Multicultural Name of the Day 2.0

[Johannaa]

Meruert

Origin: Kazakh
Meaning: [name_f]Pearl[/name_f]

[historicalheroine]

kielo (finnish) “lily of the valley”

[Nimwey]

Zyriak, from a Slavic form of [name_m]Cyriacus[/name_m] it seems.

[Adelina_Sophia]

[name_u]Imani[/name_u]!

[Nimwey]

[name_f]Sylviane[/name_f].

[name_m]Just[/name_m] slightly too [name_u]French[/name_u] for me to feel like I can use without sounding pretentious (plus I got it from quite an old list, it’s probably thought to be very dated), but gosh is it pretty.

[Luminen]

[name_f]Reika[/name_f]

[AStudyIn_Scarlet]

Aodhamair (g)

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Irish in origin, means “fire maiden”.

[kidpix21]

[name_m]Macario[/name_m]
blessed, happy

[janeybaby]

[name_m]Lino[/name_m] ~ Spanish + Portuguese form of [name_m]Linus[/name_m]

[Johannaa]

Enkhtuya / Энхтуяа

Mongolian, meaning ‘ray of peace’

[Johannaa]

[name_f]Miroslava[/name_f] / Мирослава

Slavic, meaning ‘peace glory’

[cherrycola]

[name_f]Colibrí[/name_f]

French; “hummingbird”

[Adelina_Sophia]

[name_f]Aitana[/name_f]! (Arabic name meaning “our people”)

[janeybaby]

Victurnien ~ a medieval [name_u]French[/name_u] male name

[Nimwey]

Darshana. Sanskrit “seeing, understanding, philosophy”.

[KaiLun]

[name_f]Sita[/name_f]

[clair.de.lune]

[name_f]Anna[/name_f], the most universal name I know

[justanothernamenerd]

[name_f]Fiorella[/name_f], an Italian name meaning “little flower”

[justanothernamenerd]

[name_f]Araluen[/name_f], an Aboriginal Australian name meaning “place of the water lilies”

[janeybaby]

[name_f]Amata[/name_f] - Italian // feminine version of the Latin male name [name_m]Amatus[/name_m] // means “loved, beloved”

I think it’s absolutely sweet and gentle but far from frilly. I also enjoy the softer sound this has over the Spanish variation which is [name_f]Amada[/name_f].