Anonymous
Post 09/20/2013 15:33     Subject: Bilingual Baby Boy Name
If I heard Asher I'd think Jewish.
Anonymous
Post 09/20/2013 15:29     Subject: Bilingual Baby Boy Name
Love Hector. We are a bilingual family as well, and if we'd had a boy, I was pulling for Hector.
Anonymous
Post 09/20/2013 12:55     Subject: Bilingual Baby Boy Name
How about Hector?? Ends in "r" like Asher[
Anonymous
Post 09/20/2013 02:43     Subject: Bilingual Baby Boy Name
Asher?? Hmm....Kinda unique...Might grow on me.

How about the name Alonzo?? Is a good combo of both.
Anonymous
Post 09/19/2013 22:35     Subject: Bilingual Baby Boy Name
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Ah-share is how they will say it if they know some English, ahs--air if they speak Spanish only (since h is silent). Does that bother you? It might sound like they are calling him ass hair a little.
Have you thought about Oscar? Or Walter?


Asher is Aser in Spanish, isn't it?

(I'm completely baffled by the popularity of Asher. Why Asher, but not Issachar, Gad, Naftali, or Zebulon?)


Because Asher appears in some bodice rippers, which some of these women appear to have been reading.

ok
now i why my old neigbor was named Polly Esther
Anonymous
Post 09/19/2013 18:56     Subject: Bilingual Baby Boy Name
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Biblical names may be popular in Hispanic communities, but Asher will be mispronounced, since it is not a Spanish name. Samuel exists in both languages, so if that's your criteria, that's what you should choose.

"Samuel" makes up part of my last name, and when I lived in South Florida, Spanish speakers often said "Sam-WELL." It didn't bother me, but I don't know if this matters to you.


"Sam-WELL" is how the name Samuel is pronounced in Spanish--it is a bilingual name! I'm guessing OP probably knows this.

Probably. I'm not Hispanic, so that pronunciation, to me, was "wrong." Absolutely not a big deal, though -- as long as the OP isn't expecting people to say "SAM-yool" then it's all good.

Anonymous
Post 09/19/2013 07:50     Subject: Bilingual Baby Boy Name
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Ah-share is how they will say it if they know some English, ahs--air if they speak Spanish only (since h is silent). Does that bother you? It might sound like they are calling him ass hair a little.
Have you thought about Oscar? Or Walter?


Asher is Aser in Spanish, isn't it?

(I'm completely baffled by the popularity of Asher. Why Asher, but not Issachar, Gad, Naftali, or Zebulon?)


Because Asher appears in some bodice rippers, which some of these women appear to have been reading.
Anonymous
Post 09/19/2013 07:47     Subject: Bilingual Baby Boy Name
Anonymous wrote:Ah-share is how they will say it if they know some English, ahs--air if they speak Spanish only (since h is silent). Does that bother you? It might sound like they are calling him ass hair a little.
Have you thought about Oscar? Or Walter?


Asher is Aser in Spanish, isn't it?

(I'm completely baffled by the popularity of Asher. Why Asher, but not Issachar, Gad, Naftali, or Zebulon?)
Anonymous
Post 09/18/2013 23:37     Subject: Bilingual Baby Boy Name
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Are we talking Spain or Central America?


Why does this matter?


Because Spanish-speaking countries are not all identical in culture, including as regards names. Since OP mentions the reactions of Spanish-speaking friends and family, knowing which country matters. It also affects how they are likely to pronounce a given name.
Anonymous
Post 09/18/2013 22:46     Subject: Bilingual Baby Boy Name
Anonymous wrote:Are we talking Spain or Central America?


Why does this matter?