Albanian Names

[chucklincanuck.livejournal.com]

Although having a child is not even in my 5-year plan, I already feel as though I should start looking for names....lol! My fiance is Albanian (from Kosovo), and we have already decided that our children should have proper Albanian names. His name is Bashkim (pronounced Bah-shkim), and the names of his family members are:
Naim...pronounced Nye-im
Xhevat...pronounced Jah-vat 
Xhezeeta....pronounced Ja-zee-tah
Luljeta...pronounced Loo-lee-yet-ah
Bukurie...pronounced Boo-koo-ree-ah
Naybi (rhymes with 'maybe')

I can't really say I like any of them! Please check out this website for more names, and tell me which ones you like!

http://www.20000-names.com/female_albanian_names.htm

http://www.20000-names.com/male_albanian_names.htm

(Bytheway, there are not 20000 Albanian names listed! The site has 20000 names altogether!)

Comments

[waitingonsunday.livejournal.com]

My favorites were Ariana and Pjeter. On my first run through, I assumed you were in Canada becuase of your screenname, so I was trying to find names that I thought would be easy on English-speaking Canadian tongues (and now I realize that was a stupid assumption anyway, as you might speak French more often than English), but upon checking your profile, I suppose that isn't really a factor. I looked again and those were still the two that stuck out for me. Just curious, with all factors considered, if you were to have a child in your present situation, what do you think his or her primary language would be?

[chucklincanuck.livejournal.com]

I like Ariana, too.

Weird side note: Lindsay Lohan's sister's name is ALiana Lohan, and that's also Albanian.

hahaha, yes I am in a pretty complicate situation! I was born in Toronto, Canada, but my mother is French-Canadian, so I speak both French and English fluently. Then, I moved to Germany, met my fiance, and learned German (in that order! lol). So we speak German together, yet it's also his 3rd language! We want to move back to Canada at the end of this year, so he will definitely have to learn English. Therefore, our children will have English as a native langauge, and I think it's important that they learn Albanian as well.....although I won't be the one teaching it to them!