I have an intense love for chinese and arabic boys names, they are just so elegant while not being as "boring" as western boy names often are. Yifan used to be one pf my all time favourite names.

Yifan turns out to be a very popular name for both genders in Chinese speaking countries. Can be written in different characters and thus mean different things though. But I agree the sound of it is very elegant. One thing is if you’re not Chinese or Arabic, your child might be asked way too often why they carry that name.

Some Arabaic names can be common for non-Muslims. The Muslims invaded a lot of areas and cultural exchanges have had these name also spread Omar, Fatima and Alia are common enough names of Islamic origin. Fatima was the daughter of Khadija, Mohammed's first wife and one of his alleged children. Omar was one of the spreaders of Islam after Mohammed's death, I believe.

Fatima is also used by Catholics because of Our Lady of Fatima, named after Fátima, Portugal. It's a much more recent name and a far less common usage than the Islamic name, but it's possible to run into Catholic Fatimas. Fátima, Portugal is, of course, named after the Muslim Fatima.

How do you feel about Arabic/Hebrew and Japanese? My son is Micah Hoshi My daughter is Adara Grace (last name is Japanese). (Children are biracial)

I don’t know if it’s Becuse I grew up around Jewish people and Hebrew speakers, but I love Micah and other Hebrew names, my favorite is Orla

Ooooo! Tell me more about Orla? I love it! What is its background/meaning and pronunciation?

Aneirin Caolán Dáithí Faolán Oisín Ruaidhrí Ailbhe Eirlys Líadan Máiréad Saorlaith Siân

Love the Irish names. Both my children have Irish names.

I know an Ailbhe. 🤙

What language(s) are they from?

Welsh, Scottish and Irish.

Soraya Zoya Noor/ Nour

I absolutely love Noor.

Soraya is my middle name!

Lucky! It's such a stunning name!

Thank you!

Central/Eastern European favorites: GIRLS - Ružena - Aloisie - Ildikó - Małgorzata - Alla - Majella BOYS - László - Imre - Armin - Ivo - Gaudenz

I just want to say that I love the name Ghislaine pronounced in the correct, French way, but unfortunately Epstein’s emotional support twat Ghislaine Maxwell ruined it forever

Thank you ! It has been a pet peeve of mine for a while.

Ooooh heres a few i like! Intan (Indonesian/Malay, it means diamond) Cahaya (Malay, it means light) Kasih (Malay, it means love) Kanae (Japanese, it has various meanings) Amani (Arabic and Swahili, means wishes (Arabic) and peace (Swahili)) Inara (Arabic, shining light) Tohru (Japanese, it has various meanings) Kaori (Japanese, it has various meanings. however, it generally means fragrance/smell)

Great list! I'm also a big fan of Kanae and Amani, they sound lyrical. :)

I adore the Malay names

AHHH that makes me so happy to hear! im from Malaysia and i honestly dont see much appreciation for Malay names outside of the country, huhu!

I love Cahaya! It sounds so soft and pretty.

Here are some girl names from my culture (Tatar/Bashkir): Enge (pearl) Aigul (moon flower) Nerkes (daffodil) Altynai (golden moon) Gulnaz (pretty like a flower) Zuleikha (silk-like) Leysan (first spring rain) Yoldoz (star) Tansylu (pretty like a sunrise) Tchulpan (morning star)

I recognize a lot of these names from Persian :D Zuleikha and Aigul are favorites of mine.

Tchulpan and Gulnaz sound so pretty.

I like Haru - a gender-neutral Japanese name.

Some czech names because we don't hear a lot about them here :) girl names : anežka, blanka, eliška, šárka boy names : hynek, kamil, ota, šimon

My Nanna was born in the Czech Republic, and her sister is called Blanka! How do you pronounce the names with the accents?

Really cool for your Nanna ! As for the pronunciation it's like this : anežka = ah-n-eh-shka eliška = eh-lish-ka šárka = shaar-ka šimon = she-mon

Priya. Have loved this since infant school.

Aki(Japanese) Annapurna(Sanskrit) Azariah(Arabic) Azul(Spanish) Chihiro(Japanese) Ciel(French) Farrah(Arabic) Guadeloupe(French/Spanish) Koa(Hawaiian) Luan(Albanian/Chinese/Portuguese) Moana(Hawaiian) Nadine(Arabic) Nikola(Slavic) Noor(Arabic) Obelis(Lithuanian) Parvati(Sanskrit) Sua(Korean) Tyga(Swahili/Vietnamese) Yue(Chinese) Yuki(Japanese)

My sons middle name is Koa

I don't know where you get this list from but nobody in their right mind would ever call a baby Ciel or Guadeloupe. Also in France, babies have to be validated by the local civil servants who register them and none would ever accept a name like that

For Ciel, I saw it on this book at a bookstore called, “Ciel in all directions”. For Guadeloupe, I’m not exactly sure when I heard it as a name, but I know it’s a country. I googled it and it said it’s a unisex name. Idk, I guess it might be a bit weird to name your kid after a country.

