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Sunday, October 9, 2011

International Names (Girls)

Yet again, my boys' list ran too long for something. So, in continuation--here's a list of girls' names used, recognizable, and mostly pronounced the same throughout the Western world. Perfect for the little future world traveller, or multi-national corporation CEO.

  • Ada (AY-dah, AH-dah)
  • Adelina (ah-deh-LEE-nah)
  • Adriana, Adrianna (ah-dree-AHN-ah, ay-dree-AN-nah)
  • Agata (ah-GAH-tah)
  • Agnes (AG-nes, ahg-NES)
  • Albina (ahl-BEE-nah)
  • Aleksandra, Alexandra (ahl-eks-AN-drah)
  • Alina (ah-LEE-nah)--Bonus! It's a name in Arabic, too!
  • Amalia (ah-MAL-yah)
  • Amanda (ah-MAN-dah, ah-MAHN-dah)
  • Amelia (ah-MEEL-yah, ah-MEH-lee-ah)
  • Ana, Anna (AH-nah, AN-nah)
  • Andrea, Andreia, Andreja (AN-dree-ah, ahn-DREH-ah)
  • Angela (AN-jel-ah, AHN-jel-ah, AHN-gel-ah)
  • Angelina (an-jel-EE-nah, ahn-GEH-lee-nah)
  • Anita (ah-NEE-tah)
  • Anne (AN, AHN-neh)
  • Anica, Anika, Anneke, Annika (AH-nik-ah)
  • Antonia (ahn-TOH-nyah)
  • Augusta (aw-GUS-tah, au-GOOS-tah)
  • Aurora (aw-RO-rah)
  • Barbara (BAHR-bar-ah)
  • Beata (beh-AH-tah)
  • Berta (BEHR-tah)
  • Carla, Karla (KAHR-lah)
  • Carmen (KAHR-men)
  • Carolina, Karolina (kah-roh-LEE-nah, cair-oh-LYE-nah)
  • Cecilia (seh-SEEL-yah, seh-SIL-yah)
  • Christina, Kristina (kris-TEE-nah)
  • Clara, Klara (KLAIR-ah, KLAH-rah)
  • Claudia, Klaudia (KLAW-dee-ah, KLOW-dee-ah)
  • Cornelia (kor-NEE-lee-ah, kor-NEH-lee-ah)
  • Dalia (DAHL-yah, DAH-lee-ah)
  • Daniela, Daniella (dan-YEL-ah, dahn-YEH-lah)
  • Daria, Darija (DAHR-ee-ah)
  • Delia (DEEL-yah, DEHL-yah)
  • Diana (dye-AN-ah, dee-AHN-ah)
  • Dorothea, Dorotea, Doroteia, Doroteja (doh-roh-THEH-ah, doh-roh-TEH-ah)
  • Elena (EE-lehn-ah, ee-LEHN-ah)
  • Eleonora (eh-leh-oh-NOR-ah)
  • Ema, Emma (EM-mah, EE-mah)
  • Emilia (em-EEL-yah)
  • Erica, Erika (EHR-ik-ah, EE-ree-kah)
  • Ester, Esther (ES-ter, es-TEHR)
  • Eva (EH-vah, AY-vah)
  • Filimena, Filomena, Philomena (fil-loh-MEE-nah, fil-oh-MEHN-ah)
  • Filipa, Filippa, Philippa (FIL-lip-ah, FEE-lip-ah)
  • Fiona (fee-OH-nah)
  • Flora (FLOHR-ah)
  • Frida (FREE-dah)
  • Gabriela, Gabriella (gah-bree-EL-ah)
  • Gloria (GLOR-ee-ah, GLOR-yah)
  • Hannah, Hanna, Hanne (HAN-nah, HAH-nah)
  • Helena (hel-EH-nah)
  • Ida (EE-dah, EYE-dah)
  • Ilona (EE-loh-nah, ee-LOH-nah)
  • Ines, Inez (ee-NES, ee-NEZ)
  • Iolanda, Jolanda, Yolanda (yoh-LAHN-dah)
