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[kilobites.livejournal.com]

How do you feel about first-name middle-name combinations where the names are from pretty different cultures or countries of origin and it's very obvious? Do you think they seem 'mismatched'? Does it change your opinion if the names are popular in your country, as opposed to obscure?

For example, I really like the name Dietrich Andrei, but I wonder whether the combination of German and Russian names that are pretty uncommon in the US isn't a little mismatched.

Do you like any combinations of names like this? Can you think of some instances where it works pretty well, or some where it doesn't?

Comments

[a-tergo-lupi.livejournal.com]

I think intercultural names. I would judge more on the sound of the names together.

[forthemorrow.livejournal.com]

LOL! Well, I renamed myself & my middle name had a lot of significance to me which is how I ended up with an Irish first name and a Japanese middle name. ; )

[lilacmermaid.livejournal.com]

I think it's cool if those names are from the parents' cultures, otherwise it seems a little odd. Then again, Dietrich would be considered really unusual in North America anyway, no matter what the middle name was.

I think I like it better when the first name is something not too unusual in the country where the child will be raised, but the middle name represents the other parent's culture.

[qtshorty1625.livejournal.com]

I think it really depends on the names, and the parents. For example, if they sound good together, why not put them together? Also, sometimes using family names results in a mixture of cultures. That's how my uncle wound up with an English first name and a French middle name. He would have had a Polish last name if his dad hadn't changed the last name.

Me, personally, I find cultural names to make more sense if they are family names. But, if the person really loves the name, hey more power to them. If a couple with no Spanish heritage can imagine having a little Miguel running around the house, good for them. The one thing that would make me a little skeptic would be if it's a fandom name; some people have an issue distinguishing the character from the name. Sometimes naming a child after a favorite character is like naming a child after a favorite aunt: you have to ask yourself if you like the name without the personal connection.

[mrssubee.livejournal.com]

it depends on the names

[so-there.livejournal.com]

I'd worry less about the middle name and more about the last name! we have a pretty obviously irish last name, and I named my son Dietrich!

[frost.livejournal.com]

This.

[duckduckcaboose.livejournal.com]

My first name is a pretty culturally generic name: Melissa.
However, my middle names are my Italian grandmother's first name and my Irish mother's surname. Paired with a Russian last name.

Honestly, I don't know that the origin of the name matters, what matters is that they sound good, and I personally like Dietrich Andrei.