tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5272601820794462116.post7049235891701337386..comments2023-09-13T02:04:00.931-04:00Comments on Latvian-American Adventures & Opinions: Beauty of NamesDziesmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00563380904245865832noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5272601820794462116.post-17514828678906563402014-02-14T16:17:10.849-05:002014-02-14T16:17:10.849-05:00You are definitely lucky that you have a "Lat...You are definitely lucky that you have a "Latvian" name. Imagine if you were Jennifer, then Latvians would insist on latvianizing that to Dženifera!<br /><br />Yeah, I love these kinds of statistics...So that database is like a little gold mine to me!Dziesmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00563380904245865832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5272601820794462116.post-36825887367733961742014-02-12T14:30:39.721-05:002014-02-12T14:30:39.721-05:00Ooh, I'm 7th! Nice! Very interesting post! You...Ooh, I'm 7th! Nice! Very interesting post! You did more research than I did - I just messed around with it :) Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5272601820794462116.post-63293575906135095982014-02-11T12:59:13.971-05:002014-02-11T12:59:13.971-05:00I do feel your pain, because the woman who was pri...I do feel your pain, because the woman who was principal in my elementary school for several years never ever learned to say my name. I was "Diana" to her. And I get called Dana and Diana very regularly at doctors' offices, and even by people who have known me for a while.<br /><br />Some of the "more Latvian" names seem to have been more popular outside of Latvia. When I was a baby, that summer at GVV there were 5 or 6 Dainas among the approximately 180-200 students!Dziesmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00563380904245865832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5272601820794462116.post-60245034047922181342014-02-11T12:30:53.251-05:002014-02-11T12:30:53.251-05:00Wouldn't it be fascinating to be able to compa...Wouldn't it be fascinating to be able to compare this database to a "Latvian citizens outside Latvija" one? I have a feeling that although there might be some similarities, that many of the popular names in Latvia would not be so popular outside due to possible pronunciations in English. For example, Liene. Ilze. Lidija. I grew up "Leanne" after five years of unsuccessful corrections on Liene, and therefore envy your Daina :)Lienehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07479489443374383602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5272601820794462116.post-82839229029706540592014-02-11T11:24:50.546-05:002014-02-11T11:24:50.546-05:00Yes, I know of at least one anecdote with a Santa....Yes, I know of at least one anecdote with a Santa. Somebody in a U.S. airport needed to page her - a couple of days after Christmas, and the page operator refused.<br /><br />My name, Daina, means 'song' in Lithuanian, and has come to mean 'folksong' in Latvian. Hence my pen name. :)Dziesmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00563380904245865832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5272601820794462116.post-87991186322926771812014-02-11T09:47:58.330-05:002014-02-11T09:47:58.330-05:00Ooh, this is fascinating. I had to grin a bit at S...Ooh, this is fascinating. I had to grin a bit at Santa though. I wonder if little Latvian Santas realise that their name conjures up images of a fat man in a red suit in the English-speaking world?<br /><br />My name is as English as they come - Beverley is an old-English name associated with the town of Beverley in North Yorkshire. Germans have real problems spelling/pronouncing it! My siblings, meanwhile, all have names that wouldn't be at all out of place in Germany (ok, one of my brother's would be pronounced differently). Ironically, I'm the only one who lives abroad!bevchenhttp://confuzzledom.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com