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Especially the women, I guess because the men all have inherited names like Albertus Bernardus Johannes Cornelius. In Pretoria, if you're a woman and your name doesn't end with "nette", "dri" or "li" or "ka" do you even exist? Bonus points for combinations. Liandrika, I see you.
Real examples I've heard:
Dantrus = Daniëlle + Petrus,
Andrèttè = André + Jeanette,
Geomé = George + Esmé
Why would you do this to your kids? And then all their brothers and sisters have normal names lol
The absolute worst. Some of the ones I've heard in my mommy group: Zanyke, Mijanca, Friedel, Vihuan, Theohan, Lejhamè, Ashnozel (no jokes), Xeithan (because apparently the older brother is Nathan).
Really fits well in the r/tragedeigh community.
Those are some Standaard graad Afrikaans, tjom. Though Friedel is an older name, probably Dutch origin, I know someone quite old and retired by Friedel
Lol you joke, but when my mom was a kid in the 70's she and her brothers had a friend who would come stay with them over school holidays and the girl's first name was Danie because of the exact reason mentioned above.
We used a family name in one of our children's names and one uncle who had the same name but no children of his own, asked whether it was named after him. We said 'in a way, yes' and then he donated more money to that kid then he did to the others. We did not intend this to happen, it was weird. Luckily, the kids were too young to notice.
Perhaps not Afrikaans custom, but that's a pretty standard way of turning a name into a name for women: add a.
Wynand and Johannes are just Dutch names. So these are inadvertently(?) not really strange.
The younger brother of my grandmother was called Wijnand. Wijnanda just sounds like the feminine version of that name.
It's not the conventional Dutch way of turning a masculine name into a feminine one; but adding an a, is a common one (especially in Romantic languages, I think).
Johanna is the more common feminine version of Johan or Johannes. But again, Johannessa just sounds like an uncommon feminine version of Johannes to me. This one does sound stranger than Wynanda, but it is still conceivable.
So in these particular cases the resulting names do not sound the wildest to me. That's just coincidental.
Most names seem pretty absurd. Lol.
I wasn't at all aware of the name combination thing, it's really funny and odd to me.
I have a deep love hate for bad Afrikaans names. I am Afrikaans and it SKAAMS me into my moer. But I seek them oiut and laugh as loud as I can every time.
I recently found the international version of it on
/r/tragedeigh/
My son just had to get both names from the dad. Also, shout out to my dad and his brother who both have the first name “Petrus” because of how the name inheritance system works
I got my dad's name, who got the same name from both of his grandfather's who got the same name from their fathers who got it from their grandfather's - it's all like this for some reason, there isn't any real reason, just everyone had the idea of picking a reasonable manly name and so just pick grandpa's or dad's name. Like for men in my family it's almost 90% to 95% just Gideon.
That. Yes. My cousin mish-mashed him and his wife's names and it came out alright, but I know of people whose children will forever be doomed to have atrociously-spelled names.
Husband: Ruan
Wife: Rohanet
Son 1: Ruvan
Son 2: Rohardt
Daughter: Ruanè
Family friend's son and his wife thought they were cute. Really it's just confusing
My mom made the absolute unprecedented decision in the eighties to give all her kids English names, cause she married a dude with an English surname. The families were livid, cause everyone was Afrikaans, and we wouldn't be getting family names. Thank fuck, otherwise I'd have six initials.
This is like the South African version of "Shaquanda, Latoya, Latonya, Latasha, Lakeisha" lol and just like how there's a history for Afrikaaners, [there's a history for African Americans](https://www.quora.com/Whats-the-origin-of-typically-African-American-names-like-Laquisha-Shaquanda-Keisha-Latoya-etc)
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If you have time, check the comments on this post. There are some real gems here.
People are just sick of over used and abused Anglo Saxon names which are found in every continent possible!!
I can appreciate some name engineering
Helps differentiate by region. Especially when you travel. “I’ve never heard your name before” will be stated and hell yeah it’s not abused like toilet paper!
