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Aleksandra or Alicja or Zuzanna?

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VivianneW · 25/02/2017 16:24

Aleksandra or Alicja or Zuzanna? Smile for our baby daughter.

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Loyly · 05/03/2017 23:16

Aleksandra

Joeybee · 05/03/2017 23:14

Aleksandra, Alicja are both lovely. Aleksandra has lots of potential for different nn's and to me sounds more timeless.

10Betty10 · 05/03/2017 19:59

Love Zuzanna. I really like Zuza for short too.

ToastVacuum · 05/03/2017 17:06

I like Aleksandra best Smile

wooster16 · 05/03/2017 14:08

Zuzanna!!!

HardcoreLadyType · 26/02/2017 22:32

I like Zuzanna best. You could call her Zuzu, like in A Wonderful Life.

HerRoyalNotness · 26/02/2017 22:30

Zuzanna

Just because my polish friend has one and it sounds so lovely when she says it. She's also a great, sporty, talented girl and I like that about her

taketheAtrain · 26/02/2017 12:51

We know a gorgeous little Zuzanna so that's my fave.

Then Aleksandra which is nice, easy for English speakers and nns.

I don't really like Alicja, but then again even the English version is tricky with the two common pronunciations.

weebarra · 26/02/2017 12:47

I like them all. Would Aleksandra be Ola or Alex? I know one of each.

mum2be2boys · 26/02/2017 12:33

I like all three! In order of preference I'd choose Alicja, Aleksandra then Zuzanna.

crapfatbanana · 25/02/2017 20:59

Aleksandra looks much harsher than the Alexandra spelling, but it is a ballsy name and I like that.

Alicja- I like this. Not when it has the American 'eesha' sound at the end. Al-itz-ya is very nice.

Zuzanna. This is lovely.

I like Magdalena/Magda and Kasia too.

I went on a school exchange to Bydgoszcz when I was 18 and stayed with a girl called Joanna who went by Asia - which I really liked too.

SuperBeagle · 25/02/2017 20:48

I love Aleksandra with this spelling. Smile

Other Polish names I love are Magdalena, Katarzyna or just Kasia, and Zosia.

Sophronia · 25/02/2017 20:27

I like Aleksandra and Zuzanna

Jooni · 25/02/2017 19:26

Love Zuzanna and Zuzia!

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 25/02/2017 18:46

Zuzanna, lovely !

KnockMeDown · 25/02/2017 18:40

Alicja is pronounced Ali-tz-ya.

MongerTruffle · 25/02/2017 18:08

I like Zuzanna. If you choose that name would she use the diminutive Zuzia in informal contexts?

Pemba · 25/02/2017 18:06

Nope, Al-ee-sha pronunciation is American, that has caught on here in recent years.

PotterH · 25/02/2017 18:05

No, Alicia is Al-ee-see-ah?? Surely??

TrinityForce · 25/02/2017 18:04

The english Alicia is pronounced Al-ee-sha, surely?

Zuzanna is beautiful

EmpressOfTheSpartacusOceans · 25/02/2017 18:00

All lovely.

Pemba · 25/02/2017 17:59

I knew a Polish Alicja years ago and I thought it was pronounced the same as the English version of Alicia (Al-iss-ee-ya, or Al-iss-ya). Reason I'm not sure is she was always known as Ala (short version in Poland I presume). It's a pretty name. Zuzanna is lovely too. Aleksandra would be my third choice, but still nice.

SovietKitsch · 25/02/2017 16:40

Zuzanna is my favourite, but I like Alicja a lot too.

Rockaby · 25/02/2017 16:39

I just assumed Alicja was similar to Alicia. I'm probably wrong in that assumption!

How is it pronounced op?

KnockMeDown · 25/02/2017 16:38

They are all very lovely names, but I think you should consider that if you go for Zuzanna, and then potentially shorten to Zuzia, this doesn't sound as good in English. Aleksandra is my favourite, however.

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