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3 A name that was somewhat bizarrely banned in Germany because it doesn’ t clearly indicate gender( yes, the Germans do that).
7 The most popular girl’ s name in the US for 2012.
8 Probably the most popular Macedonian boy’ s name of all time, why resist?
9 If Nadica wants her son to be safety and security embodied, this PCV favorite is a shoo-in.
10 In Spanish, you can often turn a male name into a female name just by changing the terminal‘ a’ to‘ o’, I’ m going to assume it’ s the same in Macedonian and recommend Nadica name her son after herself.
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1 A strong contender for a male’ s name, but unwise for two reasons: 1) frustration with“ the boss” might unfairly be visited upon the boy and 2) there’ s an arrogant volunteer in Struga that might let this go to his head..
2 Dragons are awesome and a girl that SORT of sounds like one is to be feared and fear is power.
4 I’ m not even sure this is actually a name, but a certain Kumanovo-based PCV claims it is. Either way, skip it, he’ ll just end up a lazy hippie.
5 Clearly the front-runner, honoring both a legend of Macedonian history and a legend of Peace Corps history. Be sure to use two‘ l’ s, this one‘ l’ business is ridiculous.
6 The most popular boy’ s name in the US for 2012. le answers:
Answers in the next issue! Spring 2013 – 47