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Re: Favorite name from your culture, Favorite name from a foreign culture...?
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I'm gonna define "my culture" as basically anything British Isles, since that's the origin at least 90% of my genetics.British Isles female names I love:Arwen (originally Welsh, but Tolkien himself was also British)
Branwen (Welsh)
Eowyn (Old English)
Grace (English)
Moira (Irish)
Rhona (Scottish)British Isles male names I love:Brand (English/Old Norse)
Douglas (Scottish)
Edwin (Old English)
Grant (English/Scottish)
Godric (Anglo-Saxon/Old English)
Gwaine (Welsh)"Cultural Clash" female names I love (assuming most of these count):Ariadne (Greek)
Hoshi (Japanese)
Natalya (Russian/Latin)
Odette (French/Germanic)
Raina (Bulgarian/Latin)
Tzipporah (Hebrew)"Cultural Clash" male names I love:Elam (Hebrew)
Erik (Scandinavian/Old Norse)
Gaspar (Spanish/Portuguese/Persian)
Orion (Greek)
Pietro (Italian/Greek)
Tadashi (Japanese)
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I met an Arwen last week! It was pretty exciting for me. Grant is so solid, I love it. I am a huge fan of your "clashing" list. Raina is a fave of mine too, but I prefer the Filipina version of Reyna. Tzipporah is a GP of mine. Gaspare is on our list! and I also know an Orion!Tadashi is just all sorts of cool.
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