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Stereotypical Foreign Names

by Somebody random (guest)

4/16/2020, 8:06 PM

What’s the most stereotypical name you can think of for a certain country or language? One for each gender. For example:

Italian: Mario / Giovanni & Sofia

German: Karl (can’t think of a female name)

French: Jean / André & Marie

Spanish: Pedro / José & Maria

English: John & Emily

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- Guest (guest)

4/17/2020, 5:22 PM

Croatian: Ivan & Marija
Czech: Pavel & Jana
Polish: Wojciech & Agnieszka / Katarzyna
Romanian: Mihai & Alexandra

- skinnyminnie +1

4/17/2020, 3:30 AM

From my perspective, based mainly on Czech jokes about these nations.

French: Jean / Jeannette
Spanish: Juan / Juanita
Italian: Giovanni / Donatella
English: John / Mary
German: Hans / Hilda (Hildegard)
Russian: Ivan / Natasha
Ukrainian: Volodya / Oksana
Slovak: Jožo / Mária
Southern Slavic: Zoran / Zorka
Roma people: Dežo / Aranka
Jewish people: Isaac / Sarah (or Rachel)

- Somebody random (guest)

4/17/2020, 11:17 AM

There are Czech jokes about all those nations? I’m impressed.

- Canielle

4/17/2020, 3:25 AM

Norwegian: Hans / Evy or Hilde
French: Pierre or Louis / Marie
German: Rolf / Nicole
Welsh: Aled / Olwen or Angharad
Scottish: Angus or Hamish / Elspeth
Irish: Seamus / Caoimhe or Saoirse
English: John / Emily
Italian: Leonardo or Alessandro / Cristina or Caterina
Russian: Sacha / Tatiana
Polish: Michal / Magdalena

This message was edited 4/17/2020, 3:28 AM

- Higuma Kanora +1

4/17/2020, 12:44 AM

Obviously this is from my perspective, not exactly true to popularity

Mexican: Juan, Maria / Lupe
German: Rolf, Hilda
Japanese: Tarou, Yuki / Sakura
Chinese: Ping, Mei
French: Pierre, Marie
Russian: Ilya, Anya
Arabic: Mohammed / Ali, Aliyah
Persian: Bijan, Leila
Indian: Raj, Parvati

- Somebody random (guest)

4/17/2020, 11:16 AM

Mohammed and Aliyah are pretty typical names, so I agree with you on those. I would say Yukiko/Sakura and Haru for Japan.

- Fiammetta (lady murasaki) +1

4/17/2020, 12:27 AM

It’s interesting you’re picking Sofia because it’s very common right now for baby girls but isn’t that common overall.

German: Friedrich “Fritz “, Inge.

French: Jean, Monique

Spanish: Miguel, Dolores

Russian: Ivan, Natasha

This message was edited 4/17/2020, 12:28 AM

- Somebody random (guest)

4/17/2020, 10:25 AM

I chose Sofia because it, and also Antonia, are pretty common Italian names for girls. I agree with you on the Russian names.

- A (guest)

4/16/2020, 10:36 PM

Polish: Pawel, Anna
Spanish: Juan, Marina
Jewish: David, Yael

- Katrine +1

4/16/2020, 10:10 PM

All scandianavian countries (except from Finland)

Male: Hans or Svend

Female: Anna, Ingrid or Astrid

This message was edited 4/16/2020, 10:32 PM

- Somebody random (guest)

4/17/2020, 10:23 AM

Ingrid is a good one, definitely. I would say Sven for a male name.

- JemimahGertrude +1

4/16/2020, 9:19 PM

Welsh: Aneurin / Myfanwy
Russian: Boris / Tatyana
German: Heinrich / Hildegard
India: Vikram / Amarjeet
Spanish: Juan / Carlotta
Portugeuse: Iago / Emilia

- Higuma Kanora

4/16/2020, 11:52 PM

Carlotta is Italian, Carla / Carlota is the Spanish version, albeit I haven't heard Carlota used very often

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