Ideas for names that are pronounceable in Spanish, English, and [name_m]French[/name_m] without changing form (i.e. not [name_f]Rose[/name_f]/[name_f]Rosa[/name_f]/[name_f]Rosalie[/name_f]) for someone living in Europe, but also speaks Spanish, French, English, and German. Like Lucia
[name_f]Eva[/name_f], [name_f]Marina[/name_f], [name_f]Miranda[/name_f], [name_f]Sabina[/name_f], [name_f]Isolda[/name_f], [name_f]Vera[/name_f], [name_f]Paloma[/name_f], [name_f]Lenore[/name_f], [name_f]Madelief[/name_f], [name_f]Valeria[/name_f], [name_f]Cecilia[/name_f], [name_f]Georgina[/name_f], [name_f]Matilda[/name_f], [name_f]Sunniva[/name_f], …
[name_f]Lorena[/name_f]
[name_f]Arabella[/name_f]
[name_f]Solene[/name_f]
[name_f]Astoria[/name_f]
[name_f]Odessa[/name_f]
[name_f]Beatriz[/name_f]
[name_f]Catalina[/name_f]
[name_f]Olympia[/name_f]
[name_f]Antonia[/name_f]
[name_f]Violetta[/name_f]
[name_f]Ophelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Martina[/name_f]
[name_f]Leonora[/name_f]
[name_f]Magdalena[/name_f]
[name_f]Giselle[/name_f]
[name_f]Cordelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Eloisa[/name_f]
[name_f]Fernanda[/name_f]
[name_f]Noemi[/name_f]
[name_f]Cressida[/name_f]
[name_f]Filomena[/name_f]
[name_f]Graciela[/name_f]
[name_f]Saskia[/name_f]
[name_f]Fiona[/name_f]
[name_f]Mirabelle[/name_f]
[name_f]Julietta[/name_f]
I have to deal with juggling different languages too so I understand your struggle. I am not entirely sure what the 4th language you mention is because so many languages are spoken in Switzerland, but I will suggest some names that I have on my list. I am less familiar with [name_m]French[/name_m] so my names will be slanted to Spanish and English, but even if the names are not [name_m]French[/name_m] in origin I think they could be pronounced.
At first I thought [name_f]Lucia[/name_f] was okay, but after thinking about it I think it is too close to both your name and your Husband’s. If this is to be your only child it could be a cute matchy set, but if not it severely limits your future choices.
However, how about:
[name_f]Flora[/name_f] - obviously different from the [name_m]French[/name_m] [name_f]Fleur[/name_f], but close enough in sound that I think it would be okay.
[name_f]Silvia[/name_f] - my personal favorite. I think it translates wonderfully between many languages.
[name_f]Soraya[/name_f] - not drawn from any of your heritages, but easily pronounceable in Spanish and English, and not unheard of in Europe.
[name_f]Marina[/name_f] - cute, works well.
[name_f]Julia[/name_f] - simple, sweet, a favorite of mine.
[name_f]Valentina[/name_f] - I also love the french [name_u]Valentine[/name_u], and I would personally be happy to have different parts of my family call her both
[name_f]Clara[/name_f] - classy, simple name.
I like [name_f]Valentina[/name_f]/[name_u]Valentine[/name_u]. Nicknames could include [name_f]Vina[/name_f], [name_f]Tina[/name_f], [name_f]Lena[/name_f] or V.
It’s short and sweet, but one of my favourite “international” names is [name_f]Nina[/name_f]. On a similar vibe, I also really like the names [name_f]Rita[/name_f] and [name_f]Vita[/name_f].
I like @minxtruck suggestion of [name_f]Rita[/name_f]- not only international, but it reminds of [name_f]Lovely[/name_f] [name_f]Rita[/name_f], which is basically an internationally understood reference. I love the name [name_f]Claret[/name_f], too, for international names, because a.) [name_m]French[/name_m] in origin b.) easy to pronounce/understand in any language c.) is a color name, with connections to wine (the real international language)
[name_f]Rita[/name_f] & [name_f]Claret[/name_f] both sound familiar/“normal” but are not very common
I don’t think [name_f]Lucia[/name_f] is too close to [name_f]Luna[/name_f]. They have very different ending sounds.
I think [name_f]Sabina[/name_f], [name_f]Emilia[/name_f], [name_f]Lena[/name_f], [name_f]Rafaela[/name_f], [name_f]Regina[/name_f], and [name_f]Luisa[/name_f]/[name_f]Louisa[/name_f] work well in many languages.
I’m not sure I get your example, [name_f]Rosa[/name_f] would work really well in all 4 languages?!
