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  2. I know how to pronounce these:

    Tsira-fairly popular in Georgia, pronounced TSEER-ah, it means “girl” in Georgian.
    Alkisti-pretty much how its spelled ahl-KEES-tee, I believe it is the modern Greek form of Alcestes, though, I could be wrong
    Alice-In Italian, this is pronounced ah-LEE-chay
    Vaida-VYE-dah
    Nadege (since she is from Panama, she may be pronouncing this differently, but it is a French form of the Russian Nadezhda and in French it is pronounced something like nah-DEZH).
    Loredana Violeta-loh-ray-DAH-nah vioh-LEH-tah (at least that is the Italian pronunciation, I know a lot of Romanians and have never really seen it used among them, this is my first time)
    Ksenia (Russia) (KSEN-yah)
    Jelena (Serbia) yeh-LEY-nah

    Christalla I would have never expected to see from Cyprus, it seems more like an invented name, but very interesting nontheless.

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    1. Thanks, Sebastiane – sorry to put you on the spot! 🙂

      Nadege from Panama surprised me, too. I had a roommate by the name years ago – she was from Haiti, and so I suppose I’ve always assumed the name was only in use amongst French speakers. I could never say her name quite exactly the way she said it, but it was lovely anyhow.

      The big HUH for me was Avalon-Chanel.

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  3. I love Glory. What a virtue, hmm? It’s a bit strong, which is why I have the softer Glorianna on my list now & again. Sweet. Leticia is another long time favorite, only the medieval Lettice enchants me more. And Ksenia! there’s one I adore but could never use myself. So pretty, but weird with the surname. 🙂

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  5. A lot of these are very lovely! I have been loving Italian names lately, like Antonia and Luciana. Avalon-Chanel, Loredana Violeta, Evelyn Lucia, and Blaise on a girl are very interesting.

    In Armenian, there is a girls name Kayane. It looks similar to Kaiane. Kayane is pronounced KY-uh-nay. Not sure if the pronunciation is similar or not. That is my best guess.

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    1. Oh, I also was going to say that Flavia would make a more interesting alternative to Olivia. They both share the -via ending. In my Latin textbook, there is a character named Flavia. In Latin, v’s are pronounced like w’s. So it’s pronounced FLA-wee-uh in Latin, which i think is kind of neat

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