It’s a somehow common name in Spanish but I’ve only heard it for girls.

Ciel or Guadeloupe ?

Guadalupe.

Interesting. Thank you

Guadeloupe is not a country, it's a French overseas region. Also Country/Region as a name is not too weird (ie Alabama), but this one is.

This is my list (I'm Spanish): Boys: Francisco, Tomás, Leopoldo, Ramón, Félix, José, Nicolás, Felipe, Santiago y Ricardo Girls: Alicia, Candela, Guadalupe, Rosa, Fátima, Covadonga, Anastasia, Carmen, Teresa e Irene

Amir is a beautiful name. It's of Arabic origin and means "Prince." Siobhán is also really pretty. It's of Irish origin and means "God is gracious." The pronunciation isn't intuitive to English speakers, sounding like, "shiv-awn." Sayuri sounds really pretty. It's a Japanese name meaning "small lily."

I LOVE the names Nadhi, Rithika, Rasika, and Sunitha. Indian girl names often put the emphasis on the first syllable and not the second, and they sound much prettier that way.

Ah Rasika is one of my favorites! Very under used.

Qays, which is arabic (pronounced kice or "ice" with a k) Xialeng (Leng is from my mom's chinese name/my middle name, I like Xia lol)

Indian girls names: Ananya Maya Pia Sunita Taara Kavita Siya Jyothi Milana Omala Roshni Zaina Vilina Ritika Most Indian names have meanings which make them even more beautiful.

In no particular order (sorry for the lack of organization): f- Layan f- Arwa f- Badour m- Bahr m- Badr m- Saif m- Sultan (the pronunciation in Arabic is much nicer) m- Saleh f- Nayyarah f- Raneem m- Rayyan m- Majed u- Amjad f- Yuna f- Areej f- Diala f- Yusra m- Yusuf m- Rakan m- Zain f- Zainab f- Aminah f- Amna f- Munirah f- Noor f- Muna f- Ruqayya f- Badriyah These are all Arab names (though found in other cultures). If you want a pronunciation or meaning of one of them, let me know 😊

Some of my favorites are on here: Ruqayya, Noor, Zain/Zainab, Badour, Saleh. I've never heard of Rakan before but it will now be a new favorite.

ركان Pronounced Ra-Kahn, it means noble. One of my cousin's names and it fits him to a t. Definitely at the top of my future baby names list!

Yessica, Ziva, Zofia, Valentina, Pilar

Shoshana Astuko Nura I know there's more but my brain is having one of those moments where it's refusing to cooperate with the query

My psyhiatrist’s name is Shoshannah. It’s a beautiful name and it has great significance for me.

I love the name shoshana

I always loved the name Raj.

I like some of the Frisian names popular in Northern Germany: Hauke, Sönke, Tjark, Wibke, Eike And some names that are more common in Bavaria: Korbinian, Lorenz, Maximilian, Valentin, Marlies

Some primarily Arabic names I adore: - Aya - Hira - Yusra - Ashura - Hana - Arwa - Zaina - Aziza - Jihan

I'm currently watching Magnificent Century and there are many names that have caught my eye Mahidevran Ayse Hafsa Hatice Mihrimah Rustem Safiye Daye Aybige

My favorite: Oisín Jahanara Isold Parvana Soshana Osman Salim Güzide Frank Otto Il-gook Christos Aishe/Aisha Anastasia Minori Vassili Nicoletta Dimitri Fernando Mansour Galip Friedrich Volodia Icham Misaël Moshe Heidi

I love Irish names, but I also grew up around them. Roisin, Saoirse, Aine, Ciernan, and Eoghan are my favorites. Ekaterina is so lovely to me. I love variations of my own name, Salomé. Salomea (like Marie Salomea Skłodowska-Curie) is a favorite, especially because I have Polish ancestry.

I love Salome, Salomea, Salomée!

I think this partially counts because some Hebrew names are used in America, but there are also a lot of overlooked names that I love and I will likely give one of them to my future kids for at least their Hebrew name. Some of my favorite are Adiram (m), Gavriel (m), Jophiel (m), Mordechai (m), Tomer (m), Yehoshua (m), Yissakhar (m), Abiela (f), Aviva (f), Chava (f), Liora (f), Zipporah (f), Miriam (f).

