Dilemma! We have quite a long and ethnic surname from incl. (-) however we are Christians and we wish to give our baby a modern cool name that is not ethnic and unknown. It is already hard as it is to spell the whole surname at least give our kids a simpler more familiar names.
What do you guys think? would be too strange?
is there any guides or names you can suggest?
I will gladly private message my dear long surname for those of who are interested to help out and give some suggestions. for boys and girls
Absolutely. I think it’s great to have something familiar and wearable as either a fn, mn or nn, and I don’t worry too much about matching ethnicity between first and last name as I do about giving the kid a good full name they can carry all their life, if they choose.
Something like [name_f]Anne[/name_f] Suriyanarayanan or [name_m]Daniel[/name_m] Korhonen-[name_m]Salo[/name_m] or [name_f]Ava[/name_f] [name_u]Fran[/name_u]çois-Lefèvre is just fine. In today’s world a lot of names are popular in all sorts of countries. I’m not sure I’d choose [name_f]Saoirse[/name_f] Suriyanarayanan or [name_m]Giuseppe[/name_m] Korhonen-[name_m]Salo[/name_m], but something like [name_m]George[/name_m] or [name_f]Jane[/name_f] goes with anything.
[name_m]Feel[/name_m] free to PM your surname if you wish.
I grew up with a very good friend whose last name was Iranian and spelled like -___. Her parents chose easy-on-the-ears-yet-unique, but not traditionally ethnic names for their children. I think this is a great way to balance out the weight of a long last name without it sounding out of place. Ex: [name_f]Laila[/name_f] for a girl, or [name_m]Silas[/name_m] for a boy.
Yes, a short fn that is easy to spell and remember will best. I have PM you with my last names and names that I have in mind, will appreciate your inputs
I think it’s absolutely fine to have a non ethnic name paired with an ethnic surname.
I have a cousin whose husband is of Filipino background, he’s last name was quite long and hard to pronounce. They ended up naming their sons [name_m]Nicholas[/name_m] & [name_m]Sebastian[/name_m].
