Urgh.

[cherrysorbet.livejournal.com]

Came across this set of twins today ( a boy and a girl)...

Te Ariki and Tiarn...

... just no.

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[christhiane.livejournal.com]

I must admit that I sort of like them.

[cherrysorbet.livejournal.com]

A boy called Te Ariki?

Eh... I suppose I do tend to love traditional names, I must admit.

[quite-rosie.livejournal.com]

Te Ariki... I think it would sound too much like Teriyaki! Mmmm... Teriyaki....

[cherrysorbet.livejournal.com]

Now I'm hungry!

[aballard23.livejournal.com]

.. Are those even real (see: non-made up) names? :(

They lose.

[sarahness.livejournal.com]

I have no idea how to say either of those names.

[dustkitty.livejournal.com]

I believe Ariki is a Maori name, so I'd assume the "Te" part and Tiarn are as well, but I really don't know. If that's the case, then that's pretty cool. If they're just made up, they're [more than] a little weird.

[biancasablancas.livejournal.com]

Te Ariki really does look like a Maori name, except I must admit that I can only think of place names in New Zealand with "Te" in front, I didn't think it happened with peoples' names...

[minga13.livejournal.com]

Te Ariki is a Maori name and means 'the God'.
It's pronounced with a soft 'te', not like tee, but more like 'meh' with a T. Ariki is pronounced are-ree-key. I really like it, but I could only imagine it on a Maori or Island person.

I don't know where Tiarn is from, or how to say it. It's not Maori (the position of the vowels and constants are wrong).

[cherrysorbet.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that would make sense... but this person is NOT a Maori or Island person :P