A Lithuanian called Lee

Many Lithuanians have left the country to work in the UK and an increasing number of them are giving their children who are born abroad English names. Now the Lithuanian embassy in London has started an initiative to save Lithuanian first names. Kristina Sabaliauskaite thinks this is an unnecessary move: "The prettiest names of the day are written on large banners in the embassy. This is no doubt a way to attract the attention of parents who are giving their babies such foreign-sounding names as Shakira, Lee or Brittany - names which do not sound pleasant to Lithuanian ears. But you cannot forbid people from giving their children foreign names. And if it was not such a serious matter it would be funny."

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