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Exactly! We discussed this on parenting forum. People who say they like "classic" names, when pressed give examples such as Anne, Catherine, Elizabeth, etc for girls and John, James, Robert, and such for boys. "Classic" seems to mean British.
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I knew a Vietnamese guy named Tihn Phan (pronounced Tin Pan)
I have also noticed that foreign born asian women will often adopt an "anglo" first name. Jenny seems to be popular.
I know of a Vietnamese guy named Luong Phang (Long Fang).
The Vietnamese women at my nail salon all have "anglo" names, but I am certain they also have Vietnamese names, esp. since many were born in Vietnam. Mine is named Jenny.
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Some first names just don't go well with last names. If you are Asian and your last name is Lee, for example, your parents can pretty much choose whatever first name they want. I don't think I've ever seen a killer of an Asian last name.
I asked my mother why she named me "Laura" because if I was a boy, I was going to be John. I thought this was a total lack of imagination on the part of my parents until I realized my rather long and difficult to pronounce Italian-American one-of-a-kind last name gave them limited options.
You haven't seen any Japanese names, then. Chinese names tend to be short, one syllable, Lee, etc. Japanese names have several syllables and accent is often on the first syllable.
My father was a manager in a steel mill in an area that had a lot of Polish and Italian first and second generation Americans. He said he found that everyone wanted their name spelled and pronounced correctly, so he made the effort to do so. Italian names are generally easy and phonetic, but Polish names can be difficult b/c they have a different alphabet than English. It probably helped that my father was of German ancestry, and although he had an easy to pronounce name that sounded almost "Anglo", many in his family had more Germanic names.
Classic names are not limited to people of British origin. Parents should choose a name they like obviously but should also consider how the name will affect the child. You can name a baby "Tsklekweekrjealkjsknvew" and demand everyone pronounce and spell it correctly but you cannot control others.
Classic names are not limited to people of British origin. Parents should choose a name they like obviously but should also consider how the name will affect the child. You can name a baby "Tsklekweekrjealkjsknvew" and demand everyone pronounce and spell it correctly but you cannot control others.
I don't think you understood what I meant about "classic" names.
Classic names are not limited to people of British origin. Parents should choose a name they like obviously but should also consider how the name will affect the child. You can name a baby "Tsklekweekrjealkjsknvew" and demand everyone pronounce and spell it correctly but you cannot control others.
If we are going to "classic" English names, I think we would start with "Ugh", or "Err", or "Grrrrrrk". After all, when "my" (non-Jewish) people came from Norway to England, historians do believe that what they saw was a bunch of savages painted blue worshiping trees.
There are five Hispanics on our 15 member team at work. All of them have Anglo or close to Anglo names.
They are all Caribbean Hispanics though. I have noticed that Caribbean Hispanics tend to have first names that are often neutral across cultures. One of the Dominican ladies at my work even has a Slavic first name. One of my closest friends who is also Dominican happens to have the same first name as my uncle and grandfather. Both of these people were born in Dominican Republic too, so it isn't like their parents were expecting them to come to America and wanted to give them non-Spanish names.
Maybe the naming trends are different in Mexican and Central American Hispanic communities.
Blacks who live and are born here don't get American names. Malika, Trayvon. LMAO.
Those are actually about as American as a name can get. lol. Those names can only be found within the borders of America. John, Michael, Melissa, Mary, Matthew. These names all came from Europe.....
There are five Hispanics on our 15 member team at work. All of them have Anglo or close to Anglo names.
They are all Caribbean Hispanics though. I have noticed that Caribbean Hispanics tend to have first names that are often neutral across cultures. One of the Dominican ladies at my work even has a Slavic first name. One of my closest friends who is also Dominican happens to have the same first name as my uncle and grandfather. Both of these people were born in Dominican Republic too, so it isn't like their parents were expecting them to come to America and wanted to give them non-Spanish names.
Maybe the naming trends are different in Mexican and Central American Hispanic communities.
You might be right. I remember the rescue of those miners in Chile a while back and they had "Hispanic" 1st and last names but many of the rescuers and govt officials had "anglo" sounding 1st names which was weird because all Chileans ARE Hispanic.
There are five Hispanics on our 15 member team at work. All of them have Anglo or close to Anglo names.
They are all Caribbean Hispanics though. I have noticed that Caribbean Hispanics tend to have first names that are often neutral across cultures. One of the Dominican ladies at my work even has a Slavic first name. One of my closest friends who is also Dominican happens to have the same first name as my uncle and grandfather. Both of these people were born in Dominican Republic too, so it isn't like their parents were expecting them to come to America and wanted to give them non-Spanish names.
Maybe the naming trends are different in Mexican and Central American Hispanic communities.
Sonya, or Tatiana? Those are popular names in the Hispanic community around here. Also Ivan for boys.
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