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Help me pick from these! Girl.

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GummiBeari · 23/06/2024 14:50

Here are the top names. The baby girl is half Spanish-American with a Spanish last name.

Javiera
Julia
Maria or Martina

Thank you for the help. I have no idea which to pick!

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SuperbOwls · 23/06/2024 18:11

I vote Julia. It's a wonderfully international choice! Galicia sounds a bit clunky to me but would make a nice middle?

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GummiBeari · 23/06/2024 18:03

rainingsnoring · 23/06/2024 17:48

Julia is beautiful, one of my favourites but I don't like Spanish pronunciation.

Maria and Claudia are also beautiful.
I don't like Galicia I'm afraid but it does make sense for your family.

A potential point against Galicia: Her last name is a town in Galicia, Spain. So maybe it’s a bit much.

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GummiBeari · 23/06/2024 17:58

KirstenBlest · 23/06/2024 17:53

How are you pronouncing the names?
I'd pick Martina.

Julia - with J sound
Javiera - with H sound
Maria - Mah-ree-ah
Martina - Mar-tee-nah
Galicia - like Alicia but with a G.

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KirstenBlest · 23/06/2024 17:53

How are you pronouncing the names?
I'd pick Martina.

rainingsnoring · 23/06/2024 17:48

Julia is beautiful, one of my favourites but I don't like Spanish pronunciation.

Maria and Claudia are also beautiful.
I don't like Galicia I'm afraid but it does make sense for your family.

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GummiBeari · 23/06/2024 17:40

StormingNorman · 23/06/2024 17:37

Galicia is gorgeous! And your heritage just makes it even more perfect.

Thank you! I’m seriously considering Galicia. I like that it represents both sides.

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StormingNorman · 23/06/2024 17:37

Galicia is gorgeous! And your heritage just makes it even more perfect.

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GummiBeari · 23/06/2024 17:36

Pemba · 23/06/2024 17:23

I still like Julia best.

  1. Julia
  2. Claudia
Would that be said as cloud-ia or claw-dia?

Husband just told me that he thought about it and he doesn’t like Claudia nor Salma. So the names on the table that we both like are:

Javiera
Julia
Martina
Maria
Galicia

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Pemba · 23/06/2024 17:23

I still like Julia best.

  1. Julia
  2. Claudia
Would that be said as cloud-ia or claw-dia?
CheeseSandwichRiskAssessment · 23/06/2024 17:04

Julia, one of my favourite names ever

paasll · 23/06/2024 17:00

I’d go for Martina.

spilltheteapot · 23/06/2024 16:55

Martina! Beautiful and unusual in the UK but everyone would know how to say and spell it.

Twoshoesnewshoes · 23/06/2024 16:54

Julia and Claudia

Chewbecca · 23/06/2024 16:45

Sorry, Martina, not Marina. (Though both nice IMO!)

malachitegreen · 23/06/2024 16:44

Martina! unusual, pretty, flexible.

Chewbecca · 23/06/2024 16:44

Marina for me, then Claudia.

I do like Maria too and although I think of it as a very common Spanish name, it really isn't common at all in the UK.

OVienna · 23/06/2024 16:43

Second Galicia.

BananaSpanner · 23/06/2024 16:43

Julia or Claudia

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GummiBeari · 23/06/2024 16:42

Ilovebees · 23/06/2024 16:17

Galicia 😍👌

Oh, interesting you like that one. 🙂

Her ancestors on her father’s side are from the Galicia region of Spain, and we thought it might work as a girl’s name. I’m an Irish-Scottish American, so it would also be a nod to Gaelic ancestry. Or is it strange to have your first name be an autonomous mini-country?

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Ilovebees · 23/06/2024 16:17

Galicia 😍👌

Mumofgirls2017 · 23/06/2024 16:15

Julia!

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GummiBeari · 23/06/2024 15:55

whyhavetheygotsomany · 23/06/2024 15:44

Have a rethink

The next names down the list are Claudia, Salma, and Galicia.

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whyhavetheygotsomany · 23/06/2024 15:44

Have a rethink

IDontLoveTheWayYouLie · 23/06/2024 15:41

Julia

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GummiBeari · 23/06/2024 15:17

Pemba · 23/06/2024 15:07

Julia is lovely and classic, works both in Spanish and English. But would it be pronounced 'Hoolia' in Spanish and might the little girl be confused at 2 versions of her name, or might she take it in her stride?

Maria is also gorgeous, the trouble is in Spanish there are just so many of them! It's much rarer as an English name.

Martina is fine, nothing wrong with it.

Javirera, not heard of it before tbh, although I've heard the male version. It's fine.

Julia is lovely. We live in the US and would pronounce it Julia with a J sound. Her Spanish speaking relatives who she will see every now and then will probably call her Hoolia.

But we would pronounce Javiera as Haviera. I know a Javiera from South America. Not sure if the name is more common there than in Spain.

There are still many Marias in the US. But far less common than in Spain!

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