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Help[Opinions] Re: name for adopted Chinese baby
in reply to a message by Bonnie
Having read Array's comment further down and your reply to that, I can only say that I appreciate what you're trying to do, that you want it to be right and respectful and appropriate. However, the adopted people I know in Sweden have the same types of names as everybody else, and I've never heard of them disliking it.
To name a few, I know a:
Kristin ( Korea)
Josefina ( Korea)
Agnes ( Korea)
Lina ( I think short for Karolina) ( Asian, not sure of country)
Autumn ( American-Asian, not adopted as far as I know)
A Korean ( not adopted) girl named Jun-Hi Swedefied her name to Junni.
You could find names that mean something similair as one of her Chinese names, like:
Amala
Glenda
Phoebe
Reina
I like Sonia a lot, but it's very Russian to me, I'm not sure how it fits in with what you said. In spite of how popular Emma is, I think it'd be a nice choice, partly because of its meaning. Irma means the same. Chloe could work, very common though.
I'll think some more about this.
To name a few, I know a:
Kristin ( Korea)
Josefina ( Korea)
Agnes ( Korea)
Lina ( I think short for Karolina) ( Asian, not sure of country)
Autumn ( American-Asian, not adopted as far as I know)
A Korean ( not adopted) girl named Jun-Hi Swedefied her name to Junni.
You could find names that mean something similair as one of her Chinese names, like:
Amala
Glenda
Phoebe
Reina
I like Sonia a lot, but it's very Russian to me, I'm not sure how it fits in with what you said. In spite of how popular Emma is, I think it'd be a nice choice, partly because of its meaning. Irma means the same. Chloe could work, very common though.
I'll think some more about this.
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We're in the United States, and to me at least, Sonia doesn't sound too Russian. If anything, it sounds more Indian to me - I've known several Indian Sonia's! That is what I like about the name - it is a kind of international name, used in Russia, Scandinavia, India, Brazil (think of Sonia Braga), and of course the U.S.
Now if we spelled it Sonya, it would seem more Russian, and Sonja screams Scandinavian to my ears.
Now if we spelled it Sonya, it would seem more Russian, and Sonja screams Scandinavian to my ears.
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ok...
1. Which names would least suprise you when a Chinese face went with the name?
None, doesn't apply to me.
2. Which names fit the sibs names the best?
Sonia, Thalia and Naomi
Names I think fit with the siblings, her other names etc etc are (just throwing out ideas here, don't take offense please):
Amaya / Amalya
Aretha
Aviva
Bianca
Damaris
Galatea
Imara
( Iris )
Ines / Inez...
Jocasta
Leilani
Marian / Marion
Miriam
Odessa
Patricia
Ramona
Sabrina
Samara
Keziah
Simone / Simona
Tabitha
Veronica
And for the heck of it, other Russian names I like, which might not seem very Russian to all are:
Lara
Katya / Katja / Katia
Vanya / Vanja
Nadya / Nadja / Nadia
Tanya / Tanja / Tania
1. Which names would least suprise you when a Chinese face went with the name?
None, doesn't apply to me.
2. Which names fit the sibs names the best?
Sonia, Thalia and Naomi
Names I think fit with the siblings, her other names etc etc are (just throwing out ideas here, don't take offense please):
Amaya / Amalya
Aretha
Aviva
Bianca
Damaris
Galatea
Imara
( Iris )
Ines / Inez...
Jocasta
Leilani
Marian / Marion
Miriam
Odessa
Patricia
Ramona
Sabrina
Samara
Keziah
Simone / Simona
Tabitha
Veronica
And for the heck of it, other Russian names I like, which might not seem very Russian to all are:
Lara
Katya / Katja / Katia
Vanya / Vanja
Nadya / Nadja / Nadia
Tanya / Tanja / Tania
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Thanks! Interestingly, there is a Leilani and a Miriam among the babies in our travel group (being adopted). And Simone was on my list but my husband doesn't like it.
Nadya/Nadia screams Romanian to me.
Vanya is very Russian, and I thought it was a boys name.
Tanya was a popular Southern U.S. name when I was growing up.
Lara and Katia seem like normal American names.
Nadya/Nadia screams Romanian to me.
Vanya is very Russian, and I thought it was a boys name.
Tanya was a popular Southern U.S. name when I was growing up.
Lara and Katia seem like normal American names.
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you're right, I tend to forget...
Vanya is male. Somehow Vanja has become a Swedish / Scandinavian female name. It sort of bugs me, I'm not sure I can use it when it should be male.
I was in much confusion the first time I saw the Chekhov play "Uncle Vanya" as a teenager, it took me a while to understand how an uncle could be a Vanya ( spelled Vanja in Swedish translation).
Oh well, the everlasting labyrinth of names...
Good luck with / "congratulations" to the adoption. Just out of curiosity, are your sons adopted too?
Vanya is male. Somehow Vanja has become a Swedish / Scandinavian female name. It sort of bugs me, I'm not sure I can use it when it should be male.
I was in much confusion the first time I saw the Chekhov play "Uncle Vanya" as a teenager, it took me a while to understand how an uncle could be a Vanya ( spelled Vanja in Swedish translation).
Oh well, the everlasting labyrinth of names...
Good luck with / "congratulations" to the adoption. Just out of curiosity, are your sons adopted too?
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