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Hah only two? My wife is Chinese/Panamanian. We had to try and find names that worked in English Spanish and Chinese. Appeal to everyone. That was not an easy t
by boyter 6y ago
Hah only two? My wife is Chinese/Panamanian. We had to try and find names that worked in English Spanish and Chinese. Appeal to everyone. That was not an easy task.
In the end it was more about picking names that aren’t something weird or offensive in the other ones but sound good in English.
My moment was using Hector. The old Greek name appeals to my love of history and yet the family thinks it’s Spanish.
- GFischer 6y agoMy nephew had the same issue, had to work in English, Spanish and German. Fortunately there are several names that work in all three, they ended up choosing Max.
- Hokusai 6y ago> the family thinks it’s Spanish. They think it is Spanish, because it is Spanish. Hector (/ˈhɛktər/) is an English, French, Scottish, and Spanish given name. The name is derived from the Greek name of Hektor.
- boyter 6y agoWithout getting into pedantic arguments. Ask any person to write down the name of the Trojan prince and you get Hector or Paris depending on who you ask. The origin is Greek even if the spelling more palatable for the modern English or Spanish speaker.
- umanwizard 6y agoIt’s English in the sense that it’s a common name in England and other English-speaking cultures. Just like “them” is an English word despite originally coming from Norse.
- CodeMage 6y agoAt least you can find all your languages in the list. I'm in that funny position where I can see Dothraki and Klingon, but not one of the real world languages I care about ;) FWIW, there is another one that I can use, that is almost identical to the one I'm looking for.