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HelpRe: Charlize
in reply to a message by HaySkyNat
The BtN entry implies that it's used as a name at least sometimes in South Africa, where Theron is from. In submitted names, there are Hannelize, Delize, Marlize as SA names.
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That kind of combination name is found useful by many Afrikaans-speaking parents who have a strong tradition of naming children after the grandparents but want to avoid having a kid who shares a name with numerous cousins. Or they merge their own names - I know a Janine who married a Rudolf and had a daughter Runine.
I don't know if Ms Theron was named after a Charles and an Elize, or if her parents just followed the merger tradition because they liked the sound of it.
I don't know if Ms Theron was named after a Charles and an Elize, or if her parents just followed the merger tradition because they liked the sound of it.
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Ah, I hadn't thought of it as a combination name because I don't think of -ize as a typical name ending. Is Elize a common name there?
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Very common! Certainly it's been in use in the Afrikaans community for the reasons I gave - almost Elizabeth but not quite. I know a woman in her late 60s whose names are Elisabeth Deborah, and she always goes by Elise; another friend is in her 40s and was named Elize Antoinette. In both cases, it's a tweaked family name.
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