Naming children of ~mixed~ ethnic background

[Absinthe]

Jerney, it firstly depends on where you plan raising the child

If that's Greece, then the best option would be a Greek first name and perhaps a German middle name, although it shouldn't sound too weird like "Spiros-Heinrich" or something like that

If it's Germany, you'd better pick a German first name cause Germans would have a hard time pronouncing a Greek name, and if it's the U.S. of A, well it doesn't really matter that much, so many cultures, so much variety in names, nothing would sound weird

Since I think you are opting for no1, then in the end you will probably be left with no other choice than to name your children after his parents, you know that

[Incal]

My son will be born in a few months, will be called Werner.

lol I have a friend called Werner (his dad is swiss) and it sounds kind of funny here, but I've seen there are many people in Brazil with names that would be considered weird elsewhere (like for example "Junior").

In any case, I agree with Agrippa and Absinthe that a kid should be named according to the language/culture of the place he/she is born but I also think the family should also be honored. For example, I'd like my kids to have at least one latin/roman derived name (or at least an adaptation). In any case, outside of Greece, a Greek name wouldn't be that practical, specially when it comes to paperwork or documents (greeks love to add/erase the 'S' on their names just for the sake of it).

[Laubach]

lol I have a friend called Werner (his dad is swiss) and it sounds kind of funny here, but I've seen there are many people in Brazil with names that would be considered weird elsewhere (like for example "Junior").

In any case, I agree with Agrippa and Absinthe that a kid should be named according to the language/culture of the place he/she is born but I also think the family should also be honored. For example, I'd like my kids to have at least one latin/roman derived name (or at least an adaptation). In any case, outside of Greece, a Greek name wouldn't be that practical, specially when it comes to paperwork or documents (greeks love to add/erase the 'S' on their names just for the sake of it).

Werner have a lot in Brazil, because of German heritage. There is not a common name, but it is not strange is proper to the descendants of German-speaking countries. All associate the person is descended. In my case, my grandfather's name was Werner is a tribute to him.

Junior is when people have the same father's name, example. Rafael Silva! The child will be Rafael Silva Junior

In any case, my parents are French and I'm French too. My sister´s first name is French. My next child will have a French first name too.

Strangers here are the names of English origin, often copied due to American influence and name each thing comes out really weird, because people who usually do this, do not have much education and end up putting the name in a more "Portuguese" way, then is thus, for example. "Michael" = "Maicon" "Jonathan" = "dionathan." For it is the way the name is pronounced.

Esto es joda!!

[Amapola]

ROFL!

Dolores, Carmen, Pilar, Concepcion, Conchita, Corazon, Diego, Jesus...

Dolores finds variants like Addolorata (Italian), Delora, Delores, Deloris and Dolores in English. Dolors in Catalan, Dores in Portuguese, plus othernicknames like Lola or Dolly.

Carmen is more complex that it sounds. It represents two names taken as one. Its first (and original) root is Italian and Spanish, used as a diminutive nickname for Carmel and Carmelo (respectively), from Hebrew karmel, "God's vineyard." Your variant would BE Carmel. The second (and more recent) origin is from Latin carmen, which means "song," "tune," or "poem" and is also the root of the English word charm. The name of the Roman Goddess Carmenta based on this root comes from the purely Latin origin. While in English the name is unisex, in Italian and in Spanish it is generally female.


Pilar is probably the most restrictively Spanish-speaking oriented of all then, although you can find it in Portugal too.

Concepcion: has a latin root, other variants are Concetta (Italy), concettina (Italy). You can find it in the English word as Chonchata too as in the American Conchata Ferrel.

Corazón? :mmmm:

Diego is just a variant like Jacobo, Jacob, Yago, Jaime and Santiago. Your variant is ACTUALLY Jacques.

Jesús finds another variants even in other cultures like Isa (I know a Palestine named Isa), Josu (in Basque), Yeshúa (hebrew)...

[billErobreren]

Dolores finds variants like Addolorata (Italian), Delora, Delores, Deloris and Dolores in English. Dolors in Catalan, Dores in Portuguese, plus other nicknames like Lola or Dolly.

Corazón? :mmmm:

Diego is just a variant like Jacobo, Jacob, Yago, Jaime and Santiago. Your variant is ACTUALLY Jacques.

Jesús finds another variants even in other cultures like Isa (I know a Palestine named Isa), Josu (in Basque), Yeshúa (hebrew)...

oh shit. How could I forget about Santiago & Jacques? I'm usually good at this latin names stuff either way the post went absolutely hollow at ROTFL

[Incal]

Strangers here are the names of English origin, often copied due to American influence and name each thing comes out really weird, because people who usually do this, do not have much education and end up putting the name in a more "Portuguese" way, then is thus, for example. "Michael" = "Maicon" "Jonathan" = "dionathan." For it is the way the name is pronounced.

Esto es joda!!

LOL the same here.

And about what you said, it's true. My friend Werner was named after his father and there are some people who do that too. I think these kind of names are getting un-common nowadays in Europe and Germany. Specially when it comes to girl names, latin names are usual while it's harder to find a Wibke or Maike.

[Raikaswinþs]

I'm talking about between two European/European descended people here. Should the heritage of both parents be represented in the child's name? I want my child to have a German/ic name to represent that side of its heritage, but I don't want to it sound ridiculous with the rest of their name either. I think it's a nice gesture, but I also think it sounds ridiculous when you have a "Alejandro Schmitz" or "Freya Popovic" . I think in most cases the first name should match the origin/culture of the surname and perhaps a nice solution could be to include a middle name that represents the other parents heritage?

South Americans have mastered that art pretty good.


Nestor Kischner and Alejandro Jodorowski sound pretty powerful in Spanish. So does David Nalvandian or Eduardo Kobayashi


good thing about Spanish naming customs is that you don't need to choose, you get both parent's surnames.

Like in Román Ramírez O'Donell, a childhood classmate of mine with an Irish mom. I always thought his name rocked

[Turkophagos]

Following the Iberian two-surname code, a child of mine would have a Catalan and a Danish surname.

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[billErobreren]

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Helena is half-Peruvian plus that guy isn't a typical Catalan

[Comte Arnau]

Helena is half-Peruvian plus that guy isn't a typical Catalan

He knows, he just does it on purpose because he's got some kind of absurd personal obsession on me. Fact is, I don't know why, he was cool some years ago. He'll know his reasons, I couldn't care less. Just hope he's not such a jerk IRL with her gf, cuz she's a nice person.