Julia
asked:
Is Ladislav really a feminine form of a name? It sounds like a name with the Slavic origin and I'm pretty sure feminine form would be Ladislava (at least I am speaking that from my Polish point of view). That seems SO wrong when they emphasize that 'Ladislav' is feminine form because it certainly sounds like a masculine name. But well, I don't speak Romanian, maybe I am wrong?
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Michaela
I know right!?! I'm Czech and it's so weird, it's kinda disturbing, I'm still at the beginning of the book but I can't seem to get over her name. In the very first chapter when Vlad gives her the name, he says it's the feminine version of his (diminutive, diminished) and if her mother wanted a stronger name, she would have to give him a son. I think the name was supposed to be really feminine (and thats also the reason Lada doesnt like it) but to me it just sounds like the opposite of what it's supposed to be.
Audrey Dickens
Vlad wanted a boy. so he thought that we should prepare of a boy but he got a girl. He didn't change the name that he wanted to give her, but soon she started to only respond to Lada.
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