Indvandrerbørn som fik franske navne, vil nu have arabiske navne

At Frankrig længe har været på integrationsmæssige vildveje er vanskeligt at overse. Nu vokser den kulturelle selvtillid hos de indvandrere, som hidtil har virket velintegrerede i den franske republik. Indvandrerbørn med franskklingende navne vil i stigende omfang skifte det ud med et godt arabisk navn.


They are born in France and called Louis, Laurent or Marie but they want to become Abdel, Said or Rachida. Such requests from immigrants’ children for name changes are mounting in the French courts and worrying a state that lays store on melding a single national culture.

In a sign of a new assertiveness, children with families from Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco are reversing the old custom in which immigrants from the old colonies gave French names to their children.

Driven by a feeling that they do not belong to their Gallic Christian names, the applicants are meeting resistance from judges who are reluctant to endorse what they see as a rejection of France.

Times online