Non-English Versions of Classics

[ciottolo]

Hello Berries! Having seen several threads asking for help narrowing down long lists, it got me thinking. I only have three names in my signature for each gender, ahem signifying my obvious skill at quick decision making, without faffing around. Or this is what it would signify, if I actually had any more girl names on my list that ‘fit’. So I’ve decided to make a thread which does the opposite of narrowing down!

Here comes the annoying bit. I have unintentionally set myself in a bit of a pattern regarding girls names, so I have some criteria:

1. It must be a non-English form of a classic name. ([name_f]Carlotta[/name_f] = Italian [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f], [name_f]Marguerite[/name_f] = [name_m]French[/name_m] [name_f]Margaret[/name_f], [name_f]Elisabet[/name_f] = Norwegian [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f])
2. It cannot begin with C, M, E, D, N or K. (which rules out [name_f]Catalina[/name_f], which I love!)
3. I would prefer it not to end in ‘a’, ‘eet’ or ‘et’ sounds, but to be honest, I’m desperate at this point…

Could anyone help me broaden my girl list? [name_m]Just[/name_m] first names please - I have a long, long list of middles and honouring people etc., so that’s going to be tricksy to narrow down. sigh (but I’ll love doing it secretly!)

Thank you so, so much!

[Chrisco]

These are all I can think of presently (and they aren’t very ‘out there’):

[name_f]Hyacinth[/name_f]: [name_f]Jacinta[/name_f] - Spanish
[name_f]Lorraine[/name_f]: [name_f]Lorena[/name_f] - ?
[name_f]Beatrice[/name_f]: [name_f]Beatrice[/name_f] - w/ Italian pronunciation
[name_f]Cecelia[/name_f]: [name_f]Zelia[/name_f] - Spanish
[name_f]Genevieve[/name_f] - [name_f]Guinevere[/name_f] - Welsh

[system]

I was going to suggest [name_f]Carolina[/name_f] but that’d be a bit much with [name_f]Carlotta[/name_f].

[name_f]Alexandra[/name_f] - [name_f]Alexandrine[/name_f], [name_f]Sandrine[/name_f]
[name_f]Louisa[/name_f] - [name_f]Lilou[/name_f], [name_f]Louisette[/name_f], Marloes
[name_f]Josephine[/name_f] - Jozefina, Jozefien, [name_f]Josette[/name_f], Josina, [name_f]Josiane[/name_f]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f] - Maiken, [name_f]Maelys[/name_f]/[name_f]Mailys[/name_f], [name_f]Manon[/name_f], [name_f]Mareike[/name_f], Marijona, Mariona, Mallaidh, Meiriona, [name_f]Marzena[/name_f], Mojca
[name_f]Susannah[/name_f] - [name_f]Shoshannah[/name_f], [name_f]Zuzana[/name_f], [name_f]Shoshana[/name_f], [name_f]Sanna[/name_f]

[system]

[name_f]Beatrix[/name_f] = [name_f]Beatrice[/name_f]
[name_f]Alessandra[/name_f], [name_f]Alejandra[/name_f], [name_f]Alandra[/name_f], [name_f]Alastriona[/name_f] = [name_f]Alexandra[/name_f]
[name_f]Annette[/name_f], [name_f]Annika[/name_f], [name_f]Anya[/name_f], Anelle/Anella = [name_f]Anne[/name_f]
[name_f]Ekaterina[/name_f] = [name_f]Katherine[/name_f] (Its Russian btw)

[Peanut]

I love [name_f]Marguerite[/name_f] [name_f]Susannah[/name_f] Airlie from your signature!

What about…

[name_m]French[/name_m]
Lèonie ([name_f]Leona[/name_f])
Aurélie ([name_f]Aurelia[/name_f])
Véronique ([name_f]Veronica[/name_f])
[name_f]Violette[/name_f] ([name_f]Violet[/name_f])

Scottish or Irish Gaelic
Alesta ([name_f]Alexandra[/name_f])
[name_f]Roisin[/name_f] ([name_f]Rosie[/name_f])
[name_f]Siobhan[/name_f] ([name_f]Jane[/name_f]) Also interesting are Welsh and Swedish versions of [name_f]Jane[/name_f]: [name_f]Sioned[/name_f] and Jannike.

