I suggested the Tiphanie spelling. I just wasn't sure if it would go over well in the States. Now, I see it in person! I was kinda excited. Still, not sure what people think?______________________________________________
Momma to Clarisse Bituin Gioia and Nadine Marikit Irene.
Mahal na mahal
from our little family to yours!

This message was edited 1/5/2017, 7:10 AM

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It's pretty unusual, but I rather like it. It makes the name Tiffany look a lot prettier and more interesting.
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I would prefer Tiphanie over Tiffany only if I lived in a French-speaking country.
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I find Tiffany horrendously dated, and making it look more like Theophania doesn't help. It just looks like another in the long line of kre8iv spellings. I think you did your little girl a big favour.Off the point, but fun: last year I met a teenage Lynadia!
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It honestly looks like a misspelling of Tiffany and not legitimate.
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That's pretty cool. I would just stick to Tiffany just to keep it simple.
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I don't think there would be much point in an English-speaking country, as people would pronounce it the same as Tiffany, and that would be so much easier. Do you like Tiphaine?
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I first read "timpani". I don't like Tiphanie. It looks trashy.
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Sorry to say, I pretty much hate it. :( Nadine, however is lovely!
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BtwI don't like Tiffany much better. It just sounds dated and cheap to me.
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I thought it was some weird kre8tyv version of Stephanie at first.
It's the ugliest one I've seen in a while.
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I really like Tiffany. But I think Tiphanie looks really dumb. It really tarts up the original name and cheapens it.
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Good timing with Jan. 6th tomorrow! I've always thought in the back of my mind that if I had a baby girl on the day of the Epiphany, I'd name her Tiffany. (I probably actually wouldn't but I hope someone would, haha.)Tiphanie is an okay spelling. It actually makes more sense with the origin. I don't see why it wouldn't go over well; she'd just have to spell her name a lot for people.
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The States? The home of misspelled names? I remember when there was a post in the Lounge asking about "Stereotypes of Countries", and so many who were not American cited as a common stereotype of the US, "Misspelled names." Tiphanie goes over fine here. I know that it's not technically a misspelling, but rather a foreign form, but since we are so used to misspellings I think it would be seen as one.I think I like both spellings about equally. I like the name well enough. My youngest sister hates it._______________________________________________________________________________________________
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The misspelling stereotype is what I meant. I know people assume Clarisse is misspelled and it bothers me. That was my main drawback against Tiphanie.
Tiffany seems to be one of those divisive names - you hate or love.
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As I said, I really like Tiffany, but there's no getting around the fact it acquired a very downmarket image pretty quickly, and the Tiphanie spelling just highlights that image and dates the name more than it already is.
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Agreed. The "trashy" feel it gives a lot of people is unavoidable.
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Just like my beloved Amber. *Sigh*
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I love the sound and feel of Amber. It's such a whimsical thought - outside of popular connotations. I don't think Amber will ever recover. Sigh.
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In that case, best forget it lol.
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