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have you heard this name?

AwBethAwBeth member
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A friend of mine just had a baby girl and named her: Makaria Lilyann. 

I've never heard Makaria before.  I looked it up and it's the Greek goddess of blessed death.  I'm wondering how to pronounce it.  What do you think?  Does it rhyme with malaria?  Or is it like macarena but with an "r"?  Or something else?? 

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  • steff13914steff13914
    Never heard it either! I would guess it rhymes with malaria.
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  • Ms MollyMs Molly member
    Never heard of it, but I don't care for it.
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  • LouRN09LouRN09 member

    imageMs Molly:
    Never heard of it, but I don't care for it.

    ditto this. When I read it, I pronounced it like malaria. It actually kind of sounds made up to me?

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  • joraejorae
    imageAwBeth:

     the Greek goddess of blessed death. 

    Is that a good thing? Sounds kinda made up but I said it like malaria

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  • cupcakepiratecupcakepirate member
    Reminds me of the manager at my apartment complex. Her name is Valaria. No joke.
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  • sunnyday016sunnyday016 member

    When I read it, I said Mack-CAR-ee-uh in my head. The meaning of the name makes me do this Indifferent

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  • braveangel2braveangel2 member

    Mac are ee uh or Mac air ee uh, it's just bad. The blessed death definition is probably enough to make me avoid this name.

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  • ttmccootttmccoot
    in my head, it rhymes with zachariah.
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  • Scout05Scout05 member
    Why on earth would you name your baby after a goddess of death?!
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  • deeanneharrisdeeanneharris

    imagesteff13914:
    Never heard it either! I would guess it rhymes with malaria.

    This was also my guess. I've never heard of it either.

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  • AwBethAwBeth member
    I'll be anxious to hear how it's pronounced!  Yeah, about the meaning, I'm not sure what it means to the parents, but I wouldn't want to name my baby after death, even if it is blessed death!! 
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  • Luckiest03Luckiest03
    We have friends who just had a girl and named her Makara - pronounced Muh-CAR-uh.  They made it up.  Sounds like this one was too.  I hugely dislike both names.
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  • Brytany09Brytany09

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    Never heard of it, but I don't care for it.

    This. Not a cute name.

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  • CarilynCarilyn
    I have no idea how to pronounce that.  I don't care for the meaning either... Totally nms.
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  • nurseJKnurseJK member
    OMG. I immediately read it and thought, like malaria? Too each their own I guess!
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  • AwBethAwBeth member
    Ok, I talked to a mutual friend, and it's pronounced mu-car-ee-uh.  Just so we all know! 
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  • strangebirdstrangebird member

    I believe this is correctly pronounced: MA-car-ee-uh. It is not meant to rhyme with Malaria.

    The name itself, not bad. The meaning? Ouch.

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  • karen_loykaren_loy member
    I actually went out with a guy named Macario, I guess is the female version of it, btw is totally nms
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  • hcmamm1hcmamm1
    I have never heard of that name before.
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  • drakeedrakee

    Normally I don't care about name meanings, but there is NO WAY I would name a baby a name that means "goddess of blessed death".  That's just disturbing.

    I would assume it rhymes with malaria.  Wow...

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  • GideonsMomGideonsMom member
    imagesunnyday016:

    When I read it, I said Mack-CAR-ee-uh in my head. The meaning of the name makes me do this Indifferent

    me too 

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