Foreign names

guest   Thu May 28, 2009 9:54 am GMT
I just wonder what names are beautiful in your countries?
I mean If John, Tom, Steve etc are beautiful names for native English speakers, if Francois, Jean-Michele, Patrice or Julien are beautiful for the francophones (these are just examples which came to my mind), if not, then what is considered to be beautiful?

Thanks!
names   Thu May 28, 2009 10:13 am GMT
Low German (or East Frisian) names Garrelt,Schwaantje,Folgert,Dirk,Hinnerk.
cnalbus   Thu May 28, 2009 10:27 am GMT
Utz, Fritz, Joop, Jesus, Nigel, Garth, Edgar, Rigoberta, Poindexter, Bubba, Cletus, Buford, etc.
American   Thu May 28, 2009 7:45 pm GMT
Ashley, Whitley, Kimberly, Brittney, Chloe, Zoe, Phoebe, Jessica, Pamela
Dierks, Eric, Derrick, Garret, Stan, Brad, Joshua, Justin, Jordan, Jason, Joel

For 2008, these were the most popular:

Rank | Male name | Female name
1 | Jacob | Emma
2 | Michael | Isabella
3 | Ethan | Emily
4 | Joshua | Madison
5 | Daniel | Ava
6 | Alexander |Olivia
7 | Anthony | Sophia
8 | William | Abigail
9 | Christopher | Elizabeth
10 | Matthew | Chloe


A gew of these are stars-driven (eg Ava = Ava Mendez, Chloe = Chloe Kardashian, Emma = Emma Watson)
jen   Thu May 28, 2009 7:52 pm GMT
It's EVA Mendes & KHLOE Kardashian. These names (along with Emma) were popular long before anyone had ever heard of these celebrities.
eastlander   Thu May 28, 2009 7:55 pm GMT
Frisian names sounds interesting:
Onno,
Ubbo,
Menno,
Benno,
Hanno,
Hasso,
Hajo,
Friso,
Fokko.
Buddy   Thu May 28, 2009 8:35 pm GMT
<<It's EVA Mendes & KHLOE Kardashian. These names (along with Emma) were popular long before anyone had ever heard of these celebrities. >>

But in English "Eva" would usually be pronounced as "Eeva"
The fact that Ava (riming with Eva in its Spanish pronunciation) is an assist
names   Thu May 28, 2009 8:45 pm GMT
I think the most beautiful are:
Fongfun
Tutzen
Muspiel
Mardrith
Llandumo
Aethel
Lucielle
Casadrando
Livire
Lapuntzel
Vo Spader   Thu May 28, 2009 8:47 pm GMT
Pendragon
Vo Spader
Gunny
bruttus.   Fri May 29, 2009 12:07 am GMT
To me, all English names are foreign.
Vo Spader   Fri May 29, 2009 1:25 am GMT
But are they beautiful?
Ephraim   Fri May 29, 2009 2:21 am GMT
Obadiah
Opie
Jeremiah
Isaiah
Amos
Zephaniah
Zachariah
Jebediah
french   Sat May 30, 2009 9:30 pm GMT
french girl name I find beautiful: Léa, Magalie, Aliénor, Emilie, Blanche, Catherine, Audrey , Maéva, Jade, Karelle, Maëlle, Lola , Farah, Héloïse, Sienne, Perle, Zélie, Lili, Lucie, Chloé, Clarisse, Coralie, Océane, Alice, Tiphaine, Inès, Samia, Louise.


French boy name: Enzo , Lucas, Louis, Alexandre, Okan, Célio, Evan, Roméo,
Mathéo, Yanis , Kaïs, Victor, Jules, Julien, Pierre, Vincent, Paulin, Arthur, Justin, Lorenzo, Clément, Jérémy, Maxime, Nicolas, Simon, Hugo, Loïc, Medhi.

Not all of them are french origin but they are pretty popular and common in France.
Ana   Sat May 30, 2009 9:52 pm GMT
Brazilian Names



Benjamim;
Ana; =P
Luca (Lucas);
Cauã;
Danielle/Daniel;
Yan;
Yuri;
Yago;
João;
José;
Maria/Mariana;
Victor;
Gabriel;
Carlos;
Helena;
Luíza;
Cristina;
Jesus;
Midiã;
Miriã;
Sabrina;
Mauro;
Miguel;
Alexandre;
Vladmir;
Jéssica;
Henrique;
Emilly;
Bruno;
Ricardo;
Taís;
Thiago;
Heloísa;
Yasmin;
Bianca;
Beatriz;
Rian;
Camila;
Letícia;
Tamara;
Samara;
Daví;
Saul;
Paulo;
Renato;
Cláudio;
Emanuel;
Júlio;
César;
Constantino;
Jefferson;
Cristiano;
Mirella;
Lana;
Melissa;
Larissa;
Lara;
Clara;
André;
Vinícius;
Mateus;
Laura;
Débora;
Arthur;
Caio


e o que acho mais belo:

Sofia ou Sófia!
Vo Spader   Sun May 31, 2009 12:49 am GMT
Do they change the names of the characters in the Bobby Pendragon books in foreign translations, or do they keep them the same? I really like the names in the series that the author picked out.