More Olympic names! More, I say! Which of these get a gold medal?
Male
Bence (Hungary)
Beni (Burundi) — cute little Ben- variants, these 2
Caio (Brazil)
Cedric (France) — why isn't Cedric more popular in the US?
Chatchai (Thailand)
Edvald (Norway)
Ek (Thailand) — hard to find an appealing 2-letter name, but I really like Ek. It's fun to say. Ek ek ek ek
Grega (Slovenia)
Ibrahima (Senegal)
Ibrahima (Senegal)
Juozas (Lithuania)
Keerati (Thailand)
Liemarvin (Independent Olympic athlete)
Linus (Germany) — his surname is Butt. That's funny
Lorys (France)
Onan (Spain)
Renan (Belarus)
Shea (USA)
Tariku (Ethiopia)
Vullnet (Switzerland)
Yowlys (Cuba) — between Lorys and Yowlys, I'm feeling the "-ys" ending for a boy
Female
Almensh (Belgium)
Amina (Sudan)
Anahit (Armenia)
Ancuta (Romania)
Anqi (China)
Aude (France)
Beata (Poland)
Bebey (Cameroon)
Carina (Germany)
Caterin (Chile)
Clemence (France)
Cleopatra (Trinidad & Tobago)
Coralie (France)
Dailin (Cuba)
Dotsie (USA) — cutesie
Fanny (France)
Fionnuala (Ireland)
Iga (Poland)
Ioulietta (Greece) — love the look of this Juliet variant
Kaltoum (Morocco)
Laurence (France)
Madonna (Australia)
Matelita (Fiji) — pretty
Monia (Italy)
Neide (Angola)
Oiana (Spain)
Olia (Australia)
Paule (France)
Pernille (Denmark) — Pernille's really growing on me
Rushlee (New Zealand)
Sinivie (Nigeria)
Sona (Czech Republic)
Spela (Slovenia)
Talita (Jordan)
Tanoh (Côte d'Ivoire)
Tine (Denmark)
Ursa (Slovenia)
Willemijn (Netherlands)
Pernille is growing on me too
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad to see Laurence on a girl! <3
ReplyDeleteI like Caio, Edvald and Lorys for boys.
ReplyDeleteFrom the ladies list I like Beata in particular, but also Aude, Clemence, Cleopatra, Laurence, Oiana, Sinivie and Ursa. For Oiana and Anahit I prefer Oihana and Anahita, but Oiana is very pretty as well :)
Gold medals to Cedric and Pernille (Pernille is adorable!)
ReplyDeleteSilver medals to Shea and Coralie.
Bronze medals to Edvald and Talita.
Anqi looks like an alternate spelling of Anchee, as in the author Anchee Min. In her book Red Azalea, she said she was "named after the sound of jade." (Why yes, I remember random details if they relate to names!)
ReplyDeleteMy favorite new names here are: Caterin, Ioulietta (agreed), Matelita, Talita.
And for boys: Caio, Tariku,
Onan is a very negative Biblical name, so I'm shocked that it was used.