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I am the author of the original post....who is new to this area.  You are correct in assuming that I do not have a great deal (if any) experience with this bazaar culture.  It seems narcisstic to name your child an odd name.  Do you want to set them apart from everyone else?  Is your child better, thus deserving of an "original", unique name.  Let your child develop their own uniqueness.  Also, for the sake of the teachers out there, please include the phonetic translation in parenthesis after the name.  Also, teach your child how to help people pronounce their name, how to politely correct people that keep pronouncing their name incorrectly.  Also, how to explain why their parents named them that.  Yea....your kid will feel like a freak....and there's a good chance others may think their odd.

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The people I know who have done this have given their child last names like Smithjones and Brownwright. Do you think that you can figure out how to pronounce these names on your own, or do you need help?

[b]Also, my children go to school with children who have last names like Bhattacharya, Aguirre, Xiu, and Legesse. I haven't noticed anybody being set apart from everyone else due to their last names.[/b][/quote]

This! We have a President Obama for goodness sake. The Supreme Court Justice test is a lot more flexible now a days, and for the best. [/quote]

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