Aisha (real name Aija Andreeva) is a Latvian-Russian singer who represented Latvia in 2010 Eurovision with the song "What For? (Only Mr. God Knows)". She did not qualify for the semi final.
Aksel Kankaanranta is a Finnish singer who attempted to represent his country in the 2020 Eurovision with the song "Looking Back" but the show got cancelled due to COVID-19. He will attempt to represent Finland again with the song "Hurt".
Albina Grcic is a Croatian singer best known for coming 3rd in The Voice Hrvatska and winning Dora 2021, she will represent Croatia in Eurovision 2021 with the song "Tick-Tock".
Alexander Rybak is a Belarusian-Norwegian singer who represented Norway in both 2009 Eurovision and 2018 Eurovision. His songs were "Fairytale" in 2009 and "That's How You Write A Song" in 2018. He won in 2009, bringing the show to Norway the next year. However in 2018 he qualified, but did not crack the Top 10.
My God, this is such a beautiful name! I can imagine a girl with this name as independent, strong, but having some untold weaknesses. Amaryllis and Lillian could be perfect twin girl names because the Amaryllis flower is known as a lily.
Andre is an Armenian singer who represented his country in 2006 Eurovision with "Without Your Love". He qualified from the semi final and cracked the Top 10. He is also the only artist to bookend the event, starting at number 1 in the semi final and ending at number 24 in the final.
Angelica Agurbash is a Belarusian singer who represented her country in 2005 Eurovision with "Love Me Tonight". She did not qualify through to the finals.
Ani Lorak (real name Karolina Kuiek) is an Ukrainian singer who represented her country in 2008 Eurovision with the song "Shady Lady". She qualified and cracked the Top 10.
Anna Vissi is a Cypriot singer who represented Greece in 2006 Eurovision with "Everything". Due to Helena Paparizou's win the year prior, she automatically qualified and cracked the Top 10.
Annet Artani (real name Annette Stamatelatos) is an American singer who represented Cyprus in the 2006 Eurovision with the song "Why Angels Cry". She did not make it past the semi finals.
Arash Labaf is an Iranian-Swedish singer who represented Azerbaijan with Aysel with the song "Always". They qualified from the semi final and cracked the Top 10.
Aysel Teymurzadeh is an Azerbaijani singer who represented her country in the 2009 Eurovision with Arash with the song "Always". They qualified from the semi final and cracked the Top 10.
Barış Akarsu was an amazingly talented rock musician who died way too soon in 2007. I remember listening to him as a child and his & Tose Proeski's deaths affected me the most in 2007, celebrity wise.
Boris Novkovic is a Croatian singer who represented his country in 2005 Eurovision with "Vukovi Umiru Sami". He passed through to the finals and cracked the Top 10.
Brian Kennedy is an Irish singer who represented his country at 2006 Eurovision with "Every Song Is A Cry For Love". He qualified from the semi final and cracked the Top 10. His song (whilst in the semi final) was also the 1,000th song ever played in the Eurovision.
This is so pretty! I love this name so much! I love the spelling, pronunciation, and admittedly the meaning. The meaning could lead to a person thinking that a Brynja is storng willed and not someone to mess with but the pronunciation could ease their minds because the name sounds peaceful & graceful.
Carola (real name Carola Haggkivist) is a Swedish singer who represented her country three times, 1983 Eurovision with "Framling", 1991 Eurovision with "Fangad Av En Stormvind, and 2006 Eurovision with "Invincible". She was the winner in 1991 bringing the contest to Sweden, the runner up in 1983, and cracked the Top 10 in 2006.
I love the meaning of this name, joy and happiness is always a good thing. My friends like to nickname me this, though they pronounce it like the Undertale character.
Charlotte Nilsson or Perrelli is a Swedish singer who represented her country in 1999 Eurovision and 2008 Eurovision with the songs "Take Me To Your Heaven" and "Hero". She won the contest in 1999 bringing the show to Sweden the next year. She qualified due to the jury's choice (the 10th place Macedonia would've without the juries, Sweden was 12th) in 2008 however did not crack the Top 10.
This is my birth name and I have a love/hate relationship with it. On one hand, it sounds like "cheesy/cheese", people misspell it ALL OF THE TIME, and it doesn't have that good of a meaning but on the other hand, it is really pretty and ages well.
