'European' name for DD1

[reachforthemoon]

Hi, I'm looking for a 'European' name for DD1. We live in and are from the UK but have family in Spain and there is a potential move to Italy for a year or two with DH's work. It is important for us that the name we choose works well outside the UK. Any suggestions? Thanks.

Teija
Leonie
Mia
Eleni

Elena

Carla

Rosa

Nina

Aurora
Camila
Mariela
Marina

sofia
helena
maria
isabella
anna
talia
natalia
rosalia

not sure, woollymummy but I think Nina might be a slang term or have another meaning in Italian - I remember mentioning it to an Italian friend as a possible name and she said she wouldn't use it for some reason.

Have you noticed that nearly all these names end in 'a'? In my daughter's class (we live in Belgium, obviously I guess from my name) and all the girls' names end either in 'a' or 'e'. Sara, Lisa, Lola, Elena, Sophia, Alice, Morgiane, Elfine, Marine, Christine, Aurélie, Aurore.

Some lovely names already, thank you.

harpomarx - in spanish 'nina' means 'girl'.

kalo12 - I especially like all your suggestions.

Carla
Sara
Isabela
Blanca
Ana
Rosa
Laura

I think you mean niña - rftm, afaik nina would be okay in Spain .

Isobela
Daniela
Gabriela
Lucia
Victoria

Thalia
Maria
Marina
Elisabeth
Sophie/ Sofia
Aida
Naomi/ Noemie

We are in Hungary and DS is in an international school.

Some of the girl's names we have come across:

Kitty
Elena
Eliana
Rebecca
Liana
Cleophee
Lucie
Elizabeth
Laura
Anoushka
Lily
Camilla
Natalya
Sasha
Maria
Angelique

thank you reach forthemoon

what about
Stephanie
Innocent
Ines
Valentina

Ottilia
Ines
Marinela
Claudia
Carmen
Oana
Eugenia
Minna

My dd is in an international school and these are some of her friends

Paula
Alice
Tabitha
Kate
Alma
irene
Madeleine
Alice
Lucia
Stephanie
Ines
Maya
Clara
Mila
alaya
carlota
laura

Acelina
Helene
Aurelia
Mercedes
Renate

Thanks so much everyone, some very pretty names there which I think would work. It's going to be difficult to choose which one!

Will run these by DH at the weekend and hopefully see if we can agree on a list of three or four potential names.

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Have you considered Ariane?

it was chosen for the space rockets because it was considered to be a pan european name.

Veronika, Laura, Vanessa, Elizabeth, Julia, Tania, Ayla, Cristina, Anna....are all girls in my childrens school in germany.

Caroline, perhaps? You could have a look at the names of European royalty past and present for inspiration.

you have to tell us what you choose