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HelpRe: Naming your kids something that is not your culture
in reply to a message by dreaming_lion
International names are fine. My short name (Anya) I believe is international enough.
> Personally, I see absolutely nothing wrong with choosing a Polish name for a child raised in Ukraine
There is not really, but I just wonder if people would think wrong about me because these people would be from West Ukraine (probably Lviv) and I am from Donbass where you would find kids with Russian names...
> I do agree that choosing a name from, for example, Japanese culture when a child's family has 0 ties to it is weird.
Yes, I agree. It would be like if I called my kid Luknė or Étienne.
When I see non Slavic people with Slavic names (American friend knows not at all Slavic kid called Nikolai) it is very very... weird. Same feeling when I see western "USSR kid" stereotype (13-15 year old who romantisise USSR and Russia and communism, try to seem "slavic" doing accent or following stereotypes like squatting wearing ushanka listening to hardbass)
> Personally, I see absolutely nothing wrong with choosing a Polish name for a child raised in Ukraine
There is not really, but I just wonder if people would think wrong about me because these people would be from West Ukraine (probably Lviv) and I am from Donbass where you would find kids with Russian names...
> I do agree that choosing a name from, for example, Japanese culture when a child's family has 0 ties to it is weird.
Yes, I agree. It would be like if I called my kid Luknė or Étienne.
When I see non Slavic people with Slavic names (American friend knows not at all Slavic kid called Nikolai) it is very very... weird. Same feeling when I see western "USSR kid" stereotype (13-15 year old who romantisise USSR and Russia and communism, try to seem "slavic" doing accent or following stereotypes like squatting wearing ushanka listening to hardbass)
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Here there are many people who choose popular English names for their children, but they can't even speak English. It makes me cringe. I have seen the romanticizing of the USSR in America for many years. I don't know where it comes from, but it's very ignorant to say the least. I think also, with the war in Ukraine, western youth don't understand the difference between being supportive and appropriating other people's suffering. They see it as a way get attention. It's very disrespectful, but social media encourages it.
I have seen people who call their kids English things in Ukraine too, and yes it is weird and cringe.
> I think also, with the war in Ukraine, western youth don't understand the difference between being supportive and appropriating other people's suffering.
I see this too. It makes me feel disgusted when people use our suffering for likes.
> I think also, with the war in Ukraine, western youth don't understand the difference between being supportive and appropriating other people's suffering.
I see this too. It makes me feel disgusted when people use our suffering for likes.