Chiara (real name Chiara Siracusa) is a Maltese singer who represented her country in 1998, 2005, and 2009 Eurovision with the songs "The One That I Love" (1998), "Angel" (2005), and "What If We" (2009). She has been in the final all three times, but did not crack the Top 10 once in 2009.
Chris Doran (real name Christopher Doran) is an Irish singer who represented his country in 2004 Eurovision with "If My World Stopped Turning". He automatically qualified due to Mickey Harte's Top 10 placing the previous. He did not duplicate this success however, not cracking the Top 10.
Christine Guldbrandsen is a Norwegian singer who represented her country in 2006 Eurovision with "Alvedansen". She automatically qualified due to Wig Wam's Top 10 placing last year but she did not replicate this success.
If you aren't Jewish and you use this name, I consider it to be sacrilege. There are certain names which only certain groups of people should use and Cohen is one of them. It's absolutely offensive to my Jewish self to see mainly Christian American parents use this name just to be "tryndeigh". Literally just use Conan for a similar sounding name.
Conan Osiris (real name Tiago Emanuel da Silva Miranda) is a Portuguese singer who represented his country in Eurovision 2019 with the song "Telemoveis". It sadly didn't qualify, despite being my winner that year.
Damir Kedzo is a Croatian singer best known for almost representing his country in Eurovision 2020 with the song Divlji Vjetre (English: Wild Wind) but didn't due to the cancellation due to COVID-19. He declined the chance to represent them this year.
Dana International (real name Sharon Cohen) is an Israeli singer who represented her country in 1998 and 2011 with the songs "Diva" (1998) and "Ding Dong" (2011) In 1998, she won the whole show bringing the show to Israel the next year. However in 2011, she did not make it past the semi final.
Dave Benton (real name Efren Eugene Benita) is an Aruban singer who represented Estonia in 2001 Eurovision with Tanel Padar and 2XL with the song "Everybody". They won the contest thus bringing the show to Estonia the next year.
David D'Or (real name David Nehaisi) is an Israeli singer who represented his country in 2004 Eurovision with "Leha'amin". He did not qualify from the first ever semi final.
Dima Bilan is a Russian singer who represented his country in 2006 Eurovision with "Never Let You Go" and 2008 Eurovision with "Believe". He qualified both times and was the runner-up in 2006 but won in 2008, bringing the show to Russia the next year.
I thought this was Greek when I first saw the name, I remember giving this to a Greek character in a story 10 or so years ago. Still a really pretty name!
Eddie Butler is an Israeli-American singer who represented Israel in the 2006 Eurovision with the song "Ze Hazman" or "Together We Are One". He was also in the group Eden who represented Israel in 1999 with the song "Happy Birthday". In 2006, he automatically qualified due to Shiri Maimon's Top 10 placing the previous year and in 1999, Eden got into the Top 10.
There have been two singers named Elena. Elena Risteska is a Macedonian singer who represented her country in 2006 Eurovision with "Ninanajna". She qualified from the semi final but did not crack the Top 10. Elena Gheorghe is a Romanian singer who represented her country in 2009 Eurovision with "The Balkan Girls". She qualified and like Risteska, did not crack the Top 10.
Emma Marrone (real name Emmanuela Marrone) is an Italian singer who represented her country in 2014 Eurovision with the song "La Mia Citta". Being in the Big 5 (Italy, Spain, Germany, France, and United Kingdom), she automatically qualified but did not crack the Top 10.
Emmy is an Armenian singer who represented Armenia in the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest, sadly she didn't pass the semi finals. Her real name is Emma Bejanyan and she's considered Armenia's pop princess.
Eric Saade is a Palestinian-Swedish singer who represented his country in 2011 Eurovision with the song "Popular". He qualified for the semi final and cracked the Top 10. He also hosted the 2016 Eurovision, acting as the "green room" host.
Fabrizio Faniello is a Maltese singer who represented his country twice, in 2001 Eurovision with "Another Summer Night" and 2006 Eurovision with "I Do". He cracked the Top 10 in 2001 & automatically qualified in 2006 due to Chiara's Top 10 placing last year but did not crack the Top 10.
I've known three Fatima's and every single one of them have been genuinely good women to know. I think of this silly, caring, yet honest person when I hear this name. One of my faves!
