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What are your favourite international names / names from around the world that maybe aren't so comon in the western society?

(Appologies, I'm not entirely sure of the PC way to phrase the question, lol)

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[fangirlism]

Daisuke! Immediately came to my mind. It's Japanese.

Also like Yomiko (also Japanese) and Yekaterina, nn Katya (Russian)

[my-lil-bon-bon.livejournal.com]

Haha that's exactly what I thought!

[qtshorty1625.livejournal.com]

Aww, I kind of like Katya :).

[kaoriz.livejournal.com]

Well, these aren't common in America, at the very least.

Boys - Soren, Ulf, Nicola, Razi
Girls - Kaori, Rajani, Londari, Sakura

[my-little-voice.livejournal.com]

i love Soren!

[my-lil-bon-bon.livejournal.com]

I have actually met like 3 Sorens in the past couple months (in Minnesota, so while it's maybe not common yet, it's around!)

[gipro2003.livejournal.com]

Girls:
Alessia
Alessandra
Amadea
Annaliese
Ekaterina
Hannelore
Iluminada
Indira
Karin
Katja
Khadijah
Lieselotte
Liesl/Lisl
Linnea
Mattea
Rhiannon
Safiyya

Boys:
Aditya
Alessio
Alessandro
Diego
Danilo
Florian
Iago
Ilan
Kimi
Joachim
Karsten
Lucca
Lachlan
Nico/Nikolaus
Nils
Sascha
Mischa
Timaeus
Tomas
Tiernan
Vladimir

[thellamaqueen.livejournal.com]

There's a student at the school where I sub who is named Hannelore. She goes by Hanne, pronounced just like Hannah.

Fun fact - my phone wanted to autocorrect "Hannelore" to "Antelope". lol

[my-lil-bon-bon.livejournal.com]

My grandma is Lanaya and I graduated with a girl named Linnea...LOVE the name!

[laminy.livejournal.com]

Aliénor and Katarzyna. I don't know if any of my boy names fit the bill too much, there are some uncommon ones, but not really from around the world.

[twitchywoman.livejournal.com]

Luisa pron. Lu-eece-uh not lu-eeze-uh

That's pretty much the only one I like... although someone above mentioned Liesl, I do like that one because of the Sound of Music. I suppose I do like Gretl a little too.

[qtshorty1625.livejournal.com]

I like the lu-eece-uh pronunciation better too :).

[tokossel.livejournal.com]

I also love Sakura (Japanese).
Yero (boy's name- West African)
lots of Arabic names: Amar (boy), Noor, Safia (my sister!), Amina, Suraya
also Anais and many French names.
I like Italian names: Lorenzo (Renzo), Marco, Rafaella.
I also like Noa for a girl (Hebrew, popular in Israel apparently)

My name's Zahra, and I was raised in an Arabic/French-speaking environment to a West African father and English mother, so maybe the multicultural names appeal. That said, I think the lines between East/West are blurring more and more and all of the above names could be found in the UK at least... and probably in the U.S. So I don't think there is such a thing as a 'Western society' name really.

[qtshorty1625.livejournal.com]

Leisel
Henrik
Annaliese
Katja/Katya (I'm guessing these are related names?)
Katina
Matthias
Miikka
Mikael
Nicklas
Tomas
Annika