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My wife an I, when deciding name for our son, immediately skipped all names with "ä", which is quite common in Finnish names.

• dagw 16y ago
  Yea, I did the same thing. Name must contain only ASCII characters and must be easily pronounceable in English where two of my requirements when naming my daughter.
  • jrockway 16y ago
    As a native speaker of English from the US, my goal is to do the opposite :)
    • younata 16y ago
      your kids will hate you. or get a name change. or both!
    • Tichy 16y ago
      Why? Believe me, it is not fun if your name is incompatible with computer systems.