Wow, this is a gorgeous name. It's short yes, but it's strong. However if you name a girl this, her name will get misspelled so I suggest you go for an Anglicization if you live anywhere other than the UK and Ireland.
Gigi D'Agostino is a male Italian DJ who was huge in the 90's for songs like "L'amour Toujours" and "Bla Bla Bla". His real first name is Luigino though.
Glennis Grace (real name Glenda Batta) is a Dutch-Curacao singer who represented the Netherlands in 2005 Eurovision with "My Impossible Dream". She did not qualify through to the finals.
Gokhan Ozoguz is a Turkish singer who represented his country in 2004 Eurovision with his band ATHENA with their song "For Real". They automatically qualified due to Sertab Erener's win the year prior and cracked the Top 10. His twin brother is the guitarist of ATHENA, Hakan.
Gracia (real name Gracia Baur) is a German singer who represented her country in 2005 Eurovision with "Run and Hide". She was in the past Big 4 (Germany, Spain, France, and United Kingdom). She did not crack the Top 10.
Hakan Ozoguz is a Turkish guitarist who represented his country in 2004 Eurovision with his band ATHENA with their song "For Real". They automatically qualified due to Sertab Erener's win the year prior and cracked the Top 10. His twin brother is the singer of ATHENA, Gokhan.
Helena Meraai is a Belarusian-Syrian child singer who represented Belarus in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2017 with the song "I Am The One". It got 5th place, though in my opinion it should've got 1st!
Helena Paparizou is a Swedish-Greek singer who represented Greece in 2001 and 2005 Eurovision with "Die For You" (2001 with Antique) and "My Number One" (2005 solo). She cracked the Top 10 in 2001 and won the event in 2005, bringing the show to Greece in 2006.
Hera Bjork is an Icelandic singer who represented her country in 2010 Eurovision with the song "Je Ne Sais Quoi". She qualified for the semi final but did not crack the Top 10.
Ira Losco is a Maltese singer who represented her country in 2002 and 2016 Eurovision with the songs "7th Wonder" (2002) and "Walk On Water" (2016). She was the runner up in 2002. She qualified in 2016 but did not crack the Top 10 in 2016.
There are two Eurovision singers with the name Ivan. Ivan Mikulic is a Bosnian/Herzegovinian singer who represented Croatia in 2004 Eurovision with "You Are The Only One". He qualified from the first ever semi final but did not manage to crack the Top 10. IVAN (real name Alexander Ivanov) is a Belarusian singer who represented his country in 2016 Eurovision with "Help You Fly" but did not qualify from the semi final.
Jakob Sveistrup is a Danish singer who represented his country in 2005 Eurovision with "Talking To You". He qualified from the semi final and cracked the Top 10.
James Fox (real name James Mullett) is a Welsh singer who represented the United Kingdom at the 2004 Eurovision with "Hold On To Our Love". Being a member of the then Big 4 (United Kingdom, Spain, Germany, and France) he automatically qualified but did not crack the Top 10.
Jari Sillanpaa is a Finnish-Swedish singer who represented Finland in 2004 Eurovision with "Takes 2 To Tango". He did not qualify from the first ever semi final.
Jarkko Ahola is an Finnish singer and bassist who represented his country in the 2008 Eurovision with his band Terasbetoni with the song "Missa Miehet Ratsastaa". They qualified from the semi final yet did not crack the Top 10.
This name is fun to say, that being said I adore this one. The meaning is nice and makes me think of an intelligent & cutthroat girl who has raven black hair. Very pretty, definitely a top choice for me! It also doesn't need a middle name either.
I understand why this name has a 2%, seriously the name Jackson is FINE on its own. Just use Jackson, stop coming up with these tryndeigh spellings your kids will have to spell to people forever.
Jennifer Serrano is a Spanish singer who represented Andorra at the 2006 Eurovision with the song "Sense Tu". She did not make it past the semi finals.
This is my half sister's name. Her name is Jennifer Denise. I love that combo and would use it for my own child, if I do want children. Jennifer Renee is my top choice for a name though.
My old Korean friend used to call me this a long time ago because she liked giving people she loved Korean names, I've been in love with this name ever since!