[name_m]German[/name_m] or Dutch
[name_f]Franzi[/name_f] ([name_f]Frances[/name_f])
[name_f]Gretel[/name_f] ([name_f]Margaret[/name_f])
[name_f]Liesel[/name_f] ([name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f])
[name_f]Silke[/name_f] ([name_f]Cecelia[/name_f])

Swedish or Danish
Synövve ([name_f]Sunniva[/name_f])
Tessan ([name_f]Teresa[/name_f])

[Niusity]

[name_f]Lenore[/name_f]
[name_f]Yasmine[/name_f]/[name_f]Yasmin[/name_f]
[name_f]Anouk[/name_f]
[name_f]Amelie[/name_f]
[name_f]Adeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Francine[/name_f]/ Francoise
[name_f]Georgine[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucia[/name_f]/[name_f]Lucienne[/name_f]
[name_f]Agathe[/name_f]
[name_f]Antonina[/name_f]/[name_f]Antonia[/name_f]
[name_f]Vivienne[/name_f]
[name_f]Helene[/name_f]/[name_f]Ilene[/name_f]
[name_f]Freja[/name_f]
[name_f]Aline[/name_f]
Geneve
[name_f]Valerie[/name_f]
[name_f]Veronique[/name_f]
[name_f]Greta[/name_f]
[name_f]Gavrielle[/name_f]

[ninanoo]

[name_f]Raquel[/name_f] instead of [name_f]Rachel[/name_f]

[cassandrah]

[name_f]Alexandra[/name_f]- [name_f]Alessandra[/name_f]
[name_f]Isabel[/name_f]- [name_f]Isabeau[/name_f]

[collmcc523]

1. It must be a non-English form of a classic name. ([name_f]Carlotta[/name_f] = Italian [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f], [name_f]Marguerite[/name_f] = [name_m]French[/name_m] [name_f]Margaret[/name_f], [name_f]Elisabet[/name_f] = Norwegian [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f])
2. It cannot begin with C, M, E, D, N or K. (which rules out [name_f]Catalina[/name_f], which I love!)
3. I would prefer it not to end in ‘a’, ‘eet’ or ‘et’ sounds, but to be honest, I’m desperate at this point…

Tough criteria!

[name_f]Ann[/name_f]/[name_f]Anna[/name_f]–> [name_f]Anaelle[/name_f], [name_f]Annette[/name_f], [name_f]Annike[/name_f], [name_f]Anneke[/name_f], Anchen, [name_f]Ayn[/name_f], [name_f]Aine[/name_f]

[name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]–> [name_f]Babette[/name_f], [name_f]Isabel[/name_f], [name_f]Lisbet[/name_f], [name_f]Liesl[/name_f]

[name_f]Helen[/name_f]–> [name_f]Aileen[/name_f], [name_f]Ilene[/name_f], [name_f]Helene[/name_f], [name_f]Leni[/name_f],

[name_f]Jane[/name_f]–> [name_f]Siobhan[/name_f], [name_f]Hanne[/name_f], [name_f]Jeanne[/name_f]

[name_f]Katherine[/name_f] --> [name_f]Trine[/name_f], [name_f]Reina[/name_f], [name_f]Yekaterina[/name_f]

[name_f]Margaret[/name_f] --> [name_f]Gretchen[/name_f], [name_f]Greta[/name_f], [name_f]Gretel[/name_f], [name_f]Rita[/name_f]

[name_f]Sophia[/name_f]—> [name_f]Sofia[/name_f]

[sugarplumfairy]

Benedita ([name_f]Benedicta[/name_f])
Madalena ([name_f]Magdalen[/name_f])
[name_f]Leonor[/name_f] ([name_f]Eleanor[/name_f])
[name_f]Victoire[/name_f] ([name_f]Victoria[/name_f])
Inès ([name_f]Agnes[/name_f])
[name_f]Agathe[/name_f] ([name_f]Agatha[/name_f])
[name_u]Alix[/name_u] ([name_f]Alice[/name_f])
[name_f]Mafalda[/name_f] ([name_f]Maud[/name_f])
[name_f]Iseult[/name_f] ([name_f]Isolde[/name_f])
[name_u]Fran[/name_u]çoise ([name_f]Frances[/name_f])
[name_f]Luzia[/name_f] ([name_f]Lucy[/name_f])
[name_f]Anastasie[/name_f] ([name_f]Anastasia[/name_f])
[name_f]Amalie[/name_f] ([name_f]Amalia[/name_f])
Félicité ([name_f]Felicity[/name_f])
Émilienne ([name_f]Emiliana[/name_f])
[name_f]Lucrezia[/name_f] ([name_f]Lucrecia[/name_f])
Ophélie ([name_f]Ophelia[/name_f])
Tatienne ([name_f]Tatiana[/name_f])
[name_f]Violette[/name_f] ([name_f]Violet[/name_f])
[name_f]Fiorenza[/name_f] ([name_f]Florence[/name_f])
[name_f]Violante[/name_f] ([name_f]Yolanda[/name_f])
[name_f]Mathilde[/name_f] ([name_f]Matilda[/name_f])
[name_f]Feodora[/name_f] ([name_f]Theodora[/name_f])
[name_f]Zoya[/name_f] ([name_f]Zoe[/name_f])
[name_f]Orsola[/name_f] ([name_f]Ursula[/name_f])
[name_f]Lovisa[/name_f] ([name_f]Louise[/name_f])

