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Help[Opinions] Pronounced le-RAH-toh more
in reply to a message by F Valentine
Living where I do, I've met several ;) and I like it. It's a cheerful name.
Locally, I've only ever encountered Lerato on Sotho-speakers, but since it can be convenient to have a name that's more accessible to non-Sotho people, the usual pattern is to have Lerato (or whatever) as the fn and give an English or Afrikaans name as a mn. These are often not chosen because they're fashionable, but because they were, e.g., biblical or grandparents' names.
Possibilities:
Lerato Miriam
Lerato Damaris
Lerato Elizabeth
Lerato Ruth
Lerato Magdalen
And a real possibility:
Lerato Jacobeth! A merger of Jacoba and Elizabeth, and not exactly a favourite of mine, but it does get used occasionally.
Locally, I've only ever encountered Lerato on Sotho-speakers, but since it can be convenient to have a name that's more accessible to non-Sotho people, the usual pattern is to have Lerato (or whatever) as the fn and give an English or Afrikaans name as a mn. These are often not chosen because they're fashionable, but because they were, e.g., biblical or grandparents' names.
Possibilities:
Lerato Miriam
Lerato Damaris
Lerato Elizabeth
Lerato Ruth
Lerato Magdalen
And a real possibility:
Lerato Jacobeth! A merger of Jacoba and Elizabeth, and not exactly a favourite of mine, but it does get used occasionally.
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