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[Opinions] South African names
Mostly Afrikaans, from Pretoria. These are the top 22 men and the top 25 women finishers aged 14 to 30 in an open-water swimming race recently.Men:Tyron
Ferdinand
Oostewald
BF (quite possibly he might always be known by his initials)
Petri
Reenen
Michele (Italian ln)
Hermann
Divan
Charl
Francois
Brendon
Mauritz
Dyllon
Wian
Jared
Edwin
Sean
Gerald
Jan
Henri
FrederickWomen:Keri-Anne
Cassandra
Abbie
Karlien
Megan
Michelle
Romy
Alexis
Artemis
Bea
Elisma
Clari
Kristy
Annette
Annarie
Bianca
Annika
Rene
Annelet
Emily
Carmen
Bergen (a new one on me!)
Riani
Tanita
SarnelI'll be interested in what interests you.
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oo Artemis! :DI also like Frederick, Carmen
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Sadly, Artemis has a Greek surname, so it's not as amazing as it might be.
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Divan? Like the couch?
Bergen is new to me too.
Is Sarnel an African name?
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Divan is pronounced di VAHN; here the couch is DIE van.Sarnel isn't African at all: blended names happen a lot here and this one looks suspiciously like Sarah + Petronella. Not a mellifluous invention!
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