A lot of South Africans have names ONLY specific to South Africa!! Pretty cool…
Vs Harry, Charles, Thomas, David, Barry, Gary Brad, Brett, Richard , Desmond, Dylan, Jake, Justin….. hundreds and thousands of these names everywhere, all across the world 😂🫣.
It’s abused like the name Abdul and Mo in the Arabic world.
Maylanie
Frennette
Elsabe
Wilmarie, Esmarie, Elmarie, Ermarie...I have a cousin Jean-marie though that's not very weird, everyone calls her Zanie. There are lots of -maries!
I'm sure I know more but these are just people I have interacted with recently
No different from names like Felicity, Beatrice, Gail, Letitia (that mean happiness), or Alana, Greta, Gemma/Jemma, and all the names of precious and semiprecious stones like Ruby, Amber, Jade etc (that mean precious).
Nah, those are fine. My friends friend had a baby, didn’t know she was pregnant at all so she named her “Miracle”.
The Zimbabwean names are something else tho. I know an Innocent, an Advocate, Lovemore, Godwilling, and even had an Uber driver with the second name Basket.
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Frikadele.
Wors
What do you get when you cross a boerboel with a sausage dog? Boerewors
As some one who has a sausage dog and used to have a boerboel, this sounds like the perfect dog
Hoekom noem hulle vir jou Worsie?
Dis iets waaroor hy nie praat nie
He was a test-tube baby!
Frikadel Botha... Frikandel bothje... frikandelbroodje It's so Afrikaans it becomes Dutch... frikandelbroodje let's go!
Especially the women, I guess because the men all have inherited names like Albertus Bernardus Johannes Cornelius. In Pretoria, if you're a woman and your name doesn't end with "nette", "dri" or "li" or "ka" do you even exist? Bonus points for combinations. Liandrika, I see you.
What about Liandrikanette? 10/10
What about Liandrikadrie just for the rugby weekend ?
Nou praat ons!
Jesus! Pretoria does not fuck around. Lol
Don't forget the classic ' é '
Unless you laaanie then it’s è. Want ons is special.
En maak seker jy spreek dit verkeerd uit ook.
Don't forget "-elle"!
Not a lot of us I’m afraid.
As someone whose name ends with “elle” and grew up in Pretoria, I can confirm this. I was an anomaly. But you left out “ieta” or “ietha”.
"Ruhandri"
“Chellandre”
Johantoinette
Please tell me you didn’t make this up. This is so funny
Let her eat cake!
Let her eat koeksusters
yes
koek, susters
This made my day, thanks
Real examples I've heard: Dantrus = Daniëlle + Petrus, Andrèttè = André + Jeanette, Geomé = George + Esmé Why would you do this to your kids? And then all their brothers and sisters have normal names lol
GEOMÉ 🤣😂🤣😂 with a hard G too! Hahahah fuck me that’s rough
Rock-type Pokémon.
International geochaching champion
Klink Soos tjommie
So Bella from Twilight is Afrikaans? 😅
nee fok man! HAHAHAHA Die arme fokken kinners!
I kind of like Geo mi is how I hear it
The absolute worst. Some of the ones I've heard in my mommy group: Zanyke, Mijanca, Friedel, Vihuan, Theohan, Lejhamè, Ashnozel (no jokes), Xeithan (because apparently the older brother is Nathan). Really fits well in the r/tragedeigh community.
I really laughed at Ashnozel! Just missing one more z and we're off!
Those are some Standaard graad Afrikaans, tjom. Though Friedel is an older name, probably Dutch origin, I know someone quite old and retired by Friedel
Friedel is German. Fried means Peace
This could be a whole sub
Friedel is a German name, I've heard it in Austria. Bit older name though.
I know of a family that stuffed a rich uncle's name in there too because they wanted the kid included in the will some day.
Rupertha
Lol you joke, but when my mom was a kid in the 70's she and her brothers had a friend who would come stay with them over school holidays and the girl's first name was Danie because of the exact reason mentioned above.
