Question by state of being…: Baby girl russian/american last name dilemma?
My baby girl is due November 13th and we don’t know what to do about her last name. Her father is 100% russian from russia and wants his last name (Zakharov) to be conjugated to a female last name so hers would be Zakharova. I don’t like that idea, here in America we use the same last name as the father and adding an A to the end doesn’t make it the same… it feels weird to me. Since we are in America and she’s only 50% russian anyway why should we conjugate it? If we lived in Russia i would agree but he really wants the name conjugated. Has any other American/ Russian couple had this dilemma?
Or would it be legal to put on the birth certificate her name to be Lydia Zakharov(a) with the parenthesis around the A so either would be correct?
Thanks in advance! =)
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Answer by Code_Name_Cherry
I think you should add the ‘a’ too.
Most Russian girls in America that are half American have an a at the end anyways.
Maybe they would allow the parenthesis thing, and if you daughter (when she grows up) decides to change it one permanent way, then let her. But, to start off, I think it would be more feminine to do it the way they do in Russia (and cooler; I mean, who doesn’t love Russians?).
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viktor says
Zakharov is a male name. You can't give it to a girl, it'll sound stupid. The only way of using Russian name is with an a. If you don't like it better use some English name instead.
xrawrx_brittni-b_xra says
first off, I LOVE her name(:
second, I like the 'A' at the end! It's unconventional, yet doesn't sound weird, no one has to know, and it sounds better with "Lydia"
third, Ask. Maybe you CAN add the parentheses?? that would be the best option for both of you. MAKE SURE YOU ASK. Because i don't know(: