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Segovia...
Recently, I met this couple that just had a baby girl. They decided to name her 'Segovia.' I'm pretty sure there is a region in Spain called Segovia. I can't say if I like it, or not. Anyway, WDYT?
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It's nice-sounding. I don't think I like it as a name, though.They may have named her for this guy:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9s_Segovia
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No it's definitely not a good name for a baby girl. All I can think of is the city in Spain--it's about an hour or two northwest of Madrid. Plus I'm used to hearing "se-GO-bi-ah" or something like that, and I can imagine that with our English pronounciation it could turn into "si-go-VEE-uh"--yuck.One time I mentioned the city of Segovia to my mom, and she said it sounds like a country in Africa.
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I like it. :DI also secretly really like Sevilla as a name.
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Sevilla? Hahaha...I admit that would be pretty cool, but not for long. You know it reminds me of the Medieval period of Spain; during some reigns Jews were forced to convert to Christianity, and many took on the city of their conversion as their new surname. Today you still find some people with surnames like Madrid or Sevilla--not necessarily all of them descended from Sefardic Jews, but that is one reason.
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I don't like it personally. And, as others mentioned, yah it's a located in Spain. I've always thought it sounded Russian though. I think it's the "sego" - that's very Russian to me. Or just Eastern European (like Polish, Czech, etc...)Anyhoo, I'm completely rambling. I don't find it very feminine or pleasing at all. It sounds hard and rough and just a little bit sad (not as in pathetic but as in the actual feeling of sad, which is hard to explain, I know lol).
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I come from Spain ans I can tell you it is a city and there is nobody called like that because it is not a name
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The couple wasn't from Spain, they were from the United States. I guess they liked the name of the city enough to name their daughter after the city. I was off about it being a region, though.

This message was edited 5/9/2007, 11:31 PM

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It is a city in Spain. I've been there and loved it. I'm not sure if I like it as a name. I like the sound of it at least.
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Its not a name I would choose. But it could grow on me :)
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It's quite nice. I wouldn't name my child this, but I do like the sound of it.Thanks
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i almost pity the child
it sounds kind of like a disease
or a wine label
not like a child's name
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