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HelpRe: Would Kieran look stupid next to a Polish last name?
in reply to a message by LuzDeTuVida
Of course not. In Ireland no one would be too surprised to see a Kieran with a Polish/German/Indian, etc. surname.
I used to do Irish dancing with a girl called Orla with a Polish surname (her father was Polish) and was in college with someone called Conor with a German surname (his grandfather was German).
Similarly some Irish people have non-Irish, ethnic first names and Irish last names.
I used to do Irish dancing with a girl called Orla with a Polish surname (her father was Polish) and was in college with someone called Conor with a German surname (his grandfather was German).
Similarly some Irish people have non-Irish, ethnic first names and Irish last names.
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My point is that if Irish people don't feel they have to match the first names to their last names why should you feel you have to? But I guess this is something I don't get - growing up in a homogenous society like Irish I like seeing names mixed up a bit.
The flip side is my husband uses the Irish version of his surname but we don't feel the need to stick to Irish names only.
Kieran is an anglicized name to me so I don't see it as a problem. But I'd wouldn't have a problem with Ciaran ______ski either. My husband's cousin just had a baby - her name is Aoife and she has a double barrelled Iraqi-English surname.
The flip side is my husband uses the Irish version of his surname but we don't feel the need to stick to Irish names only.
Kieran is an anglicized name to me so I don't see it as a problem. But I'd wouldn't have a problem with Ciaran ______ski either. My husband's cousin just had a baby - her name is Aoife and she has a double barrelled Iraqi-English surname.
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I just mean it's not unusual in the slightest for people her to have a foreign name, but a more American first name, but I live in America. That's why it's not unusual for people in Ireland to have foreign last names but Irish first names. They do live in Ireland after all. Nothing weird about an Irish name. But if someone in your neighborhood had a Chinese last name and a Russian first name, maybe you wouldn't find that quite as normal because you don't live in Russia or China. Maybe that makes better sense.
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I know what you mean about the Chinese/Russian name. And I might agree with you if it were a very Irish, hard to pronounce name like Lasairfhíona with a Polish name but I think Kieran is fine.
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