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Help[Opinions] Names from a Swiss cemetery
I recently visited the cemetery where Thomas Mann is buried and noted down some interesting names. What do you think of them?
Regula
Cilly
Hildegard
Sekunda
Ettie
Modesto
Verena × 4
Adelheid
Lisetta
Vreni
Luzi
masculine list: https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/191050/124079
feminine list: https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/191050/124080
Regula
Cilly
Hildegard
Sekunda
Ettie
Modesto
Verena × 4
Adelheid
Lisetta
Vreni
Luzi
masculine list: https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/191050/124079
feminine list: https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/191050/124080
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I think Cilly and Ettie would make cute nicknames, although "Cilla" is probably preferable, considering Cilly's similarity to the word silly. Lisetta is pretty, but Verena nn Vee is probably my favourite. Vreni and Luzi I feel indifferent towards.
Regula, Hildegard, Sekunda, Modesto, Adelheid seem clunky to me - perhaps they would work best in another language. German maybe?
Regula, Hildegard, Sekunda, Modesto, Adelheid seem clunky to me - perhaps they would work best in another language. German maybe?
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I've been liking Verena lately - I prefer it to Vera and Irena. Vreni is a cute NN for it (I feel like I have heard/seen it before but no idea where).
Maybe unrelated, but Cilly reminds me of Civilla which I saw recently in US cemetery records (if I'm remembering correctly, it would have been from the late 1700s; names like Sybilla, Priscilla, Zibella, Aquilla were also being used at around the same time, plus Verena). Cilly sounds silly in English but was probably fine for Switzerland...any possibility it could have been a hard C?
Regula, Sekunda, and Hildegard are fun to see.
Adelheid's OK. I'd rather be Adelaide, but Heidi is a nice NN name.
Modesto's OK. I like Desta and Mo, plus I like Modesta as a GP.
Luzi, Lisetta, and Ettie I'm indifferent about.
Maybe unrelated, but Cilly reminds me of Civilla which I saw recently in US cemetery records (if I'm remembering correctly, it would have been from the late 1700s; names like Sybilla, Priscilla, Zibella, Aquilla were also being used at around the same time, plus Verena). Cilly sounds silly in English but was probably fine for Switzerland...any possibility it could have been a hard C?
Regula, Sekunda, and Hildegard are fun to see.
Adelheid's OK. I'd rather be Adelaide, but Heidi is a nice NN name.
Modesto's OK. I like Desta and Mo, plus I like Modesta as a GP.
Luzi, Lisetta, and Ettie I'm indifferent about.
This message was edited 9/9/2023, 4:55 PM
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