name game: if you were of a different nationality...

magpie1127 · December 2012

I have an idea for a name game: Pick a language/nationality, and then choose a a boy/girl name you would use if you lived in that region (add pronunciations if you think people won't know how to pronounce)

For me, I really wish I was French so I could use:

Girl - Aurelie (orh-e-LEE)

Boy - Bertrand (bare-TRAHN)

erzsi1 · December 2012

Greek! I love Hermione and Kostas.

EDIT: maybe French actually...so I could use Eponine for a girl!

Mrkyrain · December 2012

Italian

Gioia= Joy-a

French

Colette

austenreader85 · December 2012

I would love to visit Central and South America.

I have had a name crush on Alejandra for about a decade.

For a boy I'd use Javier.

anvloveskme · December 2012

I like Cruz for a boy and Blanca for a girl but neither goes with DH's very white sounding last name

mccall35 · December 2012

I'm not sure about a boy name. However, for a girl I would love to live in Sweden with my girls: Stina and Malin.

sadie8900 · December 2012

I would love to have Russian heritage so that I could use Aleksei or Sasha for boys and Alexandra, Ekaterina or Pasha for girls

RedCardinal · December 2012

Irish:
Faolan for a boy Fway lan

Saoirse for a girl. Seer sha

queenbone · December 2012

If I (or DH) were Mexican American...

Girl: Guadalupe (Lupe)

Boy: Jorge, Juan, Sergio

I also love Teresa pronounced the Spanish way and have it on the list if we have a girl. If we were having twin daughters I'd use Teresa for sure.

Zimger · December 2012

I like both Irish and German names so I'll do both. Irish names I like are Tadhg (Tieg). I love the sound of the name and the meaning. I also like Siofra for a girl. German names that I like are Klaus for a boy and Isolde for a girl. Sorry for no paragraphs TB gods are frowning upon me.

MrsWindyCity · December 2012

erzsi1:
Greek! I love Hermione and Kostas. EDIT: maybe French actually...so I could use Eponine for a girl!

Greek people aren't actually named Hermione (at least, no one I know in "modern" times), so I'd say you can use it regardless of nationality.

Hmm, I would probably say Italian. I love a lot of Italian names like Luca, Lucia, Giovanni, Giada, etc.

OP, my old apartment is actually in your sig pic, hah!

g8trkim · December 2012

I LOVE Russian names. I'm not one bit Russian. I honestly can't pick because there are so many good ones, especially for girls. I love that they are beautiful but still strong.

BlindysWife · December 2012

I would go Greek for sure. Along the lines of Persephone or Achilles.

Hm, these are more Greek mythology. Does that still count?

alohamora · December 2012

Some Scandinavian country, so I could have Soren and Tuva (Tovah).

blu-eyedwife · December 2012

I have a thing for Gaelic names, but would probably use them regardless if I could get DH on board.

Girl :Grainne (he hated this one, but I love it.)

Boy: Callum (this was our runner up for boy's names)

srheflin91 · December 2012

Irish, though I guess I can use them since my mother/grandmother were born there.

Girl- Aoife (pronounced almost like EVEE)

Boy- Cillian (KILL-EE-UHN)

Though I've ALWAYS adored Russian names, so perhaps Russian.

Girl- Irina or Karina

Boy- Nikolai or Yurik

brookelynpaisley · December 2012

g8trkim:
I LOVE Russian names. I'm not one bit Russian. I honestly can't pick because there are so many good ones, especially for girls. I love that they are beautiful but still strong.

Ditto, though I am Lithuanian, but not like FROM there, so using a very distinctly Eastern European name would seem odd, especially with our very Anglo-Saxon last name.

I love the name Priyanka for a girl (Indian). I really like Caelum for a boy, but that's used plenty by Americans, so not sure it counts.