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[quote=Anonymous]I'm married to a guy from the Middle East. He isn't a fan of his country of origin, so he didn't have any attachment to traditions around names or otherwise. His family is Christian and they were pushing names like George, which was a nonstarter. OTOH I tested out a few names that I liked, like Liam, which I still remember his mother trying to pronounce, badly, with a face like she'd smelled bad fish. So I knocked those off the list. We ended up with first names that skewed traditional but still recognizable in the region (such as Alexander) and middle names that leaned a little more toward his country of origin. Our kids have a difficult to pronounce last name, which was one of the arguments for a more familiar first name. Everybody was happy. That may not fly in your situation, but I'd suggest trying to find ways to build bridges even if you assert your right to name your own child (as you should!) [/quote]
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