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11-06-2012 at 6:28 AM
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Basia

My 6 y/o DS has a girl named Basia in his class. (Pronounced beige uh) Meeting her was the first time I've ever heard the name,and at first I turned my nose up to it and thought it was awful. But now that I've been around her more, it's really grown on me and I like it. We're def. not considreing it for our DD because it's not our style at all and our babe is named, but I thought I'd share it and see what ya'll think about it. Have you ever heard it before?

 
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11-06-2012 at 6:37 AM
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I'm not a fan of it. It looks very harsh to me. The pronounciation I find for it is BAH-shah.  Look wise since I haven't seen or heard it I would have guessed male but apparently it's a form of Barbara in Polish.
 
11-06-2012 at 6:39 AM
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I am going to freely admit that I typed the name into behindthename thinking "This is a waste of time, this name doesn't exist."  When not one but two options popped up (one Polish, one Hebrew), I was shocked!

Nope, I've never heard this name before.  It does seem to be a nickname for other names, but not being Polish or Jewish, I can't really make a judgment call on how popular Basia is over the longer forms.

I'm still not sure I like it yet, but I won't hate it on it at all!
** Your use of the apostrophe to pluralize words is making my eyes bleed. ** 
11-06-2012 at 7:31 AM
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Growing up in a Polish community, Basia ("Bah-sha") was not unique.  I think most used Barbara in school, but went by Basia at home and with friends.

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11-06-2012 at 7:58 AM
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Yeah, DH and family are 'off the boat' Polish and Basia is the most common girls name in the family. The anglo form is Barbara. Im not a fan. 

Oh, and they all pronounce it "bah-shah".  
 
11-06-2012 at 8:46 AM
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I know a few women named Basia. I'm from an area that has a large Polish population, and all women are first generation and from very traditional Polish families.

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11-06-2012 at 9:15 AM
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At a glance I pronounced it Bah-sha.  It's NMS, but it looks like it's a real name.

 
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11-06-2012 at 9:49 AM
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Okay, I might be the only classics nerd here, but I read it as "kisses" in Latin and I would pronounce it BAH-zee-a.

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11-06-2012 at 12:48 PM
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That's crazy the corrent pronunciation is so different from how this little girls name is pronounced. Her name literally sounds just like beige uh.
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