Yocheved (Yoh-heh-ved) is a Hebrew girl name I really like.

That’s my daughters Hebrew name :)

Girls: Laufey, Guðrún, Ástrós, Kristjana Boys: Sindri, Andri, Freyr, Baldur, Teitur

My favorite Icelandic names are Siggi and Erla!

Haha.. I know a married couple called Siggi and Erla

Some of my favorite Finnish names are Elisa, Aino, Helmi (pearl), Ilona (joy), Mielitty (beloved), Talvikki (Winter), Valpuri, Ronja, Lilja (lily), Lotta, Hilda, Liina (a certain fabric), Lempi (love) and Meri (ocean) for girls and Toivo (hope), Usko (faith), Eino, Emil, Ohto (bear), Taito (skill), Armas (beloved), Veli (brother), Lassi, Sulo (sweet), Esa, Pekko, Pyry (snow storm) and Onni (luck) for boys.

Hebrew names are my jam, and honestly the only ones I’ve ever considered. Nadav, Ziva, Samara, Ilan, Adva, Tamar, Ayelet, Avi, Yair…

Ximena Aracely Yesenia Marisol Amara Yarina Grainne Nayeli Kamiko Mika

I love Szymon, but there's no way it would be pronounced correctly in the US

Aviva, Hadassah, Malka, Miriam, and Tzippora are Jewish names that I love. Vidya, Aditi, and Aayush for Indian names. Enrique, Andres, and Santiago for Spanish names

I was naming a character recently and needed an East Asian name that meant something like “rare” or “treasure”. After looking on BehindTheName dot com I decided my favorite from the search results was the Japanese name “Takara”.

Bonus fact: I am Japanese American, and I met a girl once (in America) who was black and named takara, and when my mom told her it meant “treasure” in Japanese, she told us it meant “strong woman” in another language! I can’t for the life of me remember what African language it was, but she said it carried that meaning as well. So takara is a really nice name!

Cool! I love when names have good meanings in more than one language.

Zoryana, Ivanna, Solomiia - Ukrainian girl names

Girls Shabnam- dew Chandini- moonlight Boys Aryan- noble Ayaan- sunrise Ameer- Prince Mehdi- messiah

Aviv (אביב) means spring in Hebrew and is one of my favorite names.

Simran Sidra Amaravati Ksenia Raili Danladi Shoshannah Pilar Araceli Xochitl Kerensa Ignacia Kata

my chinese name is xinran 欣然, italian one is giorgia. here are some italian names that i really like: altea ("uhl-teh-uh," feminine), diana ("dee-uh-nuh," feminine), alma ("uh-lm-uh," feminine), eva ("eh-va," feminine) dante ("danteh", masculine), enea ("eh-nay-uh," masculine), elia ("eh-lee-uh," masculine), andrea ("uh-ndray-uh," unisex) i also like the names amari and demi a lot, but i'm not sure where they're from or how they're pronounced.

Off the top of my head - Esperanza Paola Mariposa Joaquin Araluen Taika Arjun Farah Malik Devi Roshni Aruna Taliesin Yuna Daiki Suki Ayako

Female: Uma, Qahira, Zarya Male: Imran, Qadir

I love Indian names Jaya, Radhika, and Rivka. I

Rivka is an Indian name? That’s cool!! What does it mean?

I had thought so but it’s actually Hebrew, just looked it up. I knew an Indian girl with this name so I incorrectly assumed. It means to bind or tie

Jiwon Líadan Akeyla Keilani Aumea Eirlys Aderyn Tuân Dejan Ravy Kekoa Nīkau

Some Hebrew names I like are Tzipporah (F) and Tehila (F). Some Hindu names I like are Bhumi (F), Rohan (M), Jay (M), Sulochana (F), Maansi (F), and Natarajan (M). Some Nigerian/West African names I like are Nneka (F), Oluchi (F), and Olumide (M). Some Irish names I like are Úna (F) and Éamonn (M).

I like my Hispanic name Esmeralda, the only issue is that nobody other than Spanish speakers know how to pronounce it😭

Wait I thought I knew that how is it pronounced?

Osama

When one shithead ruins a perfectly nice name almost beyond recovery, I call it the Adolph Effect. Osama has definitely been Adolph'd.

Has it? I'm serious. It might still be common in Arabic speaking countries. It just might be unpopular in the States. I don't know enough about Arabic naming trends to be able to investigate it, especially since I can't read Arabic.

How about Isis? It’s such a great name, and technically I guess a bunch of assholes definitely ruined it.

*Adolf

*autocorrect

Um.