I know of someone named Vladimir from Azerberjan. The kids call him Vladdy, like the basketball player. If you can get a Ukrainian name like that, that is already kinda familiar, it would be nice.Originally Posted by KatieLV
Me and my hubby are from Ukraine and we want to give our kids authentic Ukrainian names, they will be different from other children and that sometimes scares me. In school it was hard for all of my teachers to pronounce my name leave alone my last name. So since our kids are stuck with unpronouncable last names we thought we will alter Ukrainian names into American.
Personally, I give more leeway for ethnic names, although some of them are still bad. How about the Dutch kid in jail for the missing girl in Aruba, his name is pronounced Urine! Oiks!