international names

[shortbutfast.livejournal.com]

i work and come in contact with people from all kinds of countries. this is fun in many ways, including in the way of names. on a recent business trip i started writing down some names and thought i would share. here's part 1, sorted by country:

Chile:
Felipe
Franco
Paz (f)
Thiare (f)

Brazil:
Jacob
Caio (m)
Orley (m)
Renata (f)
Bruna (f)
Kiki (f)

Malaysia:
Rojak (m)
Adil (m)
Aini (f)
Saleha (f)

Russia:
Alena (f)
Alyalek (m)

Peru:
Carlitos

South Africa:
Brian
Raymond
Jan (m)

Greece:
Dimitris
Achilles
Maria

Morocco:
Ilam (f)
Fatehma (f)
Mansour (m)
Beshir (m)

UK:
Ryan
Colin
Callum (m)
Evie (f)
Hugh
Vernon

WDYT?

Comments

I like...

[duckduckcaboose.livejournal.com]

Jacob
Brian
Maria
Ryan
Colin
Evie (as a nn)

I can't believe you actually met someone named Achilles. That's cool!

Re: I like...

[shortbutfast.livejournal.com]

i thought it was a joke at first as it seemed so very literal. later i found out that while this person was born in greece and had a greek father, the mother was english and into classic literature. i found that charming. :]

[chocklit-frog.livejournal.com]

Ooooh Renata is really pretty.

[redriotroses.livejournal.com]

I'm possibly missing something (coming from the UK myself) but why does Evie, and Callum have thier genders next to them. They're not unisex names here. Unless they are in America?

For some reason i really love Orley =/

[shortbutfast.livejournal.com]

seeing that there are people from all kinds of places reading this, i think some of the english names may not be so obvious reg. gender in the same way some of the others are not.

[laminy.livejournal.com]

I like Callum.

[chirpygirly.livejournal.com]

Rojak just means me think of Kojak. Carlitos, isn't there a movie called "Carlito's Way"?

How do you pron. Aini, and Saleha?

Overall, this list isn't too bad.

[shortbutfast.livejournal.com]

yes, carlito's way. i immediately thought of it, too. :]
they were pronounced ay-ni and se-lee-a and i liked them both.

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

I actually love Paz. I don't think I'll ever use it, though.

Haha, Jan is like the most common male name here. Sort of like James in English.

I also like Hugh!

[shortbutfast.livejournal.com]

hah yes, jan is rather popular there. i've known a few in nl and also in germany. for some reason they were always the sensitive, quiet type, and lanky.

[ex-londonso.livejournal.com]

I like Fatehma because my name is Fatima.

[shortbutfast.livejournal.com]

all the fatima's of various spellings that i've known have been special people. it's interesting how names work sometimes.