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Baby no 4 is due in 6 weeks and we have finally narrowed our list of girls names down to two names- Olivia or Sarina.
Our background is Italian and our other three children are called Gianluca, Allegra and Zeno. The thing is DH really likes the name Olivia but has ruled it out because he finds it too popular. Sarina was to be the name of our third child if it was a girl, so I clearly like the name too but for much of this pregnancy I have been leaning to Olivia because I have always really liked this name. Usually my names are sorted by the 6 month of pregnancy-urrgh. So i am torn between the two and thought that i would throw it out there, because sometimes a completely different perspective clarifies things . TIA |
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Olivia and Serena are both lovely but Sarina reminds me of canned tuna.
I think Serena would fit better than Olivia in your family because it's less common. |
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I'm not in love with the name Sarina, but I think it definitely suits the siblings names more than Olivia.
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I'm not so sure about Zeno and Sarina together, they seem a bit similar to me.
I'd use Olivia in that case. |
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I really like Sarina. I used to live near a river called the Sarine, which is what it makes me think of. Happy connotations. I also agree (with PP) that it goes better with the siblings.
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I like Sarina better, but prefer Serena.
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QUOTE (SlinkyMalinki @ 14/01/2013, 05:21 PM)  I like Sarina better, but prefer Serena. Same. |
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Definitely Sarina - especially if your DH is not in agreement with you over using Olivia.
I will admit that I really dislike Olivia due to a very nasty Olivia that I know - but IMO if one person has ruled out using a name then I think it should be out of consideration. |
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I like Sarina more than Olivia. I think of Sarina as an Italian variant of Sarah and unrelated to Serena?
I like Sarina but I like Sarita (another Italianate Sarah diminutive) more. No reason except I'd eventually get annoyed with people thinking I can't spell Serena and I'm thin-skinned like that. |
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I like Olivia more !
 What about Sabrina ?
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