There are other "foreign" (for lack of a better term) names that seem more familiar and could tempt me to real-life use:
Dimitri (Georgian/Gallicized Russian)
Graeme (Scottish)
Ozias (Greek)
Remiel (Hebrew)
Stefan (
Dutch)
Vaughn (Welsh)
Wolfgang (
German)
Zaccai (Hebrew)
Zacharias (Greek)
Zimri (Hebrew)
&
Almira (Bosnian)
Aludra (Arabic)
Amara (Igbo)
Anouk (Dutch/French)
Delara (Persian)
Denisa (Romanian)
Eloisa (Italian)
Galia (Hebrew)
Keturah (Hebrew)
Leora (Hebrew)
Levana (Hebrew)
Lucine (French)
Morwenna (Cornish)
Nuria (Spanish)
Parisa (Persian)
Perla (Italian)
Raquel (Portuguese/Spanish)
Rhiannon (Welsh)
Rina (Hebrew/Indian/Japanese, all separate etymologies)
Shaina (Yiddish)
Sylvie (French)
Talia (Hebrew)
Tirzah (Hebrew)
Xenia (Greek)
Yara (Arabic)
Yasmina (Arabic)
Zarina (Central Asian/Malay/Urdu)
Zenovia (Greek)
Zora (Czech/Slovak/South Slavic)
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This message was edited 4/12/2025, 5:11 PM