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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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[coffeecup37.livejournal.com]

I don't think it matters all that much. The difference, really, is that some names are less used by English speaking people and that's why they seem 'weird' to use. For example, Tanya/Tania and Natalie are Russian names but widely used in English-speaking populations and it's not weird.

The only 'issue' I can see with Anneke is pronunciation and spelling by other people.