I think these should all work:
[name_f]Ada[/name_f]
[name_f]Adela[/name_f]
[name_f]Alice[/name_f]/[name_f]Alicia[/name_f]
[name_u]Alva[/name_u]/[name_f]Alma[/name_f]
[name_f]Amelia[/name_f]/[name_f]Amalia[/name_f]
[name_f]Arabela[/name_f]/[name_f]Arabella[/name_f] (does the double L bother you?)
[name_f]Augusta[/name_f]
[name_f]Aurelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Eleonora[/name_f]/[name_f]Leonora[/name_f]/[name_f]Leonore[/name_f] (the prn. would change but not the name)
[name_f]Emma[/name_f]
[name_f]Estella[/name_f]
[name_f]Esther[/name_f]
[name_f]Eva[/name_f]
[name_f]Ida[/name_f]
[name_f]Isabel[/name_f]/[name_f]Isabela[/name_f]/[name_f]Isabella[/name_f]
[name_f]Octavia[/name_f]
[name_f]Ophelia[/name_f]/[name_f]Ofelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Ottilia[/name_f]
[name_f]Carolina[/name_f]
[name_f]Cecilia[/name_f]
[name_f]Celia[/name_f]
[name_f]Clara[/name_f]
[name_f]Cordelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Delia[/name_f]
[name_f]Flora[/name_f]
[name_f]Helena[/name_f]/[name_f]Elena[/name_f]
[name_f]Henrietta[/name_f]
[name_f]Lila[/name_f] (maybe not if you live close to or in the [name_m]German[/name_m] speaking part of Switzerland)
[name_f]Lola[/name_f]
[name_f]Luisa[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucinda[/name_f]
[name_f]Lydia[/name_f]
[name_f]Mabel[/name_f]
[name_f]Margareta[/name_f]
[name_f]Marie[/name_f]
[name_f]Martha[/name_f]/[name_f]Marta[/name_f]
[name_f]Matilda[/name_f]
[name_f]Minna[/name_f]
[name_f]Nora[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosa[/name_f]
[name_f]Tessa[/name_f]
[name_f]Victoria[/name_f]
[name_f]Viola[/name_f]
I have American parents but grew up in a Spanish speaking country. No one could say my name (user name). When I had my first child is was very important to me that it could be easily said in a Latin based language. Also [name_f]Lucia[/name_f] is too close to u and her husband names. My son has a name that has 2 similar sounds as my name and it really confuses ppl. Some names on my girls list, including my daughters names:
[name_f]Cosima[/name_f]
[name_f]Lila[/name_f]
[name_f]Paloma[/name_f] (out of all my kids names I get THE most compliments on her name everyone loves it)
[name_f]Alma[/name_f]
[name_f]Ines[/name_f]
[name_f]Serafina[/name_f]
[name_f]Aveline[/name_f]
[name_f]Anais[/name_f] (not super great in English)
[name_f]Solene[/name_f]
Good luck
@merylp Ooh, I love [name_f]Paloma[/name_f] too!
Have you considered another mythological name like your own? [name_f]Luna[/name_f] works in all these different languages and there are plenty of other mythological options which would: [name_f]Freya[/name_f], [name_u]Artemis[/name_u], [name_f]Diana[/name_f], [name_f]Calliope[/name_f], [name_f]Hera[/name_f], [name_f]Penelope[/name_f], [name_f]Clio[/name_f], [name_f]Athena[/name_f], [name_f]Minerva[/name_f]…
I’m also from Switzerland. I’m Swiss.
I’m not too sure what you mean about [name_f]Rose[/name_f], [name_f]Rosa[/name_f], and [name_f]Rosalie[/name_f]. Those are all easily pronounceable in any language. And most, if not all names have a changing form or a variant. Not to mention that [name_f]Rosalie[/name_f] and [name_f]Rose[/name_f] are both very beautiful and unique names.
Some names you can think of are:
[name_f]Nadia[/name_f] (it is [name_m]French[/name_m], Italian, Russian, etc. Very european.)