[minisia]

I love Maialen which is the Basque form of [name_f]Madeline[/name_f]/Madgalen, but [name_f]Marguerite[/name_f] rules that out

[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f]: [name_f]Adelheid[/name_f], Adelajda
[name_f]Agnes[/name_f]: [name_f]Inez[/name_f]
[name_f]Alice[/name_f]: [name_f]Alicja[/name_f] (Polish prn Alih-tsi-ya)
[name_f]Beatrice[/name_f]: Beatrijs (Dutch), [name_f]Beatrix[/name_f]
[name_f]Bridget[/name_f]: [name_f]Brigitte[/name_f], [name_f]Berit[/name_f], [name_f]Brigitta[/name_f], [name_f]Brigidine[/name_f], [name_f]Britta[/name_f], [name_f]Bedelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Grace[/name_f]: [name_f]Graziela[/name_f]
[name_f]Isabel[/name_f]: [name_f]Ishbel[/name_f], [name_f]Sabela[/name_f], [name_f]Isabelle[/name_f], [name_f]Isobel[/name_f]
[name_f]Laura[/name_f]: [name_f]Lorenza[/name_f], [name_f]Lore[/name_f], [name_f]Laurentia[/name_f]
[name_f]Louisa[/name_f]: [name_f]Ludovica[/name_f]
[name_f]Julia[/name_f]: [name_f]Julienne[/name_f], [name_f]Giulietta[/name_f], [name_f]Giulia[/name_f]
[name_f]Sophie[/name_f]: [name_f]Sofija[/name_f]
[name_f]Victoria[/name_f]: [name_f]Vittoria[/name_f]

[ciottolo]

@chrisco - Thank you so much, I like [name_f]Beatrice[/name_f] and [name_f]Guinevere[/name_f] especially! Thank you.

@casilda - I know, isn’t it annoying? [name_f]Catalina[/name_f]/[name_f]Carolina[/name_f] would have been perfect, but unfortunately [name_f]Carlotta[/name_f] snuck in there first… Thank you for the lovely suggestions - if only [name_f]Mary[/name_f] variations were allowed!

@rainbow101 - [name_f]Alastriona[/name_f] and [name_f]Ekaterina[/name_f] are gorgeous, thank you so much! [name_f]Do[/name_f] you know where [name_f]Alastriona[/name_f] originates?

@peanut - Thank you, that’s so lovely to hear - I always feel that my combinations are a bit clunky, since I usually just shove every name I like in together, so that’s really made my day! Alesta, [name_f]Silke[/name_f], Synövve and Tessan are just exquisite - I feel some serious behindthename.com-ing coming on… Thank you again.

@niusity - [name_f]Francine[/name_f], [name_f]Agathe[/name_f] and [name_f]Helene[/name_f] are beautiful options that I hadn’t considered. Thank you for the lovely long list!

@ninanoo - Is [name_f]Raquel[/name_f] a form of [name_f]Rachel[/name_f]? See, I call myself a namelover, yet I never knew that - thank goodness for all you clever Berries to help me as I muddle along… Thank you!

@cassandrah - [name_f]Isabeau[/name_f] is very pretty, thank you.

@collmcc523 - Isn’t it just? I have been looking forever, and nothing seems to fit! [name_f]Aine[/name_f] and [name_f]Hanne[/name_f] are just darling though, thank you so much.

@sugarplumfairy - Thank you very much for the long list; I so enjoy poring through all the names suggested! There are too many here that I love, and so I won’t list them out again, but thank you so much - I’m really starting to feel like I’m getting somewhere, which is good. Thank you!