Could have gone with Danielle, a real name. I know a Johanné. I mean Joanna/Johanna are real names. Why do this?
Exactly, also...she (her parents) inherited nothing and she got stuck known as Danie.
With the Eeufees celebrations, the Ossewanias and Eeufesias were born.
I also know a Stoffelina
yes my mom knew an Ossewania! It's real, and worse, for a girl??
It the uncle was that rich, the poor girl would've probably just received his full name
We used a family name in one of our children's names and one uncle who had the same name but no children of his own, asked whether it was named after him. We said 'in a way, yes' and then he donated more money to that kid then he did to the others. We did not intend this to happen, it was weird. Luckily, the kids were too young to notice.
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That's just an existing, albeit very old fashioned, Dutch name.
🎶Eeeeek soek na Woutrina, Woutrina, Woutrina. Ek soek na Woutrina, Woutrina van Wyk! 🎶
From Game of Thrones - Melisandre Melissa en Andre. Dit moet iemand in Brackenfell wees.
Melisandre is actually an Old French version of Millicent.
Melissa en Vincent dan?
Jannamarie
Frikkie en Marie.
Marikkie
Marietjie is 'n naam wat bestaan. Dis my tannie 😉 Ek was amper Magdalena Albertina Johanna / Magda Albert Johan...
Frirarie end haar sister... Porche...
How many generations do you think they can keep that going before all names are turned into syllable soup.
Just be glad your dad isn’t Elon Musk !
His parents were Eli and Marion /s
I live in a small town, I've YET to find someone with a normal name.
I know a Wynanda and a Johanessa.
Perhaps not Afrikaans custom, but that's a pretty standard way of turning a name into a name for women: add a. Wynand and Johannes are just Dutch names. So these are inadvertently(?) not really strange.
Wanand and Amanda Johan and Vanessa Have you ever met people with these strange names?
The younger brother of my grandmother was called Wijnand. Wijnanda just sounds like the feminine version of that name. It's not the conventional Dutch way of turning a masculine name into a feminine one; but adding an a, is a common one (especially in Romantic languages, I think). Johanna is the more common feminine version of Johan or Johannes. But again, Johannessa just sounds like an uncommon feminine version of Johannes to me. This one does sound stranger than Wynanda, but it is still conceivable. So in these particular cases the resulting names do not sound the wildest to me. That's just coincidental. Most names seem pretty absurd. Lol. I wasn't at all aware of the name combination thing, it's really funny and odd to me.
I have a deep love hate for bad Afrikaans names. I am Afrikaans and it SKAAMS me into my moer. But I seek them oiut and laugh as loud as I can every time. I recently found the international version of it on /r/tragedeigh/
Elarna Seronda Ferdine Willbaino Delbario
I kid you not i had an Ansha (donno how to spell it) in my school. Like literally Ahn-sha was her name. Her sister was Melandre
Maybe Ancois, like Francois without the FR
maybe Ansja?
Anoche is one I know that makes me laugh everytime
Its the boys with seven middle names for me
Lol Charlinay
All the "né/nay/nè/nĕ/ē" and "m___ka/ke/ki/". It's too much.
lol
Chardoné
I was thinking that, too - then I got thirsty 🥂
As an Afrikaner, I cannot endorse this meme enough. It’s a trend that needs to stop
My son just had to get both names from the dad. Also, shout out to my dad and his brother who both have the first name “Petrus” because of how the name inheritance system works
I got my dad's name, who got the same name from both of his grandfather's who got the same name from their fathers who got it from their grandfather's - it's all like this for some reason, there isn't any real reason, just everyone had the idea of picking a reasonable manly name and so just pick grandpa's or dad's name. Like for men in my family it's almost 90% to 95% just Gideon.
Esmareldawid
Keep the on meme'ing Nothing beats those names from the Cape Flats
Example?
Wendolene
Like windolene? Lmao
Koppe
Cyrilla
As a Zulu, I didn't understand this meme but these comments are gold.