[name_f]Audrey[/name_f] (English, also used in [name_f]France[/name_f])
[name_f]Alessandra[/name_f]
[name_f]Lotte[/name_f]
[name_f]Isolde[/name_f]
[name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_u]Seren[/name_u]
[name_f]Serena[/name_f]
[name_f]Angeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Astrid[/name_f] ([name_m]AH[/name_m]-stree)
[name_f]Kaia[/name_f]
[name_f]Keira[/name_f] (would probably be pronounced ‘’[name_m]KY[/name_m]-rah’’ in Switzerland,due to ‘‘ei’’ rhyming with ‘‘eye’’ but some may ask if it’s pronounced like [name_f]Keira[/name_f] Knightley)
[name_f]Lila[/name_f]
[name_f]Aviva[/name_f]
[name_f]Elena[/name_f]
Priska
[name_u]Eloise[/name_u]
[name_f]Julia[/name_f]
[name_f]Flora[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucy[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucille[/name_f]
[name_f]Eliana[/name_f]
[name_u]Julie[/name_u]
[name_f]Scarlett[/name_f]
[name_f]Bina[/name_f]
[name_f]Claire[/name_f]
[name_f]Marie[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucia[/name_f] is not my favorite, but it is cute. I’m not too sure why you’re pretty set on the name not wanting to have changing forms or to be pronounced the same way internationally. It most definitely won’t kill your daughter if someone misspells it or pronounces it wrong, and there are going to be plenty of people around the world spelling any name differently, even a simple names like [name_f]Lily[/name_f] ([name_f]Lilli[/name_f]/[name_f]Lili[/name_f]/Lyly/etc) or [name_f]Anna[/name_f] ([name_f]Ana[/name_f]). I’d expand your horizons if I were you. Us Swiss are very good with pronouncing names so I wouldn’t worry.
The above post gives some really sound advice. In as multilingual a place as Switzerland you shouldn’t have too much to worry about whatever you choose.
Here are some suggestions that should be pretty straightforward, anyway. (avoiding things like Js that could be pronounced more like Ys in some languages, etc.)
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f]
[name_f]Alice[/name_f]
[name_f]Amity[/name_f]
[name_f]Annabel[/name_f]
[name_f]Ashlyn[/name_f]
[name_f]Audrey[/name_f]
[name_f]Aya[/name_f]
[name_f]Bethany[/name_f]
[name_f]Bianca[/name_f]
[name_f]Cassandra[/name_f]
[name_u]Cassidy[/name_u]
[name_u]Chelsea[/name_u]
[name_f]Chloe[/name_f]
[name_f]Cynthia[/name_f]
[name_f]Daisy[/name_f]
[name_f]Diana[/name_f]
[name_u]Dylan[/name_u]
[name_f]Elsie[/name_f]
[name_f]Elisa[/name_f]
[name_f]Erica[/name_f]
[name_f]Eve[/name_f]
[name_f]Fiona[/name_f]
[name_f]Grace[/name_f]
[name_f]Heidi[/name_f]
[name_f]Iris[/name_f]
[name_u]Isa[/name_u]
[name_f]Isadora[/name_f]
[name_f]Isobel[/name_f]
[name_f]Ivy[/name_f]
[name_f]Jade[/name_f]
[name_f]Julia[/name_f]
[name_f]Lacey[/name_f]
[name_f]Lana[/name_f]
[name_f]Leah[/name_f]
[name_f]Lila[/name_f]
[name_u]Lindsey[/name_u]
[name_f]Liv[/name_f]
[name_f]Lola[/name_f]
[name_f]Lotte[/name_f]
[name_f]Lydia[/name_f]
[name_f]Margo[/name_f]
[name_f]Marianne[/name_f]
[name_f]May[/name_f]
[name_f]Megan[/name_f]
[name_f]Mia[/name_f]
[name_f]Nadia[/name_f]
[name_f]Natasha[/name_f]
[name_f]Nina[/name_f]
[name_f]Penelope[/name_f]
[name_f]Rhoda[/name_f]
[name_f]Sabina[/name_f]
[name_f]Sandra[/name_f]
[name_f]Serena[/name_f]
[name_u]Shay[/name_u]
[name_f]Sofia[/name_f]
[name_f]Tara[/name_f]
[name_f]Teresa[/name_f]
[name_u]Tracy[/name_u]
Tristiana
[name_f]Zinnia[/name_f]
[name_f]Zoe[/name_f]
I’d also suggest that if you like any place names ([name_f]Lorraine[/name_f], [name_f]India[/name_f], [name_f]Alexandria[/name_f], [name_u]London[/name_u], etc.) their pronounciation should be somewhat clear and consistent across European languages.
I’d actually stay away from place names as they tend to be very different, [name_u]London[/name_u], for example, is Londres in Spanish, [name_f]Vienna[/name_f] is Wien in [name_m]German[/name_m], [name_f]Vienne[/name_f] in [name_m]French[/name_m] and Viena in Spanish; [name_f]Geneva[/name_f] is Genf in [name_m]German[/name_m], [name_f]Ginebra[/name_f] in Spanish and [name_f]Gen[/name_f]ève in [name_m]French[/name_m], etc.