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    #32
    Grawns
    Registered Users Posts: 2,169 ✭✭✭Grawns


    Daniel - all the way. I would also suggest that if you're going to stay in Ireland you pick as close to an English style name as possible. Think about the future and his name on a cv for a job. Who is more likely to get called to interview Daniel wiesniski or Antoni Wiesnieski? Don't shoot the messanger :)

    I have the same situation with my daughter as she is half American. I love traditonal Irish names but picked Bridget as it just as recognised in Ireland as US.

    Also Karl is a total skanger name.


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    #33
    jmbkay
    Registered Users Posts: 376 ✭✭jmbkay


    If you like Antoni, then go for it. Most names are shortened, I wouldn't worry about that. Daniel sounds great in any language. I don't think Karl is skangery. It's not the name, it's the person.


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    #34
    stovelid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,252 ✭✭✭✭stovelid


    RealistSpy wrote: »
    what about Kasper?

    Class name.


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    #35
    Bill2673
    Closed Accounts Posts: 749 ✭✭✭Bill2673


    Maja wrote: »
    How for Irish person would sound:

    -Henry,
    -Milosz,
    -Tymon,
    -Wiktor

    :rolleyes: ?



    Of the four, Henry is the only one that is established as a name. Having said that, it would not be a common name at all. It would be seen as quite outdated, or maybe old fashioned. (Note, a lot of names that were old fashioned ten years ago are coming back into fashion, such as Thomas, Oliver, Samuel.....so ya never know).

    The other three would not be traditional names here at all.

    I'd say Milosz would the easiest.

    Most Irish people would say Tymin, with the emphasis on the Ty part, and my guess is that its a name you would have to repeat, if someone asked you what the baby's name was.....

    Wiktor.....most people here would say Victor. personally, I dont think it would sound as good in English as it might in Polish. It would be Victer rather than Vic-Tor (or Wik-Tor).

    That's my opinion, other people might differ.

    In general, a lot of European languages place the emphasis more on the second syllable and that makes a name sound more attractive. For example the name Eszter is very nice in Hungarian, but in English it doesn't work nearly as well in my opinion, because the emphasis is much more on the 'S', and very little on the 'ter'.


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    #36
    argosy2006
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,210 ✭✭✭argosy2006


    Ale-Alejandro, Ale-Alejandro


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    #37
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,471 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    OP posted this over a year ago. I presume he's found a name since :D
    Another poster is now asking a smilar question but with a different set of names.
    maja wrote:
    How for Irish person would sound:

    -Henry,
    -Milosz,
    -Tymon,
    -Wiktor


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    #38
    Bill2673
    Closed Accounts Posts: 749 ✭✭✭Bill2673


    Yep, we know it mod.


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    #39
    teetotaller
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    jmbkay wrote: »
    If you like Antoni, then go for it. Most names are shortened, I wouldn't worry about that. Daniel sounds great in any language. I don't think Karl is skangery. It's not the name, it's the person.

    Antoni had his first birthday earlier this week. You are late with your suggestion :)


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    #40
    Chuchoter
    Registered Users Posts: 4,305 ✭✭✭Chuchoter


    Milosz is nice, so is Marcin. I love Emil, but I think the other boys might make fun of him and call him Emily.


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