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What are your favourite foreign names?

45 replies

OneUmberJoker · 07/12/2025 18:16

As non traditional in your country
I would say
Diego or Mario

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Echobelly · 07/12/2025 22:53

Boys:
Milan
Marek

Girls:
Shushma
Ariadne

Calliopespa · 07/12/2025 22:45

Rachie1973 · 07/12/2025 22:40

Clodagh. I think it’s so pretty

We are all different and you are entitled to your view, but for some reason I have always found that the ugliest name ever.

When I visited Australia we saw some sheep shearing at a farm and the bits at the back that got clogged and matted with poo were called dags. It always looks to me like "clog-dag." I know it isn't but actually the h on the end looks even uglier - like a breathy old drunk man.

But I accept we all have different associations.

Rachie1973 · 07/12/2025 22:40

Clodagh. I think it’s so pretty

GameofPhones · 07/12/2025 22:38

Dushko
Ragnar (ideal name for a Husky dog, though, nns Raggy, Rags)

MorningCoffees2 · 07/12/2025 22:21

Katja

I love Diego. Mario, on the other hand, can only be a tiny plumber.

PodMom · 07/12/2025 22:19

Thibault

ChocolateCinderToffee · 07/12/2025 22:18

Aude, Yann, Sidonie, Elvira, Sabine

Calliopespa · 07/12/2025 22:17

Emmanuelle
Manon
Luca

Mariammaom · 07/12/2025 22:03

Madeleine
Celeste

slowraindrop · 07/12/2025 22:03

Jamila
Karishma
Tariq

Lucia
Darius
Alejandro

SummaLuvin · 07/12/2025 22:02

Jean-Baptiste

ChristmasShift · 07/12/2025 22:01

Alessandro, Elio, Teo, Rudo, Raphael

LivingTheDreamish · 07/12/2025 22:01

Ines

CalliopePlantain · 07/12/2025 22:00

Priya
Maryam
Antigone

Notmymarmosets · 07/12/2025 21:57

Sunil, Lakshmi, Babatunde, Jergen,

Mumofgirls2017 · 07/12/2025 21:47

Lumi
valentina
elio
viggo
clement
leilani
torben

TheeNotoriousPIG · 07/12/2025 18:59

Amara and Anastasia

ClearlyNoIdea · 07/12/2025 18:33

Aurelia

RendeersDancingTowardsChristmas · 07/12/2025 18:19

Johannes

crocodilesandwich · 07/12/2025 18:18

Matteo!