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The candidate in question is indeed Arabic. His wife is Indian. But they live in a county where most people are white and speak English (with 1.1% speaking Arabic at home). So I do understand them picking a more English-looking name. If they lived in Dearborn (where the population is 40%+ Arab American), I probably wouldn't be as willing to give them a pass.
Personally, if I were in their position, I'd have gone with Amali, Amaly, or at the very furthest, Amalie or Amalee. I'd definitely want to get Amal in there since that's the usual transcription for 'hope'.
[I mean me personally, I would have gone with Amali because I think that's the nicest looking spelling but people who choose Emmalee may not agree]
my fake etymology: if you put Morde cai into google translate, Portuguese returns "bites down", which isn't great but it's better than "servant of Marduk".
(also, for mor de cai, Romanian brings back "die of horses" which is bad but still cooler than "servant of Marduk", and Somali brings back "purple law" which i kind of love. mor de kai in Yoruba is "meat morsel".)
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Personally, if I were in their position, I'd have gone with Amali, Amaly, or at the very furthest, Amalie or Amalee. I'd definitely want to get Amal in there since that's the usual transcription for 'hope'.
[I mean me personally, I would have gone with Amali because I think that's the nicest looking spelling but people who choose Emmalee may not agree]
my fake etymology: if you put Morde cai into google translate, Portuguese returns "bites down", which isn't great but it's better than "servant of Marduk".
(also, for mor de cai, Romanian brings back "die of horses" which is bad but still cooler than "servant of Marduk", and Somali brings back "purple law" which i kind of love. mor de kai in Yoruba is "meat morsel".)
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www.behindthename.com/pnl/59411
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