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[Opinions] Foreign Variants
I've found that there are names commonly used in my country that I don't like, but I like them in other languages. Here are some examples are in a "Don't Like / Do Like" format:George / Jorge (Hispanic) & Georg (German)
Elizabeth / Erzsebet (Hungarian)
John / Giovanni (Italian)
James / Iago (Portuguese)
Steven / Etienne (French)
William / Gwilym (Welsh)
Eugene / Yevgeny (Russian)
Henry / Heinrich (German)
Pearl / Perla (Italian)
Sarah / Sarai (Hebrew)Do you have any examples?
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Definitely!Agnes / Annice (English), Inessa (Russian)
Margaret / Marit (Dutch), Marzena (Polish), Maisie (Scottish)
Christine / Kjersti (Norwegian), Kirsi (Finnish) George / Jiří (Czech), Yuri (Russian), Jory (Cornish)
Basil / Vasiliy (Russian)
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