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[Opinions] Non English names from my year
I noticed another person's thread about this garnered some interest, so I thought why not do it with people I went to high school with?
Names that can be English are included if they're fairly rare in English. I added siblings if I know them. Saron
Dora
Ulises
Muram
Ishan
Sofia (sister named Barbara)
Lucia
Ada (pron. Ah-duh)
Bixuan (went by Jenni)
Jia Yi
Zhi Chao
Shamus
Saoirse
Jardel
Aixa (sister named Giana)
Yaritza (nn Yari)
Puja
Yasmeen
Giulia
Karina (twin sister named Maria; brothers named Luciano and Alessandro)
Isadora
Nuha
Nensi (sisters named Wendi and Juna)
Kaja
Jiahao (went by Larry)
Kinh
Najla
Zameilun (nn Zam)
Yeun (pron. Yay-un) (sister named Reika)
Thao (brother named Anthony)
Tien
Tu
Tam
Rong Rong
Bridget
Emeka (went by Isaac)
Mohamed
Yasmine
Wenhao
Jameelah
Andreas
Saiyaz
Han Jin (went by John)
Ariane (sister named Claire)
Elisabeth (nn Elsa; she is Greek) (sister named Parthenia nn Nina)
Eoin (brother named Declan, sister named Clodagh)
Khang
Tuananh
Jinghu
Colm
Ruqiya
Dahua (went by Derek)
Lukas (pron. Lu-kahsh)
Ciara (pron. Keera)
Duy
Long
Vikram
Maeve
Bryn
Giovannie (nn Gio; Hispanic, not Italian)
Hao
Marivic
Puneeth
Xuan (went by Linda)
Rameen
Sebastien (siblings, twins, named Ariana and Alistaire)
Rafael
Aliza (pron. Uh-lee-za)(siblings named Leah and Gregory)
Ziliang (nn Zi)
Vladislav (nn Vlad)
Wilnyde
Chengfeng (nn Cheng)
Cliodna (nn Clio)
Cai Ying (went by Betty)
Mahlet (sister named Ruth)
Salma
Maguire (nn Maggie) (although I realize the using-Irish-surnames-as-given-names thing is uniquely American)
Ilianeliz (nn Ili)
Alejandra (nn Al)
Weijun (went by Sabrina)
Brenda (she is Dominican) (brother named Michael)
Hoaidu (went by Dominic)
Minh (sister named Cindy)
Nhan (pron. Nan)
Krisjanis (nn Kris) (sister named Ariana)
Javiera (nn Avi)
Zhanpeng
Hong
Mario (African American, not Italian)
Boyi
Zhuoning (went by Andrew)
Haiyang
Ming
Hyei In
Zannatul (nn Zannat)
Xiyu (went by Luke)
Qiaomei (went by Jenny)Also I'm not sure if these are still considered non-assimilated, but there were also people named Sean, Kevin, Aidan, Gavin, Trevor, Connor, and Liam. There were like five or six Kevins and none were Irish, and one of the Seans was Vietnamese.
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I like these:Saron
Dora-already English
Sofia
Lucia-already English
Ada-already an English name
Saoirse
Aixa
Yaritza (nn Yari)
Karina (twin sister named Maria; brothers named Luciano and Alessandro)
Isadora
Kaja
Najla
Zameilun (nn Zam)
Tu
Andreas
Ariane (sister named Claire)
Elisabeth-this is already an English name. I like Parthenia.
Ruqiya
Vikram
Maeve
Rameen-Assyrian? Grew up with some Assyrian girls named Ramina
Sebastien
Ziliang (nn Zi)
Vladislav (nn Vlad)
Cliodna (nn Clio)
Cai Ying (went by Betty)
Mahlet (sister named Ruth)
Maguire (nn Maggie) (although I realize the using-Irish-surnames-as-given-names thing is uniquely American)-not really, this occurs in the UK, Canada, Australia and even IrelandBrenda-this is an English name thoughJaviera (nn Avi)
Zannatul (nn Zannat)
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