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some kids in my family history and my country history have aaaaaawful names
like my mom is catharina cornelia (kah-tah-ree-nah) (kor-near-lee-ah, just without the r)
and my great garndfather is Johannes George Christiaan (you-hun-nis jorj cris-tee-aan) thats boere names for you hey. i know ppl with some names like Jacoba Francina Magdelena (ya-kwoer-bah) (much-de-lear-nah) also without the rs
my name is the only one in the family that isnt traditional. my grandmother is Susanna Engela Maria. i wouldve gotten her names, but didnt. what do u think of being called something like Johannes Christiaan Rudolph Nicolaas? that my grandfather, or Susanna Engela Maria? i wouldnt like it
like my mom is catharina cornelia (kah-tah-ree-nah) (kor-near-lee-ah, just without the r)
and my great garndfather is Johannes George Christiaan (you-hun-nis jorj cris-tee-aan) thats boere names for you hey. i know ppl with some names like Jacoba Francina Magdelena (ya-kwoer-bah) (much-de-lear-nah) also without the rs
my name is the only one in the family that isnt traditional. my grandmother is Susanna Engela Maria. i wouldve gotten her names, but didnt. what do u think of being called something like Johannes Christiaan Rudolph Nicolaas? that my grandfather, or Susanna Engela Maria? i wouldnt like it
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Hi!
All this names are normal for older people here (Germany). Only Jacoba is rare (Jacob or Jakob is more frequent) , Christiaan and Nicolaas we write Christian and Nicolas, George we write Georg and we speak it different from your description (I can't explain it in English). The name susanna knows everybody, but Susanne is more frequent. And Maria and Johannes are frequent names for kids, too. I don't think they are beautiful names, but for my grandfather or -mother they are really ok. But Cahrissa for example is a really stupid name in germany (I know Klarissa but not Cahrissa). I think you can't compare names from different countries, the languages are too different.
All this names are normal for older people here (Germany). Only Jacoba is rare (Jacob or Jakob is more frequent) , Christiaan and Nicolaas we write Christian and Nicolas, George we write Georg and we speak it different from your description (I can't explain it in English). The name susanna knows everybody, but Susanne is more frequent. And Maria and Johannes are frequent names for kids, too. I don't think they are beautiful names, but for my grandfather or -mother they are really ok. But Cahrissa for example is a really stupid name in germany (I know Klarissa but not Cahrissa). I think you can't compare names from different countries, the languages are too different.
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Nothing wrong with them at all; they aren't my taste, but so what? People are simplifying, though - I know a woman called Freda Thea; her mother was Dorothea Frederika, and her daughter is Thea!
The kind of names that do bother me are the combinations of both parents - another friend, Jeanine, married a Rudolf and they had a little Runine. Poor girl.
The kind of names that do bother me are the combinations of both parents - another friend, Jeanine, married a Rudolf and they had a little Runine. Poor girl.
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Hey Cahrissa,
It would be tough to have names like this in an English-speaking country, but it sounds like these folks have/had these as Dutch names in a Dutch society.
I'm not qualified to comment on whether these are "awful" names if you're Dutch, but they do sound pretty cumbersome (and I suspect, old-fashioned). You said they were "boere" names, so it sounds like you think these names are only fit for country hicks(?).
The Dutch folks in our Netherlands division whom I have contact with (most under 50 years) have much simpler names (like Wim, or Joop, or Derk, or Marjan) but for all I know they've got names like these on their birth certificates.
Anneza? Lu? Any comments from other speakers of Dutch or Afrikaans?
- Daividh
It would be tough to have names like this in an English-speaking country, but it sounds like these folks have/had these as Dutch names in a Dutch society.
I'm not qualified to comment on whether these are "awful" names if you're Dutch, but they do sound pretty cumbersome (and I suspect, old-fashioned). You said they were "boere" names, so it sounds like you think these names are only fit for country hicks(?).
The Dutch folks in our Netherlands division whom I have contact with (most under 50 years) have much simpler names (like Wim, or Joop, or Derk, or Marjan) but for all I know they've got names like these on their birth certificates.
Anneza? Lu? Any comments from other speakers of Dutch or Afrikaans?
- Daividh
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hey, id hate it sooooooo much, look like u got off easy, lol
i cant even pronounce all those names, what language are they the way they're written there?
i cant even pronounce all those names, what language are they the way they're written there?
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