Jonatan Cerrada (real name Jonatan Cerrada Moreno) is a Spanish-Belgian singer who represented France in 2004 Eurovision with "A Chaque Pas". He was a member of the then Big 4 (France, Spain, Germany, and United Kingdom) so he automatically qualified. He did not crack the Top 10.
This name has always been beautiful and classy to me, saw it once in my older brother's high school yearbook and it's never left my head. In nearly every original book idea I have, I always make sure to include Josephine somewhere!
Juliana Pasha is an Albanian singer who represented her country in 2010 Eurovision with the song "It's All About You". She qualified for the semi final but did not crack the Top 10.
Julie Zahra is a Maltese singer who represented her country alongside Ludwig Galea in 2004 Eurovision with "On Again, Off Again". They qualified from the first ever semi final and cracked the Top 10.
You guys have never heard of anything other than an English speaking world and it shows. This is pronounced CAR-IN like the words car and in and would never be given to a little girl in Armenia.
Karolina (real name Karolina Goceva) is a Macedonian singer who represented her country in 2002 Eurovision and 2007 Eurovision. Her songs were "Od Nas Zavisi" in 2002 and "Mojot Svet" in 2007. She did not crack the Top 10 in 2002. She qualified for the semi final and yet again did not crack the Top 10 in 2007.
Kate Ryan (real name Katrien Verbeeck) is a Belgian singer who represented her country in 2006 Eurovision with "Je T'adore". She did not make it to the final though.
Kejsi Tola is an Albanian singer who is perhaps best known for her appearance at the 2009 Eurovision in Moscow, Russia with her song "Carry Me In Your Dreams". The song in her native Albanian is called "Më Merr Në Ëndërr".
I work with a Kimberly (she goes by Kim) and she's very hardworking and studious, I now connect this name to being serious yet very sweet at the same time with moments of comedy. I love this name due to her!
Knut Anders Sorum is a Norwegian singer who represented his country in 2004 Eurovision with "High". He automatically qualified due to Jostein Hasselgard's Top 10 placing last year. Knut Anders did not crack the Top 10 however.
This is my chihuahua's name and it fits her excellently (she's mainly black with a whitish tan belly & brown eyes)! Though I never knew the name meant 'night' until a few years ago, gorgeous meaning!
There have been two singers named Lena. Lena Philipsson (real name Maria Philipsson) is a Swedish singer who represented her country in 2004 Eurovision with "It Hurts". She automatically qualified due to Fame's success last year, she did what Fame did and cracked the Top 10. Lena Meyer-Landrut is a German singer who represented her country in 2010 and 2011 Eurovision with "Satellite" (2010) and "Taken By A Stranger" (2011). She is a member of the now Big 5 (Germany, Italy, Spain, France, and United Kingdom) so she automatically qualified both times. She won in 2010 with "Satellite" and cracked the Top 10 in 2011 with "Taken By A Stranger".
There have been two singers with the name Lisa. Lisa Andreas (real name Lisa Large) is an English-Cypriot singer who represented Cyprus in 2004 Eurovision with "Stronger Every Minute". She automatically qualified due to Stelios Konstantinos' Top 10 placing last year and she did the same thing, cracking the Top 10. Lisa Angell (real name Virginie Petrano) is a French-Italian singer who represented France in 2015 Eurovision with the song "N'oubliez Pas". Being a member of the Big 5 (France, Italy, United Kingdom, Spain, and Germany) she automatically qualified yet did not crack the Top 10.
Liz (born Kim Ji-won) is a current member of the South Korean girl group IVE, I now because of her think of a classy Korean girl whenever I hear this name!
Ludwig Galea is a Maltese singer who along with Julie Zahra represented his country in 2004 Eurovision with "On Again, Off Again". They qualified from the first ever semi final and cracked the Top 10.
Luminita Anghel is a Romanian singer who represented her country in the 2005 Eurovision with Sistem. Their song was called "Let Me Try". They qualified from the semi-final and got a Top 10 ranking in the final.
Malena Ernman is a Swedish singer who represented her country in 2009 Eurovision with the song "La Voix". She qualified for the semi final but did not crack the Top 10.
Maria Haukaas Storeng is an Norwegian singer who represented her country in the 2008 Eurovision with the song "Hold On, Be Strong". She qualified from the semi final and cracked the top 10.
