Names like Mirko…

[Tkoko]

Do you know names that sound like Mirko? I really like how easy and modern they sound.

Konstantin

Kliment
Sergei
Stepan
Ivan

Fabko

Boris
Igor

Furlong

Is it a problem?

You tell me @Tkoko .

Well if it’s against the rule of the place I will understand

Darren?

Sounds like a supermarket. Like Costco but European.

That’s miles too different!

That's not strictly true, @Allseeingallknowing, about an 8th of a mile out . Makes me think of Furlough.

Mirko sounds rather like somebody out of Lord of the Rings (and therefore not modern at all). Are you a hobbit?

Merkin?

Short form of Miroslav

A bit odd unless you are mid/Eastern European I’d have thought

Ouch.

I'm half Slav and there are some Slavic names that I just wouldn't give to a child of mine: Bogdan comes to mind.

It does work the other way, however: Hughie sounds quite like the Russian for pr*ck.

Which names would you give your kids as half Slav?

It's something that's no longer relevant to me, but I suggested either Anka or Marina for a girl. My late husband vetoed both - and I can honestly understand why.

Uh oh, don’t watch The Thursday Murder Club when it is released then.

Okay…so why? Please explain.

Anka is problematic if your child goes to a school where rhyming slang is in vogue; Marina sounds like a place where you moor your yacht.