When Elvis meets Cleopatra... at the maternity ward
AFP, August, 2006
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SOFIA (AFP) — Bulgarian parents are increasingly giving their children unconventional names taken from films, plays and books as the country prepares to join the European Union, according to civil registry data published.
A Tarzan, a Zorro, a Hamlet and an Ophelia, as well as two Cleopatras (but only one Caesar), were born in 2006 in Bulgaria, a place that until now has been on the conservative side when it came to names.
While 27 Juliets will have to make do with a single Romeo, there was also a Lancelot, after the famous knight of the round table.
Choosing a foreign name "is the fashion, a reaction of the young against the patriarchal tradition of naming babies after their grandparents," sociologist Mira Yanova told AFP.
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"Foreign names also aim to facilitate the kids' integration in a foreign country" since Bulgarian names are sometimes difficult to pronounce, Yanova added, as the ...
