Ethnic Backgrounds (Game of sorts)
If you only had one child for each of your ethnic or cultural backgrounds, how many children would you end up having? Each has to be named after said background. I will post my example.
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I would have one Swedish, one Finnish and one Swedish-Canadian, that I know for sure. I'm pretty sure I would have one Polish child, too.
Then I might have one Saami, one Irish and one Walloon child, too, but I'm more unsure of that.
Swedish child: Tua Katrin or Oscar Torbjörn
Finnish child: Henna Lumi
Polish child: Celestyna Malgorzata
Saami child: No idea, not good at Saami names
Irish child: Sean Kieran
Walloon child: Christine Pomeline
Then I might have one Saami, one Irish and one Walloon child, too, but I'm more unsure of that.
Swedish child: Tua Katrin or Oscar Torbjörn
Finnish child: Henna Lumi
Polish child: Celestyna Malgorzata
Saami child: No idea, not good at Saami names
Irish child: Sean Kieran
Walloon child: Christine Pomeline
English - Samuel Cooper
Fijian - Keresi Litia
Dutch - Mozes Olivier
Scottish - Eilidh Mairead
Spanish - Rafael Tomas
Uruguayan - Florencia Sofia
NB: As Uruguayan names are Spanish names, I've chosen the name from the top ten in Uruguay, so it's a reflection of naming there. Florencia is the top girl's name.
Fijian - Keresi Litia
Dutch - Mozes Olivier
Scottish - Eilidh Mairead
Spanish - Rafael Tomas
Uruguayan - Florencia Sofia
NB: As Uruguayan names are Spanish names, I've chosen the name from the top ten in Uruguay, so it's a reflection of naming there. Florencia is the top girl's name.
This is fun. :) I'm such a mongrel, I end up with a big family. I chose boy names for my father's side and girl names for my mother's.
Scottish: Hamish Alasdair
English: Clement Randel
Manx: Pherick Illiam
Dutch: Jozef Laurens
Polish: Lucyna Beatrycze
Hungarian: Katalin Zsófia
Lithuanian: Edita Aurelija
And to even out boys v girls, I'll add...
American: Winona Liberty
Scottish: Hamish Alasdair
English: Clement Randel
Manx: Pherick Illiam
Dutch: Jozef Laurens
Polish: Lucyna Beatrycze
Hungarian: Katalin Zsófia
Lithuanian: Edita Aurelija
And to even out boys v girls, I'll add...
American: Winona Liberty
Ahh, cool!
I'd have....four?
Saskia Petronella (Dutch)
Ferdinand Jean-Baptiste (French)
Kerenza Jennifer (English/Cornish)
Oneida Tharcille (Iroquois/Métis)
overall I'm Canadian...so.... Maple? NO WAIT. Beaver. A boy named Beaver. There's no way anything could go wrong with that choice.
I'd have....four?
Saskia Petronella (Dutch)
Ferdinand Jean-Baptiste (French)
Kerenza Jennifer (English/Cornish)
Oneida Tharcille (Iroquois/Métis)
overall I'm Canadian...so.... Maple? NO WAIT. Beaver. A boy named Beaver. There's no way anything could go wrong with that choice.
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I'm 100% Danish as far as I know, but there could be a small part of some eastern/southern European in me (maybe Romani), due to the biological mother of my maternal grandmother, who died when she was 5 years old and her dad remarried later on and became who I knew as my great-grandmother who was all Danish. The mother who died may have been from eastern/southern Europe, because my grandmother had really dark skin, brown eyes and near black hair, she had from her mom. Not a usual thing back in the 1910s Denmark. No info has been able to be found, since every trace stops in the early 1920s when she died.
TL;DR: I'm 100% Danish as far as I know. So...
Girl: Astrid Merete Alberte
Boy: Laurits Troels Frederik
TL;DR: I'm 100% Danish as far as I know. So...
Girl: Astrid Merete Alberte
Boy: Laurits Troels Frederik
Great Canadian name!I called my Canadian child" Maple".
I'm Canadian, with Scottish ancestors, so, only one child.
if male, he'd be-Kenneth Dougal.
if female, she'd be Margaret Jean.
