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Re: Hungarian names

by Julia (JuliaF)

5/13/2008, 5:31 PM

Ooh, these are nice!

In a vacumn, I love Kazimir (I think Mir would be an awesome nickname), Emil, Katarina, Mara, Marta, Rahel and Zsofia. I don't mind Juliska and Mariska as nicknames only but they sound a little bit hissy. I like Zsuzsanna a lot but Zsazsa is way too cutesy on its own. Terezia has a lovely sound and I prefer it to Teresa. Alida, Valeria, Kalman and Imre could grow on me.

I'd add (leaving out the ubiquitous ones like Alexander):
Adrienn
Amalia
Anasztazia
Andrea (I assume it's ahn-DRAY-ah in Hungarian, which is the only way I like it)
Izabella
Kamilla
Karolina
Katarina / Katalin "Kata / Kati"
Klara
Luca (LOO-tsah)
Melania
Milena
Petra
Rozsa
Rozalia

Andras
Elek (not sure about this one...I might like it)
Izsak
Jakob
Jozsua (YOH-zhoo-ah)

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- Bear +1

5/14/2008, 10:01 AM

I never thought about Mir as a nn for Kazimir. I studied Russian many, many years ago. But I still recall that 'mir' means peace / world. What a delicious idea for a nn. Thanks!

From your additions, I especially like:

Amalia, Anasztazia, Karolina, Petra, Rozsa, Andras and Izsak. :-)

- Julia (JuliaF)

5/14/2008, 1:59 PM

No problem! I'm glad you like Mir. It has a great meaning and I think it sounds really awesome too. Glad you liked some of the suggestions.

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