Marian van de Wal is a Dutch singer who represented Andorra at 2005 Eurovision with "La Mirada Anterior". She did not pass through to the finals though.
Mariana Popova is a Bulgarian singer who represented her country in the 2006 Eurovision with the song "Let Me Cry". She did not make it past the semi finals.
Marie N (real name Marija Naumova) is a Latvian singer who represented her country in 2002 Eurovision with "I Wanna". She won the contest and bought the contest to Latvia the next year.
Marko Kon is a Serbian-Jewish singer who represented Serbia in 2009 Eurovision with Milaan (real name Milan Nikolic) the song "Cipela". They would've qualified had the juries not had the power to choose the 10th qualifier.
There have been two singers with the name Marta. Marta Roure is an Andorran singer who represented her country in 2004 Eurovision with "Jugarem A Estimar-Nos". She did not qualify from the first ever semi final. Marta Verner (nee Jandova) is a Czech singer who represented her country with Vaclav Noid Barta with the song "Hope Never Dies" in the 2015 Eurovision. They did not make it past the semi final.
There have been two singers named Martin. Martin Stenmarck is a Swedish singer who represented his country in 2005 Eurovision with "Las Vegas". He automatically qualified due to Lena Philipsson's Top 10 ranking last year, but he did not duplicate her success. Martin Vucic is a Macedonian singer who represented his country in the 2005 Eurovision with the song "Make My Day". He qualified for the semi final but did not crack the Top 10.
Max (real name Maximilian Mutzke) is a German singer who represented his country in 2004 Eurovision with "Can't Wait Until Tonight". Being a member of the then Big 4 (Germany, United Kingdom, Spain, and France) he automatically qualified and was one of two Big 4 members to crack the Top 10 (the other being Ramon of Spain).
Mihai Traistariu is a Romanian singer who represented his country in the 2006 Eurovision with the song "Tornero". He automatically qualified due to Luminita Anghel and Sistem's Top 10 ranking the previous year.
I'm sorry but as someone who's part Slavic myself, this will never be a feminine name for me. Mila and Milana are both great feminine alternatives for this name so why not use them?
Two people have had this name in Eurovision. Milan Stankovic is a Serbian singer who represented his country in 2010 Eurovision with "Ovo Je Balkan" while Milaan (real name Milan Nikolic) is a Serbian accordionist who represented his country in 2009 Eurovision with Marko Kon with "Cipela". Milan N. Would've qualified had the juries not had the choice of the 10th qualifier. Milan S. Qualified but did not crack the Top 10.
There were two Monikas at 2015's Eurovision. Monika Linkyte is a Lithuanian singer who represented her country with Vaidas Baumila with the song "This Time" while Monika Kuszynska is a Polish singer who represented her country with the song "In The Name Of Love". Both qualified from their semi finals however they did not crack the Top 10.
I'm both Finnish and Turkish and can't shake the Moomin impression. With that being said I imagine this cheery, upbeat, and lovable giant when I hear this name. Super cute in my opinion.
There have been two singers named Natalia. Natalia Podolskaya is a Belarusian singer who represented Russia in 2005 Eurovision with "Nobody Hurt No One". She automatically qualified due to Yulia Savicheva's Top 10 placing, yet did not crack the Top 10 herself. Natalia Gordienko is a Moldovan-Ukrainian singer who represented Moldova in 2006 Eurovision with "Loca". She along with Arsenium and Connect-R automatically qualified due to Zdob si Zdub's Top 10 ranking the prior year, they did not duplicate this success however.
This is one of the prettiest names I have ever heard! Works well with all ages and rolls off your tongue! I love the name Odette Sylvia Dawn together too!
Omar Naber is a Jordanian-Slovene singer who represented Slovenia in both 2005 and 2017 Eurovision with "Stop" (2005) and "On My Way" (2017). He did not qualify from both of his attempts though.
Oto Nemsadze is an Georgian singer who represented his country in the 2019 Eurovision with the song "Sul Tsin Iare". He failed to qualify from the semi final.
OVI (real name Ovidiu Cernauteanu) is a Romanian-Norwegian singer who along with Paula Seling represented Romania in 2010 Eurovision and 2014 Eurovision. Their song in 2010 was "Playing With Fire" while their song in 2014 was "Miracle". They qualified both times, yet only cracked the Top 10 in 2010.
