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Anastasia

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ElmtreeMama · 25/05/2021 12:00

What do people think of name Anastasia ?
And does anyone have any similiar suggestions for girls? :)

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MorriseysGladioli · 25/05/2021 21:04

I love it.
Saskia, too. Is that similar?

Suzi888 · 25/05/2021 21:01

I like it too, almost chose for DD. But 50 shades spoiled it for me.

partyatthepalace · 25/05/2021 20:57

I quite like it - it will get shortened though! (The two I know are Ana and Zia). So I wouldn’t worry too much about pronunciation.

Anoushka, Rosaria, Seraphina, Sanchia, Tamara, Leonora

TatianaBis · 25/05/2021 16:58

@FurrySlipperBoots

I love it but it's thoroughly 'Russian', so I think you'd need Russian Ancestry or live there for it to really work.
It's also popular in Greece.
TatianaBis · 25/05/2021 16:57

@MadMadMadamMim

Honestly, unless you are Russian I wouldn't. And even then, both Anastasia and Tatiana are names of the murdered Romanov daughters so I probably wouldn't because of the unhappy connotations.
Given the number of women murdered annually and throughout history you'd be hard pressed to find a name of a woman who hasn't been murdered at some point.

Those names are sufficiently popular in E. Europe (and Greece) that they're not principally associated with the Romanovs.

DotDotDotDotDot · 25/05/2021 16:55

I love this name, it was my fantasy name that I wished my parents had given me when I was about 10 years old - I think she was a character from a book I read! I always thought it was the Ana-stay-Zia pronunciation but I prefer Ana-sta-see-ya pronunciation now, which I hear more often from my Colleagues (Romanian/Bulgarian).

Dinosaursdontgrowontrees · 25/05/2021 16:54

I love it!
I would pronounce it Ana stay zia.

MadMadMadamMim · 25/05/2021 16:51

Honestly, unless you are Russian I wouldn't. And even then, both Anastasia and Tatiana are names of the murdered Romanov daughters so I probably wouldn't because of the unhappy connotations.

CatsPyjama · 25/05/2021 16:48

It’s lovely and something different among all the Evie’s/Lily’s/Amelias/Evas/Evelyns

FurrySlipperBoots · 25/05/2021 16:48

I love it but it's thoroughly 'Russian', so I think you'd need Russian Ancestry or live there for it to really work.

HighlandCowbag · 25/05/2021 16:45

I love it OP, I also love Anoushka (sorry not sure how it's spelt) and Natalia and Natasha. And Francesca.

Synchrony · 25/05/2021 16:43

I think it's a beautiful name. To me, the different pronunciations are just people's accents rather than a real difference like Eve-lyn/Evlin.

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ElmtreeMama · 25/05/2021 14:22

@Orphlids

I love it. In fact, I think each of the different pronunciations is lovely, so i wouldn’t be too worried about people getting it wrong. I imagine Anastasia would be rather an exciting, intelligent, well-read woman who has a dark sense of humour. And it’s cute for a little one, too.
I love that description Makes me love the name even more :)
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Orphlids · 25/05/2021 14:21

I love it. In fact, I think each of the different pronunciations is lovely, so i wouldn’t be too worried about people getting it wrong. I imagine Anastasia would be rather an exciting, intelligent, well-read woman who has a dark sense of humour. And it’s cute for a little one, too.

Nualay · 25/05/2021 14:13

I LOVE it with the Ana-stay-zia pronunciation

DramaAlpaca · 25/05/2021 14:12

It's a very pretty name, but not my style - much too frilly.

Stockholmvillage · 25/05/2021 14:09

I like it a lot ♥️

TatianaBis · 25/05/2021 12:41

Oksana
Zosia (prn Zosha) diminutive of Zofia
Dasha dim of Daria
Angelica

TatianaBis · 25/05/2021 12:38

I agree Tatiana rocks Wine

TatianaBis · 25/05/2021 12:38

There's also Ana sta SEE ya.

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ElmtreeMama · 25/05/2021 12:09

@FolornLawn

Ana-STAY-zia Ana-STAH-zia Ana-STAY-zha Ana-STAH-zha

Which one are you going for?

Ana-stay-zha or Ana-stay-zia, I wouldnt mind if people mixed those two up, it hadn't occurred to me people might use the stah pronunciation tbh!

Tatiana is very pretty

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SleepingStandingUp · 25/05/2021 12:05

Love it.
Anastasia and Tatiana, my fantasy twin daughters (my actual twins are boys)

FolornLawn · 25/05/2021 12:02

For me it's like Lucia, v pretty but the lack of a single pronunciation would drive me a bit mad.

FolornLawn · 25/05/2021 12:01

Ana-STAY-zia
Ana-STAH-zia
Ana-STAY-zha
Ana-STAH-zha

Which one are you going for?

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