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HelpReally not bad and makes sense from a Dutch perspective (m)
in reply to a message by LMS
Romee Strijd and her husband Laurens van Leeuwen are Dutch. So am I!
Names like Bent(h)e, Jent(h)e, Jint(h)e, Ment(h)e and Mint(h)e and others with a similar vibe are pretty popular here. I even have two young second cousins with such names and I keep confusing the two with each other because of it.
Strijd just dropped the -e at the end in order to make the name ambiguous gender-wise. Yes, it will remind people of mint, but not so much in the Netherlands, where the word for mint is munt. Even if the child ends up growing up in the United States instead of the Netherlands, the name still isn't that bad. I would rather be a Mint in the States than a Braelynn or Mackenzeigh. At least Mint is short, easy to spell and to the point (which I might add is typical of the current Dutch naming trend). I think it will serve her well throughout life and make her memorable in a positive kind of way.
Forchta in biuonga quamon ouer mi, in bethecoda mi thuisternussi.
In ic quad: "uuie sal geuan mi fetheron also duuon, in ic fliugon sal in raston sal?"
Names like Bent(h)e, Jent(h)e, Jint(h)e, Ment(h)e and Mint(h)e and others with a similar vibe are pretty popular here. I even have two young second cousins with such names and I keep confusing the two with each other because of it.
Strijd just dropped the -e at the end in order to make the name ambiguous gender-wise. Yes, it will remind people of mint, but not so much in the Netherlands, where the word for mint is munt. Even if the child ends up growing up in the United States instead of the Netherlands, the name still isn't that bad. I would rather be a Mint in the States than a Braelynn or Mackenzeigh. At least Mint is short, easy to spell and to the point (which I might add is typical of the current Dutch naming trend). I think it will serve her well throughout life and make her memorable in a positive kind of way.
In ic quad: "uuie sal geuan mi fetheron also duuon, in ic fliugon sal in raston sal?"
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