Paula Seling is a Romanian singer who with OVI represented her country in 2010 and 2014 Eurovision. Their 2010 song was "Playing With Fire" while their 2014 song was "Miracle". They qualified both times, yet only cracked the Top 10 in 2010.
There have been two singers named Polina. Polina Smolova is a Belarusian singer who represented her country in 2006 Eurovision with "Mum". She did not pass to the final. Polina Gagarina is a Russian singer who represented her country in 2015 with "A Million Voices". She qualified and cracked the Top 10.
Ramon (real name Ramon del Castillo Palop) is a Canarian singer who represented Spain in 2004 Eurovision with "Para Llenarme De Ti". He was a part of the past Big 4 (United Kingdom, Spain, France, and Germany) so he automatically qualified and cracked the Top 10. He along with Max were the only two Big 4 members to crack the Top 10.
Raphael Gualazzi is an Italian singer who represented his country in the 2011 Eurovision with the song "Madness of Love". Being one of the Big 5 (Italy, United Kingdom, Spain, Germany, and France) he automatically qualified to the final. He made it to the Top 10.
I hate to dislike names but this is an exception, if it was Rebecca-Anne then it would be fine but this sounds more like a mashup gone wrong if anything.
Rebeka Dremelj is an Slovenian singer who represented her country in the 2008 Eurovision with the song "Vrag Naj Vzame". She failed to qualify from the semi final.
Roko Blazevic is a Croatian singer who's best known for representing his country in 2019 Eurovision with the song Heroj (English: Dream). He didn't qualify for the final.
This is so pretty! Admittedly, I thought when I was 12 it was a name I made up from Roxanne and Lana, two equally pretty names, for a Pokemon trainer. I think Roxelana Abigail would be a pretty combination too.
Ruslana Lyzhychko is an Ukrainian singer who represented her country in 2004 Eurovision with the song "Wild Dances". She qualified for the first ever semi final and won the show, bringing the show to Ukraine the next year.
Sanda Ladosi is a Romanian singer who represented her country at 2004 Eurovision with "I Admit". She automatically qualified due to Nicoleta Alexandru's Top 10 placing last year, she did not get the same success for she did not crack the Top 10.
Sandra Oxenryd is a Swedish singer who represented Estonia in the 2006 Eurovision with the song "Through My Window". She did not make it past the semi finals.
Sanja Vucic is a Serbian singer who's part of the girl group Hurricane and an Eurovision 2016 competitor with her song "Goodbye (Shelter)" which got a shocking 18th place.
This name is so pretty! It sounds so mythical and otherworldly. There's a lot of nickname opportunities here like Hera, Zade, and Raza are just a few I can think of!
Selma (real name Selma Bjornsdottir) is an Icelandic singer who represented her country twice in 1999 Eurovision and 2005 Eurovision with "All Out Of Luck" (1999) and "If I Had Your Love" (2005). She was the runner up in 1999 and did not qualify in 2005.
Severina (real name Severina Vuckovic) is a Croatian singer who represented her country in 2006 Eurovision with "Moja Stikla". She automatically qualified to the final due to Boris Novkovic and LADO's Top 10 placing the prior year yet did not duplicate their success herself.
Shiri Maimon/Maymon is an Israeli singer who represented her country in the 2005 Eurovision with the song "Hasheket Shenish'ar". She qualified from the finals and made it into the Top 10.
Silvia Night (real name Agusta Eva Erlendsdottir) is an Icelandic singer and comedian who represented her country in 2006 Eurovision with "Congratulations". It did not qualify through to the final.
My God, this is a gorgeous name! I might be biased because I was supposed to be called either this or Serena, but this is such a beautiful name! Siobhan Maria sounds soft yet badass at the same time, which I love. Much better than my birth name Chelsea, that's for sure.
Sofia Vitoria is a Portuguese singer who represented her country at 2004 Eurovision with "Foi Magia". She did not qualify for the first ever semi final.
Tereza Kerndlova is an Czech singer who represented her country in the 2008 Eurovision with the song "Have Some Fun". She failed to qualify from the semi final. She's also one of my biggest muses at the moment.
Tina Karol is an Ukrainian-Jewish singer who represented Ukraine in 2006 Eurovision with "Show Me Your Love". She qualified for the semi final and cracked the Top 10.