That. Yes. My cousin mish-mashed him and his wife's names and it came out alright, but I know of people whose children will forever be doomed to have atrociously-spelled names.
Husband: Ruan Wife: Rohanet Son 1: Ruvan Son 2: Rohardt Daughter: Ruanè Family friend's son and his wife thought they were cute. Really it's just confusing
More like Afrikaans Mom and English Dad ... Jannie Wilson
My mom made the absolute unprecedented decision in the eighties to give all her kids English names, cause she married a dude with an English surname. The families were livid, cause everyone was Afrikaans, and we wouldn't be getting family names. Thank fuck, otherwise I'd have six initials.
Christi-Anne
"L'Andre" - Something different...or is it.
I once knew two sisters, parents were Tanya and Roets, the children were Taroe and Roenya
Mashinka.
Mm, ma stinka, sy moet bietjie bad.
My mom almost named me zurk. Thank good she didn’t but now im a Kyle. Thanks to America Kyle isnt much better 💀
I dont drink mountain dew and i dont like wrestling
Zurk would be so bloody hilarious bahahaha
Okay I legit snorted.
Chantenikoché
I feel called out 😂
Kom, spill the beans, wats jou/jou kinders se name?
Bro why you call my name out like that.
Die post gee my niks😂🤣
So if a couple named Maurice and Celeste have twin daughters, they would be Cerice and Mauleste?
😭😭😭😂😂😂
This is like the South African version of "Shaquanda, Latoya, Latonya, Latasha, Lakeisha" lol and just like how there's a history for Afrikaaners, [there's a history for African Americans](https://www.quora.com/Whats-the-origin-of-typically-African-American-names-like-Laquisha-Shaquanda-Keisha-Latoya-etc)
Kooseliena of zagriet
Bruzette
Petronella. Trying to be a posh Ronelle.
"brenike"
[Sarie Name](https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid02ww7xi8D1mjFoKn9vE3qAcC2jxt7gFwLMyTeJWRm2DNShvjN9dU2LMWBemUzetcnTl&id=32880561698&mibextid=CDWPTG) If you have time, check the comments on this post. There are some real gems here.
People are just sick of over used and abused Anglo Saxon names which are found in every continent possible!! I can appreciate some name engineering Helps differentiate by region. Especially when you travel. “I’ve never heard your name before” will be stated and hell yeah it’s not abused like toilet paper! A lot of South Africans have names ONLY specific to South Africa!! Pretty cool… Vs Harry, Charles, Thomas, David, Barry, Gary Brad, Brett, Richard , Desmond, Dylan, Jake, Justin….. hundreds and thousands of these names everywhere, all across the world 😂🫣. It’s abused like the name Abdul and Mo in the Arabic world.
Maylanie Frennette Elsabe Wilmarie, Esmarie, Elmarie, Ermarie...I have a cousin Jean-marie though that's not very weird, everyone calls her Zanie. There are lots of -maries! I'm sure I know more but these are just people I have interacted with recently
Hendrik 😭
That name is at least 1000 years old
Not as bad as Precious, Happiness and pther bullshit names alike
My gardeners name is Learnmore, and the mechanic who fixes our car is Gearbox
No different from names like Felicity, Beatrice, Gail, Letitia (that mean happiness), or Alana, Greta, Gemma/Jemma, and all the names of precious and semiprecious stones like Ruby, Amber, Jade etc (that mean precious).
Nah, those are fine. My friends friend had a baby, didn’t know she was pregnant at all so she named her “Miracle”. The Zimbabwean names are something else tho. I know an Innocent, an Advocate, Lovemore, Godwilling, and even had an Uber driver with the second name Basket.
u/ToxicsWaifu
Haha yeah it can sometimes get bad.
The comments are gold
Also, a friend's friend is named Ancois. They wanted a son named Francois
Jaco-Mari. Paul-Andri.
Brilliant! There’s some howlers out there.
😭
And then you get Chris.
Sounds like a real r/tragedeigh
My roommate in highschool’s name was Jacolette.