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There is a little girl in my son's music class, and her name is Charnte (pronounced Shah-n-tay). Her mother is Afrikaans (sp?), and highly educated.
I am struck at why a woman so educated and articulate would name her child this awful seemingly made up name (or at the least made up spelling). Then I thought perhaps this is an Afrikaans name (but I doubt it, because isn't the Afrikaans language derived from Dutch? And Charnte seems more "french" than Dutch anyway.)
Or do you think it is derived from the French enchante, with an "r" put in there just to ensure pronunciation?
And unfortunately I don't know her well enough to ask any of these questions.
What are you thoughts on this?
I am struck at why a woman so educated and articulate would name her child this awful seemingly made up name (or at the least made up spelling). Then I thought perhaps this is an Afrikaans name (but I doubt it, because isn't the Afrikaans language derived from Dutch? And Charnte seems more "french" than Dutch anyway.)
Or do you think it is derived from the French enchante, with an "r" put in there just to ensure pronunciation?
And unfortunately I don't know her well enough to ask any of these questions.
What are you thoughts on this?
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