What would you name your children if you only used names from your heritage/culture

the last one can be one from the country you grew up in. (If you lived/live in a totally different country past the age of 10 don’t include that.)

Eg. So if your heritage is irish and welsh but you grew up in america for example- ‘[name]Una[/name], [name]Ffion[/name] and [name]Lincoln[/name]’.

English Heritage and I am Australian (not too many all Australian names so I will use something from the top 10)!

[name]Elizabeth[/name], [name]James[/name], [name]Ella[/name] and [name]Anouk[/name] (I am not French but I feel that [name]France[/name] is so much a part of me that I couldn’t help my self)

I would have to choose super yiddeshe names like [name]Raizel[/name], [name]Judah[/name], and [name]Mordecai[/name] – all of which I actually quite like!

American, but my mother’s side of the family is Polish, while my dad is a mix of Irish/Scottish/Native American/Misc. I identify most with my Polish side, so I’ll answer with the Polish versions of some of our top names.

Girls:
[name]Katarzyna[/name] ([name]Catherine[/name])
[name]Elzbieta[/name] ([name]Elizabeth[/name], although I’m not really fond of [name]Elzbieta[/name]. I prefer the Russian [name]Elizaveta[/name].)
[name]Anastazja[/name] ([name]Anastasia[/name])
Weronika ([name]Veronica[/name])
Wiktoria ([name]Victoria[/name])
[name]Maria[/name] ([name]Mary[/name]/[name]Maria[/name])
Zoja ([name]Zoe[/name])
[name]Ewa[/name] ([name]Eva[/name]/[name]Eve[/name])
[name]Cecylia[/name] ([name]Cecilia[/name])
[name]Ofelia[/name] ([name]Ophelia[/name])
[name]Krystyna[/name] ([name]Christina[/name])

Boys:
Aleksander ([name]Alexander[/name])
Baltazar ([name]Balthazar[/name])
[name]Dominik[/name] ([name]Dominic[/name])
Grzegosz ([name]Gregory[/name])
Kacper ([name]Casper[/name])
[name]Krzysztof[/name] ([name]Christopher[/name])
[name]Miko[/name]łaj ([name]Nicholas[/name])
[name]Patryk[/name] ([name]Patrick[/name])
[name]Tomasz[/name] ([name]Thomas[/name])
[name]Casimir[/name] (No English equivalent; I’ve just always liked it)

Heh, if I actually tried to use some of those in [name]America[/name], I have a feeling most would think I’m just spelling things creatively! Either that, or be hopelessly confused how to pronounce them. (I’m not even certain on some of the pronouniations.)

We want four children, ideally two boys and two girls which we plan to name [name]William[/name], [name]Alexander[/name], [name]Catherine[/name], and [name]Elizabeth[/name], but if I had to give them Polish names, I’d probably go for [name]Aleksander[/name], [name]Katarzyna[/name], [name]Dominik[/name], and [name]Anastazja[/name] (or maybe [name]Wiktoria[/name], since I don’t like [name]Elzbieta[/name] and I don’t know the Polish verion of William, if there even is one.

I am born and I live in non english speaking country, so I would say [name]Margareta[/name] (mar-gar-etta), [name]Eliza[/name] (Eh-leezah), [name]Karolina[/name] ([name]Caro[/name]-leena), [name]Mila[/name]…

I am Italian. I like the names [name]Bianca[/name],[name]Gianna[/name], [name]Isabella[/name] and [name]Alissa[/name] for a girl.

French, Russian, and Dutch.

[name]Justine[/name]/[name]Emilien[/name], [name]Polina[/name]/[name]Mischa[/name], and [name]Evi[/name]/[name]Milan[/name].

American with german heritage on one side and a mixture on the other so I’ll go with german names. [name]Adelheid[/name] and Hildemara are my favorite german girls names. Does [name]Elizabeth[/name] with the german nn [name]Elsie[/name] work too? Can’t think of any german boys names i love :frowning:

me: maybe ‘[name]Nuala[/name], Rosália, [name]Ilona[/name] & [name]Dominic[/name]’.

