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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 6058280" data-attributes="member: 22779">I do disagree that people translate their names.  In the OP's example, for instance, those aren't translations at all.  Those are just nicknames.  The nicknames might be close to the pronunciation of the original name, but the meaning is completely different.  Additionally, when you get down to it, most English names, or at least names in English speaking countries, are bastardizations of names from other languages.  Never mind that the recent trend in rather unique names is pretty strong as well.  This strikes me as a fairly North American point of view, where you simply don't get exposed all that much to other languages.  I do agree that the random assortment of consonants can be annoying, but, OTOH, I don't want to name my character Fred simply because Korbach is too difficult for some people.</blockquote>