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What does everyone think of this name? I personally love it, having heard it from The Amazing Race (Freddie and Kendra, if you watched it). Do you think it would suit a 14 year old Australian-Chinese-Mix? Please feel free to suggest middle names!
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I like Kendra, it is feminine but non-frilly and not overused.
I guess an Australian-Chinese could have any English name, especially if the parents wanted an English name to fit in. But it does not sound perfect for the Chinese-speaking relatives in China.
I would rather choose a name which is both Chinese and English, like
Lili/Lily, Anwen, Li-An/Leanne, Ai-lin/Aileen, An-Mei/Anne-May, Meili/May-Lee, Li-Na/Lena, Lin-Zi/Lindsey, Shan-Na/Shanna
Middle names are not used in Chinese. But if they gave their daughter an English fn, they might give her a Chinese mn:
An/Anne (peace), Li/Lee (beautiful), Lin/Lynn (jade), Mei/May (pretty), Fei/Fay
"But it’s all right now.
I learned my lesson well.
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"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
I guess an Australian-Chinese could have any English name, especially if the parents wanted an English name to fit in. But it does not sound perfect for the Chinese-speaking relatives in China.
I would rather choose a name which is both Chinese and English, like
Lili/Lily, Anwen, Li-An/Leanne, Ai-lin/Aileen, An-Mei/Anne-May, Meili/May-Lee, Li-Na/Lena, Lin-Zi/Lindsey, Shan-Na/Shanna
Middle names are not used in Chinese. But if they gave their daughter an English fn, they might give her a Chinese mn:
An/Anne (peace), Li/Lee (beautiful), Lin/Lynn (jade), Mei/May (pretty), Fei/Fay
"But it’s all right now.
I learned my lesson well.
You see you can’t please everyone
So you got to please yourself."
Rick Nelson, GardenParty
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
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Kendra- This name is NMSAA but I actually like it.
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I kinda like it. It's not exactly my style, but it's not bad either, and its got some of that "mysterious tough beauty" appeal, at least in my opinion.
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Kendra is lovely, though I don't picture her as a Chinese-Australian. I picture more of an American 17-year-old. Good mn might include Louise, Elizabeth, Jane, Ruth, Celeste, Maria, Mary, Lydia, Lovisa, Anastasia, Victoria, Vittoria, Fredrika, Victoire, Lavinia.
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