An easy to say and spell Albanian name?

[mumnosbest]

A long shot I know but does anyone know any Albanian names. I've heard a few but they either sound awful or have really odd spellings.

[Happydogsaddog]

Emin, Adem, 1 more but can't remember (North London, my neighbour is married to an Algerian man)

[BitterAndTwistedChoreDodger]

My friend went out with an Albanian called Nico. His brother was Costa

[mumnosbest]

Albanian? but thanks :)

[Happydogsaddog]

Oh shite I thought it said Algerian, ohhhh Albanian... I can't think, mind blank!

[hocuspontas]

The only boys' names I've heard of are Zog and Leka from the old Albanian royal family. And Enver (Hoxha) the old communist leader. None of which have brilliant connotations!

[mumnosbest]

Zog sounds like a friend of ET, Nico and Costa are very Greek too.

[hpsaucy]

I one's I heard are Edi, Vaz and John!!!! all worked in the kitchen in the local pub

[mumnosbest]

Quite like Albi and Alban but not sure

[NotJustKangaskhan]

Traditional Albanian names
For boys:
Alban
Aleksander
Dardan
Konstandin
Jeton
Valon

For girls:
Vera
Lule
Era
Dardana
Jehona

The Albanians I know are are Rita, Christina, and Teresa (Mother Teresa was Albanian as well, so it's likely a common name there).

[mumnosbest]

Thanks, apart from the 2 I'm not sure about I just don't like the way boys names sound in Albanian. I'm open to suggestions but already have my heart set on a girls's name.

[HerMajestiesSecretCervix]

The only Albanians whose names I know are Tefta, enva, sali and aslan.

[mumnosbest]

enva's not bad (boy or girl?) I like Aslan but too Narnian

[Tigerbomb]

This may help -
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[HerMajestiesSecretCervix]

Boy. The Enva I know of would not be a good role model though. Think dictator.

[ScrambledSmegs]

I know someone whose mum is Albanian and she gave him the name Stephen, pronounced Stef-en. Apparently there are a lot of churches in Albania named after St Stephen.

I think it's normally spelled Stefan in Albania though.

[EskimoPie]

I had my hair cut by an Albanian woman recently (in her 20s, I guess).

Name? Albana.

Meets your criteria and has an obvious link to the country...

[Darnsarfupnorf]

i used to work with an albanian man called red...cant get much easier than that its my dogs name too though....

[islanzadi]

i had an albanian friend at school. she was called gerta evelin

[Firawla]

are you looking for boys names if you have already chosen the girls
i know a sami and a sabri i think those are nice

[mumnosbest]

Thanks! It's definately boys names that are proving harder!

[gorionine]

The only Albanian I met was called Julian

[Beachedbabe]

Besian (Bess e ann)

[freerangeeggs]

Flutura for a girl. Apparently it means 'butterfly' - how pretty is that??

Luljeta, 'flower of life'

Vera, 'summer'

For a boy:

Alban
Skender (this is cool IMO)
Afrim

I just found a really weird website listing 'westlife', 'song min jin' and '0876871078' amongst the top 100 Albanian names [hconfused]

Behind the Name has quite a few listed and is pretty reliable. Just google 'behind the name'

[KSal]

freerangeeggs i read somewhere that Albania and China had strong links due to their communist regimes, but that would only explain song min jin!

for boys names, the only ones I can remember from when I went are Aslan (you already have), Leonidas (shortened to Loni) and Genci (hard g, soft c). I met loads more people, terrible memory though

[mazzi2fly]

Erion
Dilin