@minisia - Oh, Maialen is beautiful! Bother [name_f]Marguerite[/name_f] and all the rest, they just go out of their way to make things difficult… [name_f]Bedelia[/name_f], [name_f]Laurentia[/name_f], [name_f]Giulia[/name_f] and [name_f]Vittoria[/name_f] are names that stand out to me, but the entire list is lovely! If I thought I could get away with [name_f]Alicja[/name_f] and Beatrijs, they would be on the list in a jiffy… Unfortunately, I don’t think the good English public would quite be up to the pronunciation, silly them…

[name_m]How[/name_m] is it that I cannot think of a single name that fits, and as soon as I post the thread, simply hundreds of amazing suggestions come flooding in?! It’s a mystery. Thank you so much to everyone who commented.

[niteowl13]

Oooh - there are some gems in this thread!

[valerie2]

[name_f]Giuliana[/name_f] which is the Italian spelling of [name_f]Juliana[/name_f]. [name_m]Both[/name_m] pronounced the same way, just different spelling.

Also there’s [name_f]Moira[/name_f] which means [name_f]Mary[/name_f]. [name_f]Moira[/name_f] is pronounced MOY RAH

[emilyva]

I love this thread! I just added [name_f]Brigitta[/name_f] ([name_m]German[/name_m] form of [name_f]Bridget[/name_f]) to my list.
From other people’s lists I really like
[name_f]Raquel[/name_f], (Spanish and Portuguese form of [name_f]Rachel[/name_f]),
[name_f]Jacinta[/name_f] (Spanish for [name_f]Hyacinth[/name_f])
[name_f]Inez[/name_f] (form of [name_f]Agnes[/name_f])
and
[name_f]Zoya[/name_f] (Russian form of zoe).
I noticed you went with the Norwegian form of [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]. The Swedish/Norwegian form of [name_f]Rachel[/name_f] is [name_f]Rakel[/name_f].
[name_f]Olena[/name_f] is a Ukranian form of [name_f]Helen[/name_f].

[name_f]Henriette[/name_f] is continental form of the English [name_f]Henrietta[/name_f]. Also the Norwegian form is Henrike.

[name_f]Yulia[/name_f] is the Russian/Ukranian form of [name_f]Julia[/name_f] and like names. I like this name a lot.

[name_f]Renate[/name_f] is the [name_m]German[/name_m]/Norwegian etc. form of [name_f]Renee[/name_f].

[name_f]Amalia[/name_f] is an more international form of [name_f]Amelia[/name_f].

Felizitas [name_f]Felicitas[/name_f] and [name_f]Zita[/name_f] are Germanic and Hungarian forms of [name_f]Felicity[/name_f].

[name_f]Prudencia[/name_f] is the Spanish form of [name_f]Prudence[/name_f].

I really tried. I used Behindthename as a source when I needed it.
Good [name_m]Luck[/name_m]!

[kacey1010]

[name_f]Beatriz[/name_f] - Spanish [name_f]Beatrice[/name_f]
[name_f]Aloisa[/name_f] - [name_m]German[/name_m] [name_f]Louisa[/name_f]
[name_f]Amalia[/name_f] - Czech [name_f]Amelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Alisa[/name_f] - Russian & Spanish [name_f]Alice[/name_f]
[name_f]Aveline[/name_f] - Irish [name_u]Evelyn[/name_u]

[ciottolo]

@niteowl13 - I know, I love it when this happens and there are so many wonderful suggestions!

@valerie2 - Thank you, [name_f]Giuliana[/name_f] is very pretty, but it ends with -a like [name_f]Carlotta[/name_f]… My fussiness refuses to subside regarding that aspect, I’m afraid. And similarly with [name_f]Moira[/name_f], if it weren’t for [name_f]Marguerite[/name_f]… Thank you anyway - any excuse to see beautiful names!

@emilyva - [name_f]Ines[/name_f], [name_f]Olena[/name_f] and [name_f]Yulia[/name_f] (love this one!) are so lovely - thank you for the thought and time you put in!

@kacey1010 - [name_f]Beatriz[/name_f] is one I have considered using, or [name_f]Beatrice[/name_f] pronounced the Italian way (bay-ah-TREE-chay) but [name_f]Alisa[/name_f] is nice also. Thank you so much!