For a Canadian child, I went looking for a First Nations name.(not an extensive look, but I did try a bit.)However, as I live on the east coast, European contact was early, and most all of the First Nation names had given way to English or French names.
So, my Canadian child would be named Maple. Will do for male or female.
if male, he'd be-Kenneth Dougal.
if female, she'd be Margaret Jean.
For a Canadian child, I went looking for a First Nations name.(not an extensive look, but I did try a bit.)However, as I live on the east coast, European contact was early, and most all of the First Nation names had given way to English or French names.
So, my Canadian child would be named Maple. Will do for male or female.
Let's see. I'm English, German, Irish, Scottish, and Swedish, and let's throw in that like 2% Native American in there for fun. That makes six. This should be fun.
English: Benedict Aaron "Ben"
German: Amalie Catrin
Irish: Aidan Cathair
Scottish: Caitrìona Elspet
Swedish: Loke Melker
Native American: Isi Rayen
English: Benedict Aaron "Ben"
German: Amalie Catrin
Irish: Aidan Cathair
Scottish: Caitrìona Elspet
Swedish: Loke Melker
Native American: Isi Rayen
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English - Cordelia Felicity
German - Leo August
Dutch - Beatrix Ariane
Scottish - Fiona Lilias
Irish - Desmond Ivor
Welsh - Rhiannon Eira
Portuguese - Serafina Maristela
French - Damien Xavier
German - Leo August
Dutch - Beatrix Ariane
Scottish - Fiona Lilias
Irish - Desmond Ivor
Welsh - Rhiannon Eira
Portuguese - Serafina Maristela
French - Damien Xavier
This is no fun for me! :(
I'm an English thoroughbred as far back as my father has traced.
To name only one child with my English background in mind; I would go with Jeremy Phoenix.
A lot of names I like are multi-cultural, with usage and origins coming mainly from Germany and other European countries, so in the combo above I tried to use names with "only" English usage (which crossed off a lot of my top ten!)
I'm an English thoroughbred as far back as my father has traced.
To name only one child with my English background in mind; I would go with Jeremy Phoenix.
A lot of names I like are multi-cultural, with usage and origins coming mainly from Germany and other European countries, so in the combo above I tried to use names with "only" English usage (which crossed off a lot of my top ten!)
One or two. My maternal grandfather and his side of the family came to Sweden from France in 1740. So if you count that I would have two kids, otherwise just one.
Ebba Anna Matilda
and
Lucas Arthur Alexandre
Ebba Anna Matilda
and
Lucas Arthur Alexandre
I'm not sure I understand. I'm English, so I can only pick English names?
Hmmm well I don't know too much about my heritage, the only ones I know are English, French and Scottish so 3 kids:
Esme Juliette
Alfie Harris
Fiona Greer
Esme Juliette
Alfie Harris
Fiona Greer
Like queenv my ancestors immigrated to the us a very long time ago, but my ancestory is Irish, Scottish, English, Native American (Algonquin, Chickasaw and possibly Cherokee), German and French (or so I've been told).
Irish - Keegan Alby Cavan
Scottish - Isla Elspeth Mairead
English - Henry William Britton
German - Karsten Emmerich Johann
French - Marguerite Évelyne Claudette
Native American (one name for each nation) - Lushanya Watseka Sallali
Irish - Keegan Alby Cavan
Scottish - Isla Elspeth Mairead
English - Henry William Britton
German - Karsten Emmerich Johann
French - Marguerite Évelyne Claudette
Native American (one name for each nation) - Lushanya Watseka Sallali
English: William and Elizabeth
French Huguenot: Genevieve and Aurelien
German: Ilse and Gregor
Swedish: Ingrid and Anders
French Huguenot: Genevieve and Aurelien
German: Ilse and Gregor
Swedish: Ingrid and Anders
I am not entirely sure how the word "ethnic" applies to me. My ancestors immigrated to the USA from five European countries, so assuming you mean that, I guess I'd have five children.
