No One Pronounces the name correctly!

My Dp's name is Nikki - spelt that way. Nikita certainly is a boys name, as is Asher, Paris and Marion!
You can use them anyway you want I spose.

So there you go - you have all heard of a Nikki that is a boy!

Have you thought about spelling it Ahneeka??

We had Shaneeka/ Shanika on our list too...

We had more dramas with Girls names then boys names... DP and i just couldnt agree...

Tali- how do you pronounce your DD's name??? Is it pronounced how it looks???

Kitt3n what does your DD like?

DD likes Anastazja and Aysha. So cute - the other day she said "but if we call her that mummy everyone will just call her Asia".

I am really thrown off using almost any form of Anika now, because when we told the ckick with that name that we were using it, she says "oh, ok, thats a bit weird"... as though we were naming the baby after her. Not likely my dear!

Tali- how do you pronounce Mayleaka?

I like Karolina/Karolinka :) I knew a Helinka when I was growing up, I think she reverted to the adult version of her name in high school.

As its spelt May - Lee - Ka

that is so very pretty tali, I like it very much!

DH came up with two names - Domenica and Sylvia....... two names I would never have gone for!

Oh its making me so sad I really love Anika but just... oh.... I hated the vibes from the chick we know, thinking it was after her..... really put me off.

She says Aneeeka anyway :rolleyes:

EDIT - she isnt a bad chick or anything, dont get me wrong, it was just a vibe IYKWIM

I'm sure once she is born you will see her and go "She is a XXX" and that will be her name.

Good luck!!

Hey Kitt3n

My sister's name is Karolina - she was Karolinka as a child (I suppose it was more a term of endearment) but on her birth certificate she is Karolina - however in real life she is known as Karoline - we have a Polish background also.

Have you googled Polish Girl names?? - I personally love Zosia

We are having a polish name for this baby but i have adjusted it so that people will say it the way I want it pronounced - it's not common in poland but just came across it by chance and DH was the one to choose it - not me

BTW - my sister's nn was Kika and still is to this day.

My grannies name was Anastazja - however I feel that people will always shorten this name to Anna - it was a contender as a middle name but the shorten version would just P me off

oohhh - Dianna, are you willing to let on the name you are using?

ooohhh - I have just thought of one - Krysta.

:) hope DH like it... has anyoine known and krystas? Were they cool, relaxed kinda chicks? I knew one and that's exactly what she was like.......

I haven't known a Krista - but I have known a Trista and she was gorgeous!

I think Krista Lee sounds beautiful!

I like Christa, spelled like this.

A couple more suggestions for you Kitt3n...

Alika - "Of a Noble Kin" - Hawaiian
Ilka - "Light" - Hungarian
Lenka - "Light" - Slavic
Malaika - "Angel" - African
Zalika - "Wonderously Beautiful" - Arabic

What about Anetka?? - similar to Anneke but different - also keeps in with the Polish theme...

Dianna - I knew an anetka. didnt like her at all!!!

amysarah, i like Alika...... thats going on the list......

DH has suggested Krystania (kris - tan- ya) and Arianna..... I don't mind either :)

Love Arianna

Arianna is BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!! Oh use that one!!!

Arianna Lee

I like that one better than Anika!!!!! She would get Ari for short which is so damn cute!

Hey Kitt3n

I LOVE Arianna!! Absolutely gorgeous. Krista is nice too!

Yeah Arianna is noice - rool noice chicky babe ;)

We were considering going with Anakie for Mehkelti.... too many people thought of the star wars connection ... but there is a chance we might use it for the next one ;)

Arianna is a beautiful name and one we played with but DH didn't like it. Ari is an awesome nickname BTW :-)

Also as some of the other posters said, you don't have to be soild on a name right now. My DH threw in a name from left field on the night before we were induced???? Consequently Ariya didn't have a name for nearly 2-3days (much to the annoyance of our parents nad family)

Hi,

Just thought I'd jump in here when I came across this thread.

DD was born in september and we called her Anica. I chose the spelling because that's how my aunt's name was spelt and it was nice to have a reference to someone in our family, especially one who has passed on.

We do pronounce it phoenetically, and yes we've already got a stirrer of a friend who calls her Anikan Skywalker. But it is done in a friendly spirit.

We get so many compliments on her name and though it really should only be important that we like the name, it is lovely to hear them.

Good luck,
Liv

LOL - DH has suggested Nikita, I never thought he would go for that!

I have always loved Nikola (which is also a male name) but I guess in this day and age Nikita has become male/female......

I think it really goes with our surname too.....

oh, just throwing my thoughts onto paper (well web page ;) ) forgive my ramblings!

Nikita is just gorgeous!

I really like Krysta & Krystanya (or however you choose to spell it)

Cat - I agree, Nikita goes REALLY tremendously well with your surname.

Thanks Mel.

DD didnt like it (there is a bossy Nikita at school) but she came round.

SO now, we have........

Arianna
Alika
Krysta
Krystania
Lenka
Amelithe - French
Angelique
Nikita

DH is not willing to budge on Krysta/Krystania. I think we will just keep this list handy and decide when she pops out. I am really really leaning toward Nikita though :)

hmn might do a poll now that i have this feature!

It's good your open to any possibility. We had a list of names and DS ended up with one had not even thought about while we were pregnant.

But consider that any name that has an unfamiliar spelling might be a problem for your child later in life. My full name is Jeanette which most people pronounce (Jen-et). My family are French and say it a completely different way. Like wise with my maiden name Conje which most people pronounce Con-gee. My married name is Macpherson which is forever being spelt Mcpherson, McPherson and once by a work mate McFiston. A life time of having to spell your name, no matter how beautiful can grate after a while. That is why I call myself Jen and when I am teaching kids and workmate call me MRS M. I don't have to spell those. Please don't take this as a personal attack what ever name you give your baby will be one you and your partner have spent a lot of time considering, but if your feeling frustrated now by incorrect pronunciation/spelling chances are your child will too down the road.

Here are some Polish names for you.

Monika
Kasia (Kasha)
Evalina or Eva
Emilia or Emilka
Sara (I like this one:)
Edyta
Zosia (Sosha or Sophie in English)
Juilia
Viktoria
Karolina
Marysia
Kamilia
Teresa
Danuta
Alicja (Alicia)
Lucina (Lucy)
Alina (Alinka)
Eleni
Ela
Maja (you can spell it Maya or Maia)
Natalia or Natalka


and a non Polish name..Amea


HTH

my dad wanted to call me Tonja which went quite well with my middle name of Leokadia (which is a variation of my grandmother's name Leoka) and my surname of Wieziolkowska (or Wieziolkowski for Dad in the masculine form)

I would pronounce it Anika not Aneeka if I saw it. I think Ahnika might solve the problem.

How about:

Anais
Willow
Neve
Freya

Love your entire short list!

Just wanted to add one to the list... one name we like is "Breagha" (pronounced "Bree-ah") - means "beautiful" in Scottish Gaelic ... just something a bit different!

Reading the name like this "Arh- ni - kha" I pronounce it exactly as you want it pronounced :)

Reading it like Anika, i pronounce it how everyone else is pronouncing it.

So all i think you need to do is change the spelling :D

No need to give up a name you love :D

What about Chardonnay, Serenity, Tia, Ocean (OH SHEE ARN), Blessing, Sapphire, Briella, Satarrah.

I know an 'Arnica' which is the spelt the way that I think u like to pronounce it.
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The Anika I know pronounces her name A - NEE - KA and everyone she meets always pronounces it that way.