[teacherma]

Maybe:

[name_f]Antonella[/name_f] (Italian)

[name_f]Eleanor[/name_f] = [name_f]Leonor[/name_f] (Spanish/[name_m]Port[/name_m].), [name_f]Leonore[/name_f] ([name_m]German[/name_m])

[name_f]Frances[/name_f] = [name_f]Francine[/name_f] ([name_m]French[/name_m]), [name_f]Francesca[/name_f] (Italian), Franciszka (Polish), [name_f]Franziska[/name_f] [nn [name_f]Ziska[/name_f]] ([name_m]German[/name_m]), [name_f]Franca[/name_f] (Italian)

[name_f]Georgia[/name_f] = [name_f]Georgette[/name_f] and [name_f]Georgine[/name_f] [nn [name_f]Gigi[/name_f]] ([name_m]French[/name_m]), [name_f]Georgina[/name_f] ([name_m]German[/name_m]), [name_f]Giorgia[/name_f] and [name_f]Giorgina[/name_f] (Italian)
[name_f]Grace[/name_f] = [name_f]Grazia[/name_f] and [name_f]Graziella[/name_f] (not technically an Italian version of [name_f]Grace[/name_f], but “grazia” is a cognate of “grace” so think this still could work)

[name_f]Hannah[/name_f] = [name_f]Hanna[/name_f] (Swedish), [name_f]Hannele[/name_f] (Finnish)

[name_f]Jacqueline[/name_f] = Zaklina (Polish/Czech), Giachetta (Italian)
[name_u]Jean[/name_u]/[name_f]Joanna[/name_f] = [name_f]Ioanna[/name_f] (Greek), [name_f]Jeannine[/name_f] and [name_f]Jeannette[/name_f] ([name_m]French[/name_m]), [name_f]Janina[/name_f] [YAH-nee-na] (Polish)

[name_f]Louise[/name_f] = [name_f]Lovisa[/name_f] (Swedish), [name_f]Ludovica[/name_f] and Luigia (Italian), [name_f]Luisa[/name_f] (Spanish/[name_m]Port[/name_m].)

[name_f]Sarah[/name_f] = [name_f]Sarit[/name_f] (Hebrew), [name_f]Sarika[/name_f] (Hungarian)

[name_f]Theresa[/name_f] = [name_f]Therese[/name_f] ([name_m]French[/name_m]), [name_f]Tereza[/name_f] (Bulgarian, Czech, Romanian and Portuguese), [name_f]Theresia[/name_f] ([name_m]German[/name_m], Dutch and Swedish), [name_f]Terezia[/name_f] (Hungarian and Slovak)

[name_f]Veronica[/name_f] = [name_f]Veronique[/name_f] ([name_m]French[/name_m])

[ciottolo]

@teacherma - [name_f]Therese[/name_f] and [name_f]Theresia[/name_f] especially are beautiful! [name_f]Sarit[/name_f] and [name_f]Ioanna[/name_f] are also intriguing - thank you very much for your suggestions

[phloxie]

Dutch (used) forms of English classics

[name_f]Susannah[/name_f]: [name_f]Sanne[/name_f]
[name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]: [name_f]Elisabeth[/name_f], [name_f]Liesbeth[/name_f], [name_f]Elsbeth[/name_f]
[name_f]Anne[/name_f]: [name_f]Anna[/name_f], [name_f]Anneke[/name_f], [name_f]Anke[/name_f], [name_f]Annika[/name_f]
[name_f]Catherine[/name_f]: [name_f]Katja[/name_f], Nynke, Trijntje, [name_f]Rina[/name_f]
[name_f]Rose[/name_f]: [name_f]Rosa[/name_f], [name_f]Rosalie[/name_f]
[name_f]Theresa[/name_f]: [name_f]Tessa[/name_f], [name_f]Tess[/name_f]
[name_f]Yasmine[/name_f]: [name_f]Jasmijn[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucia[/name_f]: Loes
[name_f]Helene[/name_f]: [name_f]Ellen[/name_f], [name_f]Lena[/name_f]
[name_f]Sophia[/name_f]: [name_f]Sofie[/name_f], [name_f]Sophie[/name_f]
[name_f]Frances[/name_f]: [name_f]Francisca[/name_f]
[name_f]Florence[/name_f]: Floortje
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f]: [name_f]Aletta[/name_f]
[name_u]Joan[/name_u]: [name_f]Johanna[/name_f]