[Opinions] Re: Xanthippe
in reply to a message by Catalina
Thanks for such a well-written response. I was worried it may be mistaken for a kr8ive or made up name. And good point about middle names.
I can't use it in Hungary because it isn't on the approved list of names (yet, anyway). Even if it was, the pronunciation would be butchered. X also isn't a letter in the Hungarian alphabet (though it's recognized as a foreign letter)- which doesn't stop Alexandra from being a very popular name, but then again that's an extremely well-known name, unlike Xanthippe. So it'd be very difficult to have, much more so than in the US or Britain.
I can't use it in Hungary because it isn't on the approved list of names (yet, anyway). Even if it was, the pronunciation would be butchered. X also isn't a letter in the Hungarian alphabet (though it's recognized as a foreign letter)- which doesn't stop Alexandra from being a very popular name, but then again that's an extremely well-known name, unlike Xanthippe. So it'd be very difficult to have, much more so than in the US or Britain.
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Do you have a link to the list of approved names? I'd be very interested in seeing what's on it:-)