I never liked shortened names

nobody is actually named jim or bob
those are nicknames

very stupid nicknames

but nicknames nonetheless

Give them Greek/Latin/Russian names

If they have german blood they should have a german name
english blood, english name
chinese blood, chinese name

I'll name my kids Italian/Slav/Gruzin names

I have an English name and I'm not English

The Virgin Italian name vs The Chad latin/Greek name

My name is the English version of what is an orginally Greek name

Use your Greek name

I'm not Greek!

Who cares

"you should LARP"

I'm not latin but I use the name Andronicus irl

i'm all for greco latin and slavonic but you seem rather autistic on the subject

How?

it's pretty larpy for people to abandon their own culture and adopt names from another

without at least translating them

Orthodoxy is my culture

i.e. a frenchman using "Mathieu" instead of heeb "mattiyahu"

Andronicus is the name of a Saint

This is probably going to sound like a stupid question

But can only monks perform Hesychasm?

@Arkona 92 name your son Tornike

Very Gruzin name

lol

I'll name my daughter Ketevan

Ketevan or Nino

Name her Eudokia

name your son Ahmet

For son name him Levan, Tornike, or Irakli

Most Georgian names ever

I'll name my son Ahmed as well

Nino, Tamar, Ketevan, Mari

What is the etymology of Levan? Reminds me of Turkish Levent

Name him Anicetus

@Arkona 92 There is a saint named Ahmed that converted from Islam
https://orthodoxwiki.org/Ahmed_the_Calligrapher

I know

@Byzas idk I have a friend named Levan

Ngl I considered taking Ahmet briefly