Ethnic names

[ouronlylight.livejournal.com]

I was bored the other day and made a list of some of my favorite "ethnic" names; I only had time to look at French, Irish, Italian, Russian, and Spanish names. For some reason or another, I tend to prefer ethnic names for girls, though I suppose the trend always has been to be "safer" when naming boys. Anyway, here they are; I'd love to hear feedback and your own favorite "ethnic" names.

French
Angelique
Brigitte
Camille
Caroline
Charlotte
Corinne
Esmé
Gabrielle
Isabelle
Jacqueline
Léa
Léonie
Madeleine
Océane
Rosalie
Simone
Sophie

Damien
Julien
Luc
Lucien

Irish
Aisling
Bridget
Finola [Nola]
Fiona
Kelly
Quinn
Reagan
Saoirse

Aidan
Braden
Brendan
Connor
Cormac
Declan
Donovan
Éamonn
Quinn
Ryan
Sean

Italian
Alessandra
Bianca
Camilla
Carlotta
Carina
Carmela
Caterina
Emilia
Fiorella
Francesca
Gabriella
Gemma
Giacinta
Gianna
Giovanna
Giuliana
Isabella
Leonora
Madonna
Marcella
Maria
Marina
Romana
Rosalia
Rosella
Violetta

Leandro
Leonardo
Niccolò

Russian
Anya
Irina
Katya
Lena
Nadya
Natalya
Natasha
Oksana
Sasha
Tatiana

Nikita

Spanish
Alicia
Beatriz
Blanca
Carlota
Carmen
Carolina
Catalina
Diana
Elena
Emilia
Eva
Gabriela
Isabel
Leonor
Lola
Lourdes
Lucía
María
Mercedes
Natalia
Paloma
Rafaela
Ramona
Raquel
Sofía
Zara
Zoraida

Benjamín
Cruz
Enrique [Quique]
Leandro
Mateo
Nicolás

Comments

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

just one tiny, itsy correction: it's Caterina in Italian, not Catarina :)

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

and Carina is the word for pretty (referred to a girl) but not used as a name.

[ouronlylight.livejournal.com]

Oops, thanks. Behind the Name had both spellings listed as being Italian, and I guess I just picked the one that came first. :/

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

Of your list, I like:
Camille
Lea
Aisling
Connor
Maria
Lena
Diana
Elena
Lola
Lourdes
Lucía
Mercedes (love love this one!)

Actually, I think most names on that list are alright, but those are the ones I either really like/love or are on my list as well.

Some others I like myself (all girl names):
Maeve
Roisin
Rhoslyn

Rocio
Belén (Bell-LAYN)

Solenne

And tons of others, but it's hard to decide what's ethnic and what not these days ;) (Astrid, for example, is one of my favourites. It's originally Scandinavian, but it's quite common here, too).

[anapology.livejournal.com]

Just the French took long enough!


Adélaíde
Adeline
Amélie
Aurélie
Aurore
Camille
Cécile
Céleste
Chloé
Colette
Daphné
Delphine
Élise
Éloise
Esmé/Esmée
Giséle
Isabelle
Joséphine
Juliette
Madeleine
Marielle
Seraphine
Zephryne

Alexandre
Aristide
Auréle
Aurelien
Blaise
Constantin
Didier
Cosme
Cesaire
Étienne
Évariste
Félix
Louis
Luc/Lucas
Mathieu
Maximilien
Nicolas
Olivier
Rémy
Romane
Sébastien
Théodore
Xavier

Only really liked the Irish...

[samaside.livejournal.com]

Kelly
Quinn
Reagan
Connor
Cormac
Donovan
Éamonn
Quinn
Ryan
Sean

[freezemyazaleas.livejournal.com]

I like:
Caroline
Charlotte
Jacqueline
Kelly
Quinn
Reagan
Saoirse
Brendan
Sean
Caterina
Francesca
Katya
Diana
Raquel

[shortbutfast.livejournal.com]

thanks for posting these, i like the 'ethnic' lists as i'm generally no huge fan of english names. of these i like

French:
Isabelle
Jacqueline
Sophie
Luc

Irish:
Declan

Italian:
Gianna

Russian:
Lena

Spanish
Catalina
Eva
Raquel
Cruz