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To: momtothree
does someone really advocate a government book of pre-approved names?

In the U.S., I don't think so. In other countries, the idea is more political. Sudetan Germans and Russian Latvians are the type of thing that Europeans want to avoid, e.g. "If you want to live in Poland, then be Polish, as we don't want to have an underclass of people who consider themselves Ukranians."

We have Czech friends who wanted to name their daughter after our daughter, it was not allowed. However, they went through a special request procedure and it was authorized.

56 posted on 02/04/2013 9:54:25 AM PST by SampleMan (Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
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To: SampleMan

I guess it is similar to some friends of ours. Their daughter’s name is Ecaterina. I said I had seen it spelled Ekaterina. That was Russian and they were born in Moldova... very particular about the spelling. I guess it is keeping the culture/specific regional ethnicity.


59 posted on 02/04/2013 9:59:55 AM PST by momtothree
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