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in reply to a message by Lillian
Thanks for your suggestions. I like Celestine too. It is interesting that you brought up Rose, this is my mother in law's English name. Her Chinese name means Rose too and my sister in law's daughter has it as a middle name in Chinese (her first name is Yasmin).
I like Joy, although I don't think my husband would like it (I'm going to try it out anyway), and I have three cousins called Clare, so I don't think I'm going to go there.
Celestine Corrine (like "begin")- I have a soft spot for Corinne.
Celestine Marie*- Marie is one of the few names my husband likes!
Celestine Sarai*
Celestine Elise- I found out this morning he likes Elise!
Celestine Patrice- Nice because we call my father Patrick/ Paddy a lot.
I don't think any of those ending in a hard "t" sound would work because of our surname T___
Celestine Simone*- This is pretty
Celestine Siobhan- I'm half Irish and half Ukrainian so I thought of using an Irish name or even a Ukrainian one. I suppose I might feel a bit of a joke using a Ukrainian name because I don't speak it well, I probably speak better Irish and that is only because I learnt it at school. Either way, I thought it might sound like the names are on some horrible cultural collision course (Fionnuala Kateryna Xiao Xiao- argh!).
Celestine Tatiane (tat-YAHN)- I like it
Celestine Christine- I rather like it, although everyone in my husband's family seems to have Christine as an English name (all the men on his father's side have English names ending in -bert I thought that was quite interesting)
Celestine Jacqueline (zhahk-LEEN)- The name of my mother's estranged sister, I don't want to make things messy.
Celestine Selene*- I like Selene but maybe not here.
With the Chinese names, I was just wondering about it. You're spot on, I would love to give my children Chinese names as well as English first and middle names. I would like them to feel connected to their heritage. I already feel as though I am diluting it somehow, which is silly- I have heritage too. My husband always jokes that I shouldn't worry about polluting the "blood line", he says, "there are a billion of us, I'm sure we'll survive it!".
Anyway, I asked him about the right way to name a child in China and all these things and he was just blank. He doesn't know or care. I read the sites and now feel a bit over my depth! I'll have to talk to my mother in law about it (although she'll automatically think I'm pregnant and organise a party).
Thank you for all your help,
Hannah(-Sue)
I like Joy, although I don't think my husband would like it (I'm going to try it out anyway), and I have three cousins called Clare, so I don't think I'm going to go there.
Celestine Corrine (like "begin")- I have a soft spot for Corinne.
Celestine Marie*- Marie is one of the few names my husband likes!
Celestine Sarai*
Celestine Elise- I found out this morning he likes Elise!
Celestine Patrice- Nice because we call my father Patrick/ Paddy a lot.
I don't think any of those ending in a hard "t" sound would work because of our surname T___
Celestine Simone*- This is pretty
Celestine Siobhan- I'm half Irish and half Ukrainian so I thought of using an Irish name or even a Ukrainian one. I suppose I might feel a bit of a joke using a Ukrainian name because I don't speak it well, I probably speak better Irish and that is only because I learnt it at school. Either way, I thought it might sound like the names are on some horrible cultural collision course (Fionnuala Kateryna Xiao Xiao- argh!).
Celestine Tatiane (tat-YAHN)- I like it
Celestine Christine- I rather like it, although everyone in my husband's family seems to have Christine as an English name (all the men on his father's side have English names ending in -bert I thought that was quite interesting)
Celestine Jacqueline (zhahk-LEEN)- The name of my mother's estranged sister, I don't want to make things messy.
Celestine Selene*- I like Selene but maybe not here.
With the Chinese names, I was just wondering about it. You're spot on, I would love to give my children Chinese names as well as English first and middle names. I would like them to feel connected to their heritage. I already feel as though I am diluting it somehow, which is silly- I have heritage too. My husband always jokes that I shouldn't worry about polluting the "blood line", he says, "there are a billion of us, I'm sure we'll survive it!".
Anyway, I asked him about the right way to name a child in China and all these things and he was just blank. He doesn't know or care. I read the sites and now feel a bit over my depth! I'll have to talk to my mother in law about it (although she'll automatically think I'm pregnant and organise a party).
Thank you for all your help,
Hannah(-Sue)
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