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When I named my daughter four and a half years ago I had a few goals. Unique but not wacky. Exotic but not obtuse. Clear but not dull. Short. Easy to pronounce

When I named my daughter four and a half years ago I had a few goals. Unique but not wacky. Exotic but not obtuse. Clear but not dull. Short. Easy to pronounce in different cultures where certain phonemes are difficult. Easy to spell. Memorable. Story about naming to please both sides of the family. It was an ask!

ValleyOfTheMtns 8y ago
... and the name you came up with to match all that criteria?
spikej 8y ago
OK, gotta know. What did you settle on?
- deleted 8y ago
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- contingencies 8y ago
  Sana. I'll spare you the stories, but it fit all criteria and we're yet to have a spelling or pronunciation problem across many borders.
  - bad_news_bears 8y ago
    Also, “healthy” in Spanish!
  - vlehto 8y ago
    That would be "word" in finnish
  - mdnormy 8y ago
    "There" in Malay & Indonesian.
Brajeshwar 8y ago
This is pretty much what I did about 10 years ago for my first daughter. I had one additional - have a .com[1] available. 1. https://laaija.com https://laaija.com
- Dramatize 8y ago
  First thing I did when we settled on a name was to register this domain name.
- cozuya 8y ago
  She'll get some strange looks if she ever travels to Latvia.