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[melly-issa.livejournal.com]

I love the name Anneke (On-a-kuh), but it's Dutch and we aren't.

Anything wrong with that?

For some reason I would feel really weird naming a kid Hoshi, or Keiko, or Mbeke, but am less put off by European names.

How intent on you are matching your first names culturally with your ancestry?

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[laminy.livejournal.com]

I'm the same way. And I think it's because I'm Canadian, so most of the people I interact with are Canadian, and their families have been here for generations. Big cultural distinctions that we once had, we lost, and now our European names are just all mixed together until it's like, "well, it's sounds White European, that's all I know."

Whereas, I've had less contact with people with distinct names like Hoshi, Keiko, or Mbeke, so they stick out, and feel more awkward on somebody who isn't that culture.

So, to me, it's more important that it matches the feel of the names around me and in my country and culture. Not that there aren't Hoshis, Keikos and Mbekes in Canada, but they're not prevalent where I live. To me, Joshua, Erin and Fleur, random names I just picked, all have the same type of feel, even if they don't have the same origins, or are even the same language.

[qtshorty1625.livejournal.com]

"well, it's sounds White European, that's all I know."
That's pretty much my dividing line too.

Fleur :). If you hadn't mentioned you were Canadian, I would have guessed from that name. I say that because it makes me think of the Fleurys and Lafleur in the NHL.