I love learning about new names from different cultures! What are some of your favorite names from cultures/countries different from your own?
Natsumi! American but I love Japanese culture and studied the language in college! Wanted to make a career out of it but didn’t get to due to the expense of traveling abroad but I still love it!
I love the name Sarangerel from Mongolian. It means “moonlight” and has such a fun, lilting sound.
Another one of my favorites is [name_f]Zahava[/name_f], which is derived from the Hebrew word for gold. If I was Jewish I would use this name in a heartbeat; it’s sooo beautiful to me.
I love [name_m]Anders[/name_m]! I don’t have any particular reason why, but I just love it! I’m an American with [name_m]Danish[/name_m] ancestry (my great grandpa emigrated from there), but I still feel like it would be weird to actually use
The beautiful Native American name [name_f]Halona[/name_f]. It’s so pretty, and it has a nice meaning.
When I first joined Nameberry almost all of my favorite names were Hebrew and Yiddish which are my cultural languages-- names that I could realistically give to a child. But somewhere down the line there was a huge shift in the way I thought about names, and at this point almost all of my favorite names come from languages that have a ton personal significance to me and that I’ve studied at one point or another, but are not part of my heritage! Learning about names from different cultures has definitely become my favorite part of being a namenerd
Some of my favorite from-Sanskrit names are Bhakti, [name_f]Shanti[/name_f], [name_f]Samadhi[/name_f], Aradhana, Mayura, [name_f]Mirabai[/name_f], Nirantana, & Soundarya.
Some of my favorite from-Arabic names are Shamsuddin, Ashraqat, Hayati, Hafiz, & Ibtihaj.
I love Nordic, Russian, Greek, and [name_m]Roman[/name_m] names,
Haven’t heard of these ones before, love them! [name_f]Zahava[/name_f] is very pretty <3
I have heard the name [name_m]Anders[/name_m] before !! It’s lovely <3
I love this one
SAME !! names from different cultures truly fascinate me. all of these are beautiful <3
[name_u]Love[/name_u] Greek names !!
Golshifteh - a Persian name that means “loving flower”
I also have a soft spot for Italian male names like [name_m]Giacomo[/name_m] and [name_m]Giuseppe[/name_m], they sound so elegant.
And I sceretly love short, “rough” Scottish names, like [name_m]Muir[/name_m], [name_u]Kerr[/name_u], [name_m]Nairn[/name_m] and [name_m]Ruadh[/name_m].
[name_u]Isra[/name_u]
[name_f]Nadira[/name_f]
[name_f]Farah[/name_f]
[name_m]Taha[/name_m]
[name_m]Jamil[/name_m]
[name_f]Suvi[/name_f]
[name_f]Katri[/name_f]
[name_m]Otso[/name_m]
[name_m]Artan[/name_m]
[name_u]Femi[/name_u]
[name_u]Ade[/name_u]
Tanzeela
[name_m]Ashwin[/name_m]
[name_f]Munira[/name_f]
[name_f]Nour[/name_f]
[name_u]Idris[/name_u]
[name_m]Newton[/name_m]
[name_u]Murphy[/name_u]
[name_f]Nimue[/name_f]
[name_m]Otso[/name_m]
Einari
[name_f]Lilja[/name_f]
[name_m]Krzysztof[/name_m]
Kazimiera
Nadzieja
[name_f]Anastasia[/name_f]
רִיבְקָה (Rivka)
Арте́мий (Artemiy)
Фёдор (Fyodor)
Венера (Venera)
Энхнар (Enkhnar)
Нарантуяа (Narantuya)
Eldor
Feruza
Арсен (Arsen)
Замира (Zamira)
悦子 (Etsuko)
pretty much all of the names i like! but here are a few favourites
[name_u]West[/name_u] Slavic (Czech, Slovak, Polish)
[name_f]Madlenka[/name_f]
Žofie
[name_f]Halina[/name_f]
[name_m]Maksym[/name_m]
[name_f]Karolína[/name_f]
[name_f]Lujza[/name_f]
Kristián
[name_f]Milena[/name_f]
[name_f]Klementyna[/name_f]
[name_m]Maciej[/name_m]
Rastislav
[name_m]Jacek[/name_m]
[name_m]Wincenty[/name_m]
[name_m]Aleksy[/name_m]
[name_m]Gracjan[/name_m]
[name_f]Ilona[/name_f]
[name_f]Hedvika[/name_f]
[name_f]Květa[/name_f]
[name_f]Eliška[/name_f]
Hungarian
[name_f]Erzsébet[/name_f]
[name_f]Zsófia[/name_f]
Anikó
Enikő
[name_f]Kincső[/name_f]
Hajnalka
[name_m]József[/name_m]
[name_m]Hunor[/name_m]
[name_m]Attila[/name_m]
[name_m]Bence[/name_m]
[name_u]South[/name_u] Slavic (Serbian, Croatian, Bulgarian, etc.)
