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When people hear our daughter's name, they always say they love it. We consistently hear people say something like, "That is a really unique and pretty sounding name, now I'm surprised I haven't heard it used before." We put the accent on the second syllable (ber-LIN), but there is a small contingent of people that have a tendency to put the accent on the first, as in the name Merlin (MER-lin).

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a place name, after the capital city of Germany

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Not only is Berlin the current capital of the great country, Germany, it is also full of an enormously rich history and a current, alternative culture that is unrivaled. Berlin, the word itself, is pronounced "Bear-lin" in German and derives from the term Bär, which means Bear in German, Berlin's official mascot.