Italian girl name

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Registered: 08-07-2007
Italian girl name
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Tue, 08-07-2007 - 2:24pm

Hi,
Although my married last name is not Italian, I would like to choose an Italian first name for our girl as I am 100% Italian.

What do you think of Malena Anne? It is pronounced as spelled. OR Milana Anne?

Opinions and other suggestions are welcome.

Thanks

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Registered: 12-12-2005
Tue, 08-07-2007 - 2:50pm
I like Milana better...what about marcella?
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Registered: 08-07-2007
Tue, 08-07-2007 - 2:58pm
I had thought about Marcella. But don't know if the "c" should be pronounced as an "s" or as "ch". I don't want my kid to have to go through life constantly correcting the pronunciation of her name. Thanks for the response!
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Registered: 06-25-2006
Tue, 08-07-2007 - 8:00pm

I think Malena Anne is very pretty! I think the nn Lena would be cute.

I love the name Allegra. I know the allergy medicine has tainted it, but it's so pretty.

Other Italian girl names I like:
Annalisa
Aurelia (LOVE IT!)
Antonia
Bianca
Carmela
Catarina, nn Cate
Celia
Daniela
Francesca
Gisella
Isidora
Leonora
Lucia
Mariana
Marisa (although I'd hate for this to be mispronounced as Mar-IS-sa)
Perla
Renata
Silvia
Simone
Sofia
Susana
Veronica
Viola
Viviana

See any that you like? HTH and GL!

Liz

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Registered: 02-05-2004
Tue, 08-07-2007 - 9:53pm
Malena is pretty. I also LOVE the Italian version of Agnes which is spelled Agnese and pronounced On-YEAH-zee.
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Registered: 02-28-2004
Wed, 08-08-2007 - 6:47am

Agnese would be pronounced more like on-YAEH-zaeh, actually. It's somewhere between on-YAY-zay and on-YEH-zeh. I'm not sure what the Americanized pronunciation would be... on-YAY-zeh? on-YEH-zeh?
The American pronunciation of Marcella is with an "s" sound, so in America it would always be pronounced that way. If she were in Italy or Italian class, it would be pronounced with a "ch." I'm Valerie, which in German sounds sort of like FALL-e-rie, and in Italy I went by Valeria. Not a problem at all : )

Anyway, Malena is ok but I don't know whether to pronounce it Malayna or Malina, so I can see pronunciation being a problem. I like alot of the other suggestions you've gotten, though! Marcella is one of my favorites!
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Registered: 07-25-2007
Wed, 08-08-2007 - 10:34am
Love Milana!
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Registered: 01-02-2006
Wed, 08-08-2007 - 5:57pm
I love Milana, and think Mila would be a fabulous nickname as well (mee-luh).


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Registered: 08-02-2007
Wed, 08-08-2007 - 11:06pm
I love Milana Anne. It's very beautiful. I prefer it to Malena Anne, but Malena is gorgeous as well.
A few other Italian names to consider are:
Isabella (which is very popular.)
Adrina
Andrea
Angelina
Antonella
Arianna
Bambi
Camilla
Gabriella
Katarina
Luciana
Luna
Sienna
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Registered: 08-07-2007
Thu, 08-09-2007 - 8:50am
Thanks for the suggestions! My first choice was Daniela, but my husband does not like that one as much. I hope Malena doesn't get mispronounced.
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Registered: 08-07-2007
Thu, 08-09-2007 - 8:59am
OOHH!! Maybe I should change the spelling to Malayna!! I kind of like that better. There should be no confusion as to the pronunciation. Malayna Anne. Thanks for the suggestion? What do you think?

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