[name_f]Lalka[/name_f]
Sunčica
[name_f]Dunja[/name_f]
Višnja
Maksimilijan
[name_m]Tomislav[/name_m]
[name_u]Milan[/name_u] / Milen
[name_u]Rosen[/name_u]
[name_m]Ilija[/name_m]
[name_u]Nikola[/name_u]
[name_u]Luka[/name_u]
[name_m]Ozren[/name_m]
[name_m]Dražen[/name_m]
[name_m]Matija[/name_m]
Vukašin
[name_m]Kazimir[/name_m]
[name_f]Olja[/name_f]
[name_f]Tatjana[/name_f]
Russian
[name_u]Misha[/name_u]
[name_u]Vanya[/name_u] / [name_m]Ivan[/name_m]
[name_u]Konstantin[/name_u]
[name_m]Leonid[/name_m]
[name_m]Alyosha[/name_m] / [name_m]Aleksey[/name_m]
[name_m]Artyom[/name_m]
[name_m]Aleksandr[/name_m]
[name_m]Anatoly[/name_m]
[name_m]Matvey[/name_m]
[name_u]French[/name_u]
[name_u]Maxime[/name_u] / [name_m]Maximilien[/name_m]
[name_m]Florimond[/name_m]
[name_m]Aurélien[/name_m]
[name_f]Héloïse[/name_f]
[name_f]Manon[/name_f]
[name_f]Anouk[/name_f]
[name_f]Fleur[/name_f]
[name_m]Yves[/name_m]
Romanian
[name_m]Valentin[/name_m]
Liviu
[name_m]Sorin[/name_m]
[name_m]Florentin[/name_m]
Luminița
[name_m]Mihai[/name_m]
Cătălin
Mădălina
[name_m]Ciprian[/name_m]
[name_m]Viorel[/name_m]
[name_f]Raluca[/name_f]
[name_f]Cosmina[/name_f] / [name_m]Cosmin[/name_m]
Baltic (Lithuanian, Latvian, Estonian)
[name_f]Rusnė[/name_f]
[name_f]Austėja[/name_f]
[name_m]Raivo[/name_m]
[name_m]Toivo[/name_m]
[name_f]Aušrinė[/name_f]
[name_f]Aistė[/name_f]
[name_m]Jüri[/name_m]
[name_m]German[/name_m]
[name_f]Franziska[/name_f]
[name_m]Hannes[/name_m]
Räffu
[name_m]Ivo[/name_m]
Finnish
[name_f]Kirsi[/name_f] / [name_f]Kirsikka[/name_f]
[name_m]Otso[/name_m]
Tuija
Tuomi
[name_m]Heikki[/name_m]
[name_m]Juhani[/name_m]
[name_u]Mika[/name_u]
Basque
Oihana / Oihan
[name_f]Ainhoa[/name_f]
[name_f]Irune[/name_f]
[name_m]Txomin[/name_m]
Itxaso
[name_m]Ibai[/name_m]
Other
[name_m]Aksel[/name_m] (Scandinavian)
[name_m]Elio[/name_m] (Italian)
[name_u]Enzo[/name_u] (Italian)
[name_u]Karsten[/name_u] (Danish)
[name_f]Astri[/name_f] (Norwegian)
[name_f]Kateryna[/name_f] (Ukrainian)
[name_f]Amparo[/name_f] (Spanish)
[name_f]Lulit[/name_f] (Ahmaric)
Aïchatou (Western African)
Marikit (Filipino)
Alisher (Uzbek, Kazakh)
Inzhu (Kazakh)
[name_m]Euan[/name_m] (Gaelic)
[name_m]Siôr[/name_m] (Welsh)
[name_f]Michiru[/name_f] (Japanese)
There are tons of names I love from different cultures
[name_m]Akello[/name_m]
[name_f]Thandie[/name_f]
[name_f]Amara[/name_f]
[name_f]Marisol[/name_f]
[name_f]Delfina[/name_f]
[name_f]Filomena[/name_f]
These are my top options!
Lukai
[name_m]Ozai[/name_m]
[name_m]Zuko[/name_m]
[name_f]Katara[/name_f]
Taeho
[name_f]Sakura[/name_f]
[name_m]Aizen[/name_m]
[name_u]Sora[/name_u]
[name_u]Mako[/name_u]
Sola
[name_u]Koi[/name_u]
[name_u]Raiden[/name_u]
[name_f]Shivani[/name_f]
[name_f]Mirabai[/name_f]
[name_f]Rajani[/name_f]
[name_f]Nasrin[/name_f]
[name_f]Nour[/name_f]
[name_f]Solara[/name_f]
[name_m]Haidar[/name_m]
[name_m]Skandar[/name_m]
[name_m]Aslan[/name_m]
[name_u]Bodhi[/name_u]
[name_u]Tenzin[/name_u]
[name_f]Gaia[/name_f]
[name_f]Hestia[/name_f]
[name_f]Thisbe[/name_f]
[name_f]Hermione[/name_f]
[name_m]Poseidon[/name_m]
[name_m]Feivel[/name_m]
[name_f]Este[/name_f]
Klein
[name_f]Sarai[/name_f]
[name_m]Adlai[/name_m]
[name_f]Selah[/name_f]
[name_m]Enoch[/name_m]
[name_f]Vashti[/name_f]
[name_m]Eitan[/name_m]
Fjola
[name_m]Otso[/name_m]
[name_f]Fenja[/name_f]
Tryggve
[name_m]Viggo[/name_m]
[name_f]Evka[/name_f]
[name_f]Ludmila[/name_f]
[name_m]Ivan[/name_m]
[name_f]Idun[/name_f]
[name_m]Schroeder[/name_m]
[name_f]Saskia[/name_f]
Zajac
[name_f]Zosia[/name_f]
[name_m]Caillou[/name_m]
[name_m]Etienne[/name_m]
[name_u]Ciel[/name_u]
Cuan
[name_m]Ezio[/name_m]
Zeben
[name_m]Kenai[/name_m]
Salish
[name_u]Koda[/name_u]
[name_m]Taos[/name_m]
[name_u]Kodiak[/name_u]
[name_u]Koa[/name_u]
[name_m]Kaleo[/name_m]
[name_f]Makena[/name_f]
Aralai
[name_f]Araluen[/name_f]
Korede
Kovu
i love slavic, baltic, and balkan names oml!
[name_f]Marisol[/name_f] is one of my favs oml!