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[Opinions] How about...

by shantastic

8/17/2004, 10:25 PM

in reply to a message by ella/michele ?

Winifred Leah (Leah possibly means "mistress" or "ruler" in Assyrian, so this isn't definite)
Winifred Alarica

What's your grandpa's name? Maybe you could use a feminine form of it?

Shannon

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- ella/michele ? (guest) +5

8/17/2004, 10:56 PM

his name was Josef Fredrick. I've chosen Augustus Jay for a boy after his fn Josef = 'G-d will add' & Augustus = 'increase'. Jay would be for his first inital J. Winifred is after Fredrick. I love Winifred, so I took the Fred part, which means 'peace'. the Rick part means 'ruler/power' & that is what i want to use a mn. i would like something short because i think it would fit better w/ a long name

- shantastic +4

8/17/2004, 11:00 PM

How about just Winifred Rica? It sounds a bit like Winna Frederica, but you rarely hear the fn and mn together like that, so it wouldn't bother me, personally.

- ella/michele ? (guest) +3

8/18/2004, 12:18 AM

Rica is pretty. what do you think of the flow of it when said together?

- shantastic +2

8/18/2004, 12:41 AM

I think...

... that Winifred Rica sounds lovely, and I love both names. So long as it flows with your surname, I'd say go for it.

Shannon

- ella/michele (guest) +1

8/18/2004, 12:59 AM

i'm never sure how to pronounce it. would you say Rih-kuh or Ree-kuh

- shantastic

8/18/2004, 1:08 AM

I prn. it REE-kuh.

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