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Names you love from around the world

71 replies

FunTimes2020 · 13/02/2021 15:45

Not for my own DC, but I love:

Pablo
Alejandro
Thanasis

I need to think of some girl's names!

Anyone else?

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lurkingfromhome · 15/02/2021 13:50

Solange
Romy
Anouk
Ines
Minna

ReclaimingTheKaren · 15/02/2021 14:02

I love the names which, though in English, are usually only found in African communities

Divine
Bright
Treasure

Praise
Blessing
Precious

Sceptre86 · 15/02/2021 14:18

I love Joseph, Noah, Ezekiel, Elijah, Tobias and Iona. There are probably many more but these are the ones that I immediately thought of.

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leavingtime · 15/02/2021 15:10

Anya F
Chandi F
Jana [pro. Yana] F
Giovanna F

Jared M
Javid M
Xander M

Lot of bible names: Daniel, James, Luke, Isaac, Eli, Abel, Aaron....Joseph is my all time favourite.

SiulaGrande · 15/02/2021 16:49

Pablo is my all time favourite. Tried to conceive DC in Spain to justify it 😂
Federico
Ferdinand
Asher

ThaimForTea · 15/02/2021 16:53

Saoirse is my all time fave Irish girls name.

BearSoFair · 15/02/2021 17:13

Boys:
Malthe
Ilya

Girls:
Enikő
Lærke
Lilja

CormoranStrike · 15/02/2021 17:25

Pavel
Marek

dementedma · 15/02/2021 17:37

Magnus
Marek
Petroc
Benoit
Alexei

Violaine
Mathilde

MyGoMargot · 15/02/2021 17:39

Matteo
Marco
Valentino/a

Jampot1 · 15/02/2021 22:06

Zsuzsa - Hungarian

dizzydizzydizzy · 16/02/2021 11:07

Heidi
Francesca

GlitchStitch · 16/02/2021 11:11

I love Turkish names-Asli, Elif and Nefes are my favourite girls ones.
Love Tahir and Miran for boys.

Also love virtue names like Blessing and Precious.

ShinyPie · 16/02/2021 11:36

German boy's names like Wolfgang, Siegfried and Reinhardt are pretty cool.

For girls I like Russian names like Natalya and Rozalina.

plinkplinkfizzer · 16/02/2021 20:22

I bloody love Liesl ,but never had the chance to use it .sigh .

purrswhileheeats · 16/02/2021 21:20

I love Greek and Russian names for girls:

Ekaterina
Athena
Olympia
Sapfo
Katya
Oksana

Such beautiful names.

I was given a horrible, dull name - popular in 70s England but unpronounceable where I live now. Locals say it with an accent or totally change it; I finally got my beautiful name that I wanted all my life.

RickOShay · 16/02/2021 21:28

Tiago

RickOShay · 16/02/2021 21:29

Oksanna

LaPoesieEstDansLaRue · 16/02/2021 22:15

Lotte, Lilya, Anneka

35andThriving · 19/02/2021 12:55

Bernadette

amusedbush · 19/02/2021 13:11

For a boy:

Arno/Arnaud
Arturo
Leif
And one that isn’t actually ‘forrin’ but is very American and has raised some eyebrows when I’ve suggested it is Lincoln, Link for short. It’s my favourite name for a boy.

For a girl:

Caoimhe (keeva)
Klaudia (cloud-ee-ah)

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