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Re: international name
I suppose biblical names are used in all countries with a Christian and/or Jewish population. And possibly not with a religious message: my fn and mn are both originally biblical, but my fn was chosen because my mother liked it and my mn was my paternal grandmother's mn.
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It depends on which versions are used in the most languages maybe? Like Maria seems more international than Mary and Maryam.
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All three of them are used throughout the English-speaking world, though. Some more than others, but fashions change.
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