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Natalia or Valentina?

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pinkbaby · 16/04/2009 17:24

DH is italian, we live in sw london. DD1 is due in May. We have decided to call her one of the above names, we love them both. Which do you prefer and would work best in the UK? This may help us decide which to choose!

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lastboxoftampons · 20/04/2009 10:59

I love Valentina - we were considering it for a middle name (would've been Isabel Valentina) if we were having a girl. Alas it's a boy!

kif · 20/04/2009 10:54

I know a Valentina. It gets shortened to Vale (with an accent at the end - pronounced Balay - Spanish-Catalan pronounciation ). Tis lovely.

Natalia you'll be endlessly battling with people using one of the more common versions: Natalie or Natasha.

flightoftheeasterbunyip · 20/04/2009 10:52

Valentina is gorgeous. Natalia is nice too but more 'normal'.

You could call her 'Vale' I suppose, said like 'Val-lay'

Nekabu · 20/04/2009 10:48

I know a Valentina (named after Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space) and she did get called Val a bit in school but pretty much everyone used her full name. My vote's for that as I've always liked that name!

fizzpops · 19/04/2009 14:44

I love Valentina - could you have Leni as a nn? If you use it other people will copy hopefully.

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pinkbaby · 19/04/2009 12:00

Yes I like it too!

I think we'll make a definite decision on the first name when DD's born.

DH not too keen on Clara for a middle name, although we both like Grace or Rose.

Thanks again everyone! Will definitely keep this thread to read again to help us decide.

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gigglewitch · 18/04/2009 23:15

oooh, I do like that

Cies · 18/04/2009 19:18

I prefer Natalia.

Natalia Rose is lovely .

vess · 18/04/2009 19:06

How about deciding when you see the baby?

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pinkbaby · 18/04/2009 18:29

Thanks everyone. We've decided not to use Natalia with Valentina as a middle name as they are both quite strong names. We'll just choose one and use a softer shorter middle name.

Quite like Clara and Rose for middle names.

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Linnet · 17/04/2009 23:30

Natalia with Talia as a shortened version.

Ronaldinhio · 17/04/2009 23:27

Valentina is lovely

gigglewitch · 17/04/2009 23:26

My vote's for Valentina

LaDiDaDi · 17/04/2009 23:25

Valentina is prettiest imo.

tinuelena · 17/04/2009 23:18

LOVE Natalia.

loobylu3 · 17/04/2009 21:44

I think a v English name would be fine as a middle name. Also, assuming that you are English, it would be nice for your daughter to have a name that reflects both of your cultures, etc.
How about:

Grace (I know it's popular but it is beautiful)
Claire/ Clara
Beatrice
Violet
Elizabeth
Rose
Juliet
Alice
Ruth

any good?

randomname · 17/04/2009 21:44

Valentina

hester · 17/04/2009 21:36

I know two little Italian girls named Stella and Emma - their mum said the names work in both Italian and English.

Also: Lydia, Rosa, Louise?

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pinkbaby · 17/04/2009 16:49

Thanks BlueChampagne, I like Natalia Valentina (but don't think Valentina Natalia sounds too good together). Don't mind to use them both actually as I'll probably go on to have 3 DSs and will kick myself for not using my favourite girl's names!

Anna and Maria already other family member names so therefore wouldn't use them and not too keen on Roberta.

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BlueChampagne · 17/04/2009 12:53

I think you could use whichever you don't use for the first name as the middle name, unless you want to reserve it for a future DD.

Do you want the middle name to be Italianate or more English - or both? If so, Anna, Roberta or Maria.

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pinkbaby · 17/04/2009 11:13

Anyone?!

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pinkbaby · 17/04/2009 09:32

So many replies! Thanks, it's very helpful.

leannabanana - you will never believe it, we have a dog called Vivi (although not short for anything)!!

loobylu3 - no we haven't chosen a middle name yet, we have been so focused on choosing a first name.

Any middle name suggestions anyone? I don't think a very English sounding name would work as our surname is italian.

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slackrunner · 16/04/2009 22:20

Natalia

hester · 16/04/2009 22:14

I much prefer Natalia.

Ponders · 16/04/2009 22:13

FWIW they both sound Russian to me, not Italian (does this help?)

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