What name would you love to use but you feel you can't because it's from another culture?

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Wavyheaded · 25/10/2019 23:03

Just for fun... I'm not even close to having a kid but love thinking about names.

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Serafina (my all time favourite name!) but I'm not of Mediterranean or French descent and so it would be weird to use it - unless I marry a French man.

I also love Ettyenne, another French name (I think), it's just so elegant.

What do you wish you could use?

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KatnissMellark · 26/10/2019 08:00

Giacomo

AgeLikeWine · 26/10/2019 00:15

I love Russian female names, eg Valentina, Natalia, Svetlana, Anastasia. So cool, but I have absolutely no links with Russia except having been there on holiday....

OccasionalNachos · 26/10/2019 00:13

Aaliyah

MaraScottie · 26/10/2019 00:09

Sabine

SquigglePigs · 26/10/2019 00:06

I love Elena, Ziva, Natalia and Helena (pronounced He-lay-na rather than Helen-a). We went with something pretty similar so happy in the end.

CaraConcerned · 25/10/2019 23:21

I also wanted to use Etienne for a boy but thought I was not French enough (ie not at all!)

MeganChips · 25/10/2019 23:21

Solomon and Abraham. I’ve always loved both but have no connection to the culture.

MissHenty · 25/10/2019 23:18

I liked Elodie but felt it sounded as if I was trying to be exotic and French (is it even French?)

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