English: Victoria
Irish: Bridget -- My paternal grandmother's Irish parents wanted to name her this, but the godmother objected, so she became Agnes instead
Scottish: Kenneth
German: Vilhelm -- cooler than William
Czech or Slovakian: Pavel -- my maiden name is a patronymic based on Pavel.
Culturally, I am an American, so if I wanted to honor my culture, I'd name my first son George Washington Surname.
English: Victoria
Irish: Bridget -- My paternal grandmother's Irish parents wanted to name her this, but the godmother objected, so she became Agnes instead
Scottish: Kenneth
German: Vilhelm -- cooler than William
Czech or Slovakian: Pavel -- my maiden name is a patronymic based on Pavel.
Culturally, I am an American, so if I wanted to honor my culture, I'd name my first son George Washington Surname.
I'm mostly Icelandic, German and Ukrainian. My maternal grandfathers heritage is a bit of a mystery so I can't do what I don't know. I'll do DHs though, he's Italian and Dutch.
Icelandic : Ari Finnur
German : Claudia Adelina
Ukrainian : Dmytro Ivan
Italian : Eloisa Liviana
Dutch : Casper Augustus
Icelandic : Ari Finnur
German : Claudia Adelina
Ukrainian : Dmytro Ivan
Italian : Eloisa Liviana
Dutch : Casper Augustus
Just the main ones, because if I had a kid for every country my recent ancestors came from I'd give the Duggars a run for their money:
Dutch: Leo Maximiliaan
German: Maja Ottilie
Slovak: Zofia Amalia
Scottish: Iona Mairead
Dutch: Leo Maximiliaan
German: Maja Ottilie
Slovak: Zofia Amalia
Scottish: Iona Mairead
I'm Australian, English, Scottish, Irish and a teensy bit Indian and Scandinavian.
Australian: Avalon Matilda
English: Cecily Alice
Scottish: Alastair Evander
Irish: Torin Conor
Indian: Asha Jayanti
Scandinavian: Astrid Klara
This is a great idea!
Australian: Avalon Matilda
English: Cecily Alice
Scottish: Alastair Evander
Irish: Torin Conor
Indian: Asha Jayanti
Scandinavian: Astrid Klara
This is a great idea!
I am American, Canadian, English, Danish, German, Irish, Scottish, Ukrainian, Russian, Polish, & Dutch. Therefore I would have 11 children.
American: Audrianna Evangelise
Canadian: Isline Lilisha
English: Amelia Josephine
Danish: August Maximilian
German: Clara Edith
Irish: Ciaran Rory
Scottish: Eoghan Gilchrist
Ukrainian: Maxim Aleksei
Russian: Isidora Katerina
Polish: Ada Eleonora
Dutch: Leopold Christiaan
American: Audrianna Evangelise
Canadian: Isline Lilisha
English: Amelia Josephine
Danish: August Maximilian
German: Clara Edith
Irish: Ciaran Rory
Scottish: Eoghan Gilchrist
Ukrainian: Maxim Aleksei
Russian: Isidora Katerina
Polish: Ada Eleonora
Dutch: Leopold Christiaan
English-
Boy(Alfred Earl)
Girl(Dorothy Angela)- these two are actually my grandmother and Great-Grandmother names.
Italian-Boy
(Francesco Antonio)-Antonio was my Great Grandfather name.
Girl(Bianca Antonietta)-Bianca is my older Sister name.
I'm exclusively English and Welsh, so I would have--
♀ Bronwen Guinevere Elin (GWEN-ə-veer ay-LIN)
♀ Edith Adelaide Beatrice
Or, if we're supposed to list one name per gender per origin--
♀ Bronwen Guinevere Elin // Edith Adelaide Beatrice
♂ Llewellyn Tristan Rhys // Frederick Ambrose Arthur
-- Bronwen & Frederick // Edith & Llewellyn.
♀ Bronwen Guinevere Elin (GWEN-ə-veer ay-LIN)
♀ Edith Adelaide Beatrice
Or, if we're supposed to list one name per gender per origin--
♀ Bronwen Guinevere Elin // Edith Adelaide Beatrice
♂ Llewellyn Tristan Rhys // Frederick Ambrose Arthur
-- Bronwen & Frederick // Edith & Llewellyn.