[name]Sarita[/name], [name]Silvia[/name], [name]Viviana[/name], [name]Adriana[/name]

[name]Andres[/name], [name]Mateo[/name], [name]Lorenzo[/name], [name]Silvano[/name]

My heritage is a combination of Irish, [name]German[/name], Scottish, English, Cherokee, Welsh, and a dash of French. And I grew up in [name]America[/name]. I’d have a lot of names to choose from. So maybe something like [name]Elliot[/name], [name]Callum[/name], and [name]Guinevere[/name]…

I’m Irish-Cajun, so maybe:

[name]Fiachna[/name], [name]Sabine[/name], [name]Odette[/name]

[name]Eoin[/name], [name]Kieran[/name], [name]Eamonn[/name]

[name]Do[/name] you like one of these averelladavina:[name]Tobias[/name], [name]Frederick[/name]/[name]Freddie[/name], [name]Casper[/name], [name]Felix[/name], [name]Emmerich[/name]?

I am a [name]New[/name] Zealander with some Maori heritage. I think I would go for more classic names like Tangiroa, Maui, [name]Manu[/name], [name]Tama[/name], Kahu,

Russian and French:

[name]Anastasia[/name]
[name]Catherine[/name]
[name]Emily[/name]
[name]Charlotte[/name]

[name]Alexander[/name]
[name]Michael[/name]
[name]Nicholas[/name]
[name]Charles[/name]

I’ll go with Arabic so…
[name]Zara[/name], [name]Vega[/name], [name]Lyla[/name] & [name]Salem[/name], [name]Jasper[/name], [name]Zane[/name]

But raised with southern so…
[name]Wren[/name] nn [name]Birdie[/name], [name]Honora[/name] nn [name]Honey[/name], [name]Cordelia[/name] nn [name]Kate[/name] & [name]Beau[/name], [name]Gable[/name], [name]Wilkie[/name]

English/Norwegian, with some Russian(Ashkenazi Jews), Danish blood and I was born and lived in [name]France[/name] (for a little while):

English: [name]Morgana[/name]/[name]Ophelia[/name] & [name]Herne[/name]/[name]Wayland[/name]
Norwegian: [name]Signe[/name]/Tiril & Vetle/Brage
Russian: [name]Polina[/name]/Annoushka & [name]Kazimir[/name]/Vassiliy
Yiddish: Raisel/Hendel & [name]Mendel[/name]/Velvel
Hebrew: [name]Lior[/name]/[name]Marni[/name] & Liron/Chayyim
Danish: Lykke/[name]Malou[/name] & [name]Mikkel[/name]/[name]Mads[/name]
French: [name]Lison[/name]/Clémence & [name]Louis[/name]/[name]Jules[/name]

I guess someone like me can’t answer this thread. My ancestors were slaves, so I don’t know where they came from, only somewhere in [name]West[/name] [name]Africa[/name], a place with dozens upon dozens of countries, tribes, languages and cultures.

:frowning:

I’m an American who is half Italian, half Slavic…

Boys: [name]Paolo[/name], [name]Marco[/name], [name]Angelo[/name], [name]Andrei[/name], [name]Alexei[/name], [name]Nicolai[/name], [name]Anton[/name]

Girls: [name]Rosalia[/name], [name]Caterina[/name], [name]Elisabetta[/name], [name]Eleonora[/name], Miroslava, [name]Zuzanna[/name], [name]Darya[/name]

I am a true American mutt I am English/Irish/French/Swiss/Dutch/Scottish so I’ll pick one name from each culture

[name]Alice[/name]
[name]Saoirse[/name] (seer-sha)
[name]Vivienne[/name]
[name]Adelaide[/name]
Lidewij (lee-da-[name]VI[/name])
[name]Elinor[/name]

[name]William[/name]
[name]Sean[/name]
[name]Etienne[/name]
[name]Elias[/name]
[name]Vincent[/name]
[name]Malcolm[/name]