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How does everybody feel about using names with accents? Whether it's something like an é, í, ö or what have you, do you feel that it's an intergral part of the name, just as important as the letters? Of course, in a lot of countries those are the letters; I guess I'm thinking more along the lines of a primarily English-speaking country.

My friend Renée used to spell it without the accent, until a French teacher spoke to her about it. If your kid had a name with an accent, is that how you would teach them to spell it, and expect others to spell it that way as well? Do accents get written down on the birth certificate, or do parents add them on later?

Only two names that I like are spelled with accents: Renée and Karolína. Does anybody else have a favourite name that uses an accent, or maybe one of their own names has an accent? Are they just too cumbersome in some cultures?