2025 JGP Ankara Women's Short Program

[Vemvane]

A spectacular skate from Yujae. Huge axel to start, tremendous speed into and out of it, and doesn't need to put the free foot down afterwards, just keeps on going. Nice 3Lz‑3T, and level 4 ch combo spin. Holds onto the loop landing. She flies through her step sequence at the end, earns a level 4.

 

[Ichatdelune]

WHEW YUJAE

I was terrified when the loop was askew in the air, thank goodness... my girl let's keep this up in the free, with a little more attention to the layback perhaps

 

[H.Y.]

Nice skate for Yujae.

 

[FlossieH]

Ira

Not an English name. Have never come across a male with that name here.

 

[elektra blue]

i remember this dress, it's inspired by her national costume

 

[4everchan]

That's either American or Irish (not sure which), not English.

I don't know... it was a guy's name in my school... very English kind LOL but i gave you other examples in my post... if you go back to it.

 

[Karoltyna]

Whatever the tech will be, I already like her

 

[4everchan]

That's either American or Irish (not sure which), not English.

Dana Carvey - Wikipedia

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[Jumping_Bean]

Dana.

See, that's a female name in my mind.
Mika feels male, but it could also be a nickname for a Michaela or Michelle.

Joshua is probably the name that would come to mind for me, but I also can't think of many others.

 

[Ichatdelune]

This can be a cultural difference, though. Luca/Lucca might be strictly male in some countries, but unisex in others (or even female).
For example, Luca seems to be mainly used as a feminine name in Croatia and Hungary.

Oh of course, even in the Anglosphere names can have a different feel by country (ex. Ashley is very strictly feminine now in the US but it's still unisex in other parts) and I do not and cannot know every single culture's perception of names, so I am aware that I may be bigoted and my biases could be clouding my eyes. But in Hungary Luca is pronounced lu-tsa and it's their form of Lucia (which is strictly feminine) so

 

[4everchan]

See, that's a female name in my mind.
Mika feels male, but it could also be a nickname for a Michaela or Michelle.

Joshua is probably the name that would come to mind for me, but I also can't think of many others.

Noah, Jeremiah, and Joshua are probably the most well-known.
Bela is also used like in Bela Fleck

 

[Mariiiiskate]

I love Chillys dress!

 

[FlossieH]

Wongso has a decent foundation to build upon.

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

I'm struggling to think if any male names in English which end with an a...

Joshua.

But I can't think of any others.

That said, I agree with the Italians that Andrea is a boy's name that has been hijacked for girls.

By the way, getting back to the skater that started this whole discussion. Do we know if Lucca DIJKHUIZEN has any Italian heritage? Because a lot of this discussion has been based on Italian pronounciations. And Italian is a very differnt language to Dutch.

And on the subject of Italian pronounciations, I thought "cc" was pronouched like "ch" is in English.

CaroLiza_fan

 

[Jeanie19]

Chilly. Pretty and unique dress. Good program and a decent skate.

 

[4everchan]

Nice music.

 

[Vemvane]

An enjoyable skate from Chilly Ann. I love her costume, all the patterns and the different colours. A solid axel to open. Little heel spin in the ch combo spin, nice. Plenty of height on her split jump.

 

[elektra blue]

there something under your armpits...Andrea

 

[anonymoose_au]

Nicely done by Chilly Ann, and also contender for best name!

 

[FlossieH]

Noah, Jeremiah, and Joshua are probably the most well-known.
Bela is also used like in Bela Fleck

I forgot about Joshua (usually gets changed to Josh). Noah and Jeremiah are ah not a. There are plenty of names which end in ah. It is a which is rare for male English names.