Romanian Name Love!

General Name Discussion
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So, a few weeks ago I returned from spending some time on a mission team in Romania, where I fell completely in love with the country.And more than the country, the most amazing names that I found! Being somewhat of a namenerd, I just had to keep a diary of the names of people I met out there, and I thought I’d share some of my favourites, and the more interesting ones here, to see what y’all think :slight_smile: The names are all fairly heavy on the accents, but I’m sure that most of them don’t need them to work.

Girls

Aur”lia
B”a - ([name]BEE[/name]-a) - I think this was a nn for [name]Bianca[/name]?
C?t?lina
Corn”lia - (cor-NAY-lia)
D”ria - (DA-ree-a)
[name]Denis[/name]? - (day-nee-SA)
[name]Edena[/name] - (eh-[name]DAY[/name]-na) - absolutely loved this!
[name]Flor[/name]”ka - (flor-EE-ka)
[name]Flor[/name]”na - (flor-EE-na) - this is really common out there, I met about five [name]Flor[/name]”nas in one village alone! I thought it was adorable!
I”anna - (you-AN-a)
I”l”a - (YOU-lia)
L”via -([name]LEE[/name]-vee-a)
Maddelena - (ma-del-[name]LAY[/name]-na) - could make an interesting variation of [name]Madeleine[/name]/[name]Madeline[/name]?
[name]Mar[/name]”a
M?rta - I thought this would make the sweetest version of [name]Martha[/name] here - [name]Marta[/name] just sounds so much modern,I think
[name]Moll[/name]”na - (moll-EE-na) - just adorable!
[name]Sol[/name]”da - (sol-EE-da)

Boys

[name]Al[/name]”x
Andr”
Bogd”n - (bog-[name]DAN[/name]) - this baffled me as I’d never heard anything remotely like it!
C?t?lin - (cat-a-LEEN) - love it, but not sure if it would work in the [name]West[/name] due to its similarity to [name]Cathleen[/name]…
Cosm”n - (cos-MEEN)
[name]Emmanuel[/name] - (ay-man-OO-el) - prn. slightly differently to Western version
[name]Florian[/name] - ([name]FLOR[/name]-ee-an) - love love love it!
Florin - (flor-EEN)
”onut - (yon-OOT)
”osua - (yo-SOO-a) - Slavic version of [name]Joshua[/name]
M”t” - (ma-[name]TAY[/name]) - Romanian version of [name]Matthew[/name]
[name]Mikhail[/name] - (mik-[name]HI[/name])
Stelli?n - (stel-ee-AN)
Th”odore - (tay-o-DOR-ay) - rising in popularity in Romania as well as the [name]West[/name], apparently!

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I used to work at a daycare that had a Romanian family. Parents were Florin and Keta ([name]Kay[/name]-ta) and the children were Florin [name]Andre[/name], [name]Luca[/name] [name]Jon[/name] and Nicolae. They were considering [name]George[/name] ([name]George[/name]-ay) for Nicolae and I love that so much more than our standard [name]George[/name]. I love the names from this country.

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Names I love from this list:

Aur”lia - This seems like a nicer version of [name]Aurora[/name] to me.
B”a - ([name]BEE[/name]-a) - Since [name]Bianca[/name] is one of my favorite foreign names this is too cute!
C?t?lina - I think this might be more user friendly than [name]Catriona[/name].
Maddelena - (ma-del-[name]LAY[/name]-na) - I love the sound of this name but it may be too close to Magdelena for me.
M?rta - I met a cute little girl named [name]Marta[/name] a few years ago with a sister named [name]Greta[/name] and brother named [name]Monte[/name].

[name]Al[/name]”x - I think this might be a fresher sound than [name]Alex[/name].
M”t” - (ma-[name]TAY[/name]) - I love [name]Mateo[/name], so this name is great!
[name]Mikhail[/name] - (mik-[name]HI[/name]) - I love [name]Mikhail[/name] (mik-ale) so this name is similar.
Stelli?n - (stel-ee-AN) - I love [name]Stellan[/name] so this name is like an off shoot of that for me.

I am glad you had fun in Romania, my sister is over in Eastern Europe and has been for a year on mission work.