  • Irene (eye-REEN, ee-REH-ne)
  • Iris (EYE-ris, EE-ris)
  • Isabela, Isabella (iz-a-BEL-lah, ee-zah-BEL-lah)
  • Isadora, Isidora (iz-ah-DOR-ah, ee-sah-DOR-ah)
  • Jana, Janna (JAN-nah, YAHN-ah)
  • Jessica, Jessika, Gessika (JES-ih-kah, YES-ee-kah)
  • Johanna, Joanna (yoh-AHN-nah, joh-AN-nah)
  • Kamila, Kamilla, Camila, Camilla (kah-MEE-lah, kah-MIL-lah)
  • Karen, Karin (KAIR-en, KAH-ren)
  • Karina, Carina (kah-REE-nah)
  • Katarina, Katerina (kaht-ah-REE-nah)
  • Laura, Lora (LOHR-ah, LOW-rah)
  • Lea, Leah, Lia (LEH-ah, LEE-ah)
  • Lidia, Lidija, Lidiya, Lydia (LID-ee-ah, LEE-dee-ah)
  • Liliana (leel-YAHN-ah)
  • Linda (LIN-dah, LEEN-dah)
  • Lisa, Lise (LEE-sah)
  • Lorena (loh-REH-nah)
  • Luna (LOO-nah)
  • Magda (MAHG-dah)
  • Magdalena (mahg-dah-LEHN-ah)
  • Maia, Maja, Maya (MYE-ah)
  • Margareta (mar-gar-EH-tah)
  • Maria, Marija, Mariya (mahr-EE-ah, MAHR-yah)
  • Mariana, Marianna (mahr-ee-AHN-nah, mahr-ee-AN-nah)
  • Marika, Marike (mah-REE-kah)
  • Marina (mah-REE-nah)
  • Marta (MAHR-tah)
  • Martina (mahr-TEE-nah)
  • Mathilda, Matilda (mah-TIL-dah, mah-TEEL-dah)
  • Melania, Melanija (mel-AHN-yah)
  • Micaela, Michaela, Mikaela (mi-KAY-lah, mee-KYE-lah)
  • Milena (mee-LEH-nah)
  • Monica, Monika (MON-ih-kah, MOH-nee-kah)
  • Nadia, Nadja, Nadya (NAHD-yah, NAH-dee-ah)
  • Natalia, Nataliya, Natalija, Natalya (nat-AHL-yah)
  • Noa (noh-ah)
  • Olga (OHL-gah, OL-gah)
  • Olimpia, Olympia (oh-LEEM-pyah)
  • Olivia (oh-LIV-ee-ah, oh-LEE-vee-ah)
  • Paula (PAWL-ah, POW-lah)
  • Petra (PEH-trah)
  • Pia (PEE-ah)
  • Rebeca, Rebecca, Rebeka, Rebekka (reh-BEK-kah, ree-BEK-kah)
  • Renata (reh-NAH-tah)
  • Rita (REE-tah)
  • Romana (roh-MAH-nah)
  • Rosa, Roza (ROH-sah, ROH-zah)
  • Sabina (sah-BEE-nah)
  • Sara, Sarah (SAIR-ah, SAH-rah)
  • Silvia, Sylvia (SIL-vee-ah, SEEL-vyah)
  • Simona (see-MOH-nah)
  • Sofia, Sofiya, Sophia (soh-FEE-ah, zoh-FEE-ah)
  • Sonia, Sonja, Sonya (SOHN-yah, SAWN-yah)
  • Susana, Susanna, Susannah, Suzana (soo-ZAN-nah)
  • Tanja, Tanya (TAHN-yah)
  • Tatiana, Tatjana (taht-YAHN-ah)
  • Tekla (TEK-lah)
  • Teodora (te-oh-DOHR-ah)
  • Teresa, Tereza, Theresa (tehr-EE-sah, tehr-EH-sah, tehr-EH-zah)
  • Ursula (UR-soo-lah, oor-SOO-lah)
  • Valentina (vah-len-TEE-nah)
  • Valeria, Valerija, Valeriya (vah-LEHR-ee-ah)
  • Vera (VEHR-ah, VEER-ah)
  • Veronica, Veronika (vehr-ON-ik-ah, vehr-oh-NEE-kah)
  • Vilma (VEEL-mah, VIL-mah)

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