International, slightly unusual names

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They need to sound good in English and German. And shouldn't cause any major issues for Italian and French speaking people...

I like:

Anton
Peregrine (too Lord of the Rings?)
Vincent
Emmett
Elric
Julius
Clint (I really like Clinton. But currently...?)
Cedric

Bruno

Ooh I love Emmett!

Caspar

I already have 2 uncles called Bruno...

Sorry, had to google that picture...

That movie still haunts me.

Thank you for the suggestion. Casper is nice. But it really reminds me too much of a children's theater puppet show...

Ivo
Clement

Emil
Roemer (Ro(umlaut)mer)
Konrad / Conrad
Arthur
Jasper
Carl /Karl

Axel

Enzo

Cillian

Römer is quite biblical, isn't it...?

I do like Arthur, thanks :)

Emil is very Astrid Lindgren, so... Idk.

I like Ivo but it's so short...

Thank you so much for these suggestions :)!!

Axel sounds a bit like armpit. Sorry...

I really like Enzo.

I'm not sure how to pronounce Cillian. Is it Tschillian? Sillian? Killian? I'll have to google that.

Thank you :)

Lucas, Sebastian, Julien, Gabriel, Alex, Mattius or Matteo, Marco, Nicholas, lennert, Milan. Does Victor work?

We had the exact same criteria for our son as we were living between the two countries when he was born. We ended up with names that were in the top 20 for both countries.

Soren? Seth?

Ivo is lovely

The others sound quite 'posh' British to my uncouth (yet highly educated) ears.

Clint is an old mans name, but Clinton sounds quite distinguished.

cillian is pronounced sillion

Victor is nice!!! But it is the name of an older male relative who is quite greedy/grumpy. So I'm a bit hesitant. But I really love that name :) Thanks!

cheerfully

. I like Seth, but it reminds me of that Egyptian God. It has been ages since I had ancient religious studies, but wasn't he a bit "eh"? Plus, the TH. I can't pronounce that, sorry :(

MarcelineQueen

Really? I think it's so short. They only nn I could think of is Ivy/Ivi. which... eh.

Could we use Clinton? Wouldn't it be seen as weirdly and inappropriately political..?

I like Elric very much the best of your original list. It does remind me of the Moorcock character - but pretty obscure these days i think (and he's a great character anyway).

Anton / Vincent / Julius also good, but much less unusual I'd say.

Not so keen on Peregrine / Cedric - I think they'll date badly at least in the UK, they feel very 'now'. Emmett & Clint make me think 'mid-western American farmer'

What about Kester - fits your 'slightly unusual' criterion, and I think works in French / German / Spanish

No you can't use Clinton (sorry) Thought so. :( I love that name... Maybe Clint or Flint...?

I do like Anton and Cedric. I used to love Pünktchen und Anton... :)

Sadik I also like it, thanks :) Uhm... Sorry, I have to google that. It sounds a bit inappropriate. like, the 2nd part of the word

-think they'll date badly at least in the UK, they feel very 'now'

Shoot. thank you :)

Emmett & Clint make me think 'mid-western American farmer'

Hm... I've never met one. But it isn't necesserily bad, right?

Michael Moorcock is a pretty respectable SF author - the character is Elric of Melniboné. Probably pretty obscure if you're not a 40+ fantasy /SF fan though . . . !

Nope, I'm not into that.

But it doesn't seem like a horrible namesake... So, that's good :)!!

But the picture in the wiki article does remind me a bit of Prince Valiant. I used to love the one where one of his daughters wants to become an amazon :)

Sergio?

Seems to go across Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Portugal, Spain and France...

Florian?

It is the colour of a bleached skull, his flesh; and the long hair which flows below his shoulders is milk-white. From the tapering, beautiful head stare two slanting eyes, crimson and moody, and from the loose sleeves of his yellow gown emerge two slender hands, also the colour of bone

Well, maybe somewhat creepy. Still, wouldn't put me off the name. A slightly eccentric (?) literary namesake might be something a child think is cool.. :)