Saturday, December 3, 2011

Her name....

Anastasia is considered an "old" name here in Russia, I guess it's like old lady names in America....but I do adore a good old lady name! For short, she is called Nastya. Now, if you were to see Nastya spelled in Russian, it would look NOTHING like the way we spell it. She knows her name and is comfortable with her name, but that American spelling, sheesh...NASTYA. Curt and I have been torn as to what to call her because we adore her Russian name and we love Anastasia as well. We have thrown around a couple ideas for what to call her. Nastya is a name that, sad but true, will cause her to get picked on when she gets in school and not only that, Curt will be putting some little boys in their places for that matter. Anastasia is difficult to learn to spell. We thought about Ana, but then there is the whole Ana Hanna....I'm not much into rhyming names! So we thought since her middle name is Elizabeth we might do Ana Beth Hanna. It is totally American I know, I have mixed feelings. We do like double names in our family (Campbell Grace)! So, any thoughts on the name idea?? We are leaning strongly toward Ana Beth at this point. TOMORROW is GOTCHA DAY!!!!!! It's like Christmas!

2 comments:

  1. Stacia
    anzlie
    annie
    liz
    lizzy
    ANA Elizabeth
    Anastasia Elizabeth MY FAV AND IT KEEPS HER RUSSIAN NAME BUT THATS JUST ME LOVE THE NAME ANASTASIA
    It's so feminine and has character. You could never be boring with a name like Anastasia. yes it will be a little hard to spell but she is a very smart girl and has a wonder FAMILY to teach her

    CRYSTAL MOBLEY

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  2. I would go with Anastasia. It is just two more letters than Ana Beth. Plus, when you are teaching her to spell it, it is easily split into a three letter rhythm...ANA...STA...SIA. Turn it into a song (how awesome you are at all that music stuff!) and she will get it in no time.

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