My beautiful Aunt has just got married and is adopting a child from an orphanage in Indonesia. It’s a little girl and she is two years old. My aunt loves [name]Francesca[/name], [name]Ana[/name]-[name]Mathilde[/name] ([name]Ana[/name]-[name]Matilda[/name]), [name]Yasmine[/name], [name]Lauren[/name] and [name]Bianca[/name]. She’s worried that [name]Ana[/name]-Mathile is too scandinavian and [name]Bianca[/name] is too old fashioned. Please Help.
I like [name]Francesca[/name] best
It seems to me that, although at two she’s still just learning to talk, that [name]Ana[/name] ([name]Ana[/name]-[name]Mathilde[/name]) or [name]Bianca[/name] will be the easiest for this little girl to understand and try to pronounce. I also love [name]Frankie[/name] ([name]Francesca[/name]). But I know that the “au” sound, as in [name]Laura[/name], is difficult in some other languages, and [name]Yasmine[/name], while beautiful, shortens to that controversial Yaz. I don’t think [name]Bianca[/name] is old-fashioned at all, and that or [name]Francesca[/name] are my favorites.
I like [name]Francesca[/name], [name]Matilda[/name], [name]Lauren[/name] and [name]Bianca[/name]. They are all lovely names and are definitely not too old fashioned!
[name]Ana[/name]-[name]Mathilde[/name] might be a bit mismatched, but since she is only two she probably won’t remember much of her past. I really like [name]Yasmine[/name], [name]Francesca[/name] and [name]Bianca[/name]. I definitely don’t think [name]Bianca[/name] is too old fashioned! Any of these would be a lovely choice though
lauren is very pretty but bianca is my fav. its a strong and beautiful name.
[name]Bianca[/name] and [name]Lauren[/name] were very popular ten or twenty years ago here in Australia and she’s clearly [name]Asian[/name] the little girl so [name]Ana[/name]-[name]Mathilde[/name] will probably be a little too mismatched and strange. [name]Matilda[/name] is an option though.
My favorite is [name]Francesca[/name]. I wouldn’t worry about the little girl being able to pronouce her name because when children are that young they soak up new information pretty quick. At two, though, and I’m just curious, why doesn’t she already have a name?
She does but it is much too difficult to say and my aunt has decided to change it because she has been ollecting names for many years now. Her name was Ratu and my aunt thinks she will be teased because of it and be called Rat
[name]Bianca[/name] is nice
I really like [name]Ana[/name]-[name]Mathilde[/name] or [name]Bianca[/name].
Has your Aunt considered what her Indonesian name has been until this point?
It might be an interesting way of honouring her past, and honouring the sounds and words she may already be familiar with in her 2 years so far, to choose an English name which is similar.
Family friends adopted a little Chinese girl, when she was about 9 months or so. Her name sounded like the word ‘miaw’ and she would respond very sharply to people making cat noises! Anyway, they named her [name]Mia[/name] and it was for a long time the only word she seemed to respond to or be able to say.
Of your Aunt’s list, I think a classic name which is familiar is the other way to go- names are such a strong part of identity and perhaps giving her a name from your country (I’m presuming here [name]America[/name]?) will help affirm her identity as your Aunt’s daughter. So I think [name]Lauren[/name], [name]Anna[/name] or even [name]Matilda[/name] would work perfectly.
[name]Bianca[/name] is my favorite by far. It is lovely.
I live in Australia and Ratu is not a good name for a girl to have but they are keeping her middle name [name]Sari[/name]
I thought it was really hard to adopt from Indonesia? Especially because you need to live there for at least two years and you need to be married for at least 5 years. But maybe it is different in [name]Holland[/name]?
Anyway…I love [name]Matilda[/name]. It’s perfection.
My aunt has been married for five and lived in indonesia for two (she does charity work over there)