Usual Nickname, Unexpected Name--Rory

Yes, yes, I know: Rory isn't a nickname; it's a full boys' name. But, thanks at least partially to Gilmore Girls, Rory is increasingly common on girls, both as a full name and as a nickname for Lorelei.

Boys:

• Aurelio (ow-RAY-lee-oh, Italian, Spanish)--from Latin, "golden". Other forms include Aurélien (oh-ray-lee-AWN, French), Aurélio (ow-RAY-lee-oh, Portuguese) & Aurelius (aw-RAY-lee-us, or-EE-lee-us, Latin).
• Florian (FLOH-ree-ahn, Danish, French, German, Polish, Swedish)--Italian form is Floriano (floh-ree-AH-noh).
• Gregory (GREG-oh-ree, English)--from ancient Greek, "watchful". Other forms include Gregorius (Latin), Gregorio (greh-GOH-ree-oh, Italian, Spanish), Grigore (gree-GOR-eh, Romanian), and Grigoriy (gree-GOR-ee, Russian).
• Horatio (hoh-RAY-shee-oh, English)--other forms include Horacio (oh-RAH-see-oh, Spanish), Horatius (hoh-RAH-tee-us, hor-AY-shus, Latin), and Orazio (oh-RAHTZ-yoh, Italian).
• Laurence (LAW-rens, LOR-ens, English)--also spelled Lawrence. Other forms include Laurynas (lor-EE-nas, Lithuanian) and Laurentius (law-REN-tee-us, lor-EN-shus, Latin).
• Maurice (moh-REES, French; mor-REES, MOR-is, English)--other forms include Mauricio (mow-REE-see-oh, Spanish), Mauritius (maw-REE-tee-us, mor-ISH-us, Latin), Maurizio (mow-REE-zee-oh, Italian), and Maurycy (mow-RITS-ih, Polish).
• Rörik (ROH-rik, Swedish)--form of Roderick, from Germanic "famous power". Other forms include Rodrigue (rohd-REEG, French), Rodrigo (rohd-REE-goh, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish), Rorik (ROH-rik [Old] Danish), and Rurik (ROO-reek, Russian).
• Roland (ROH-land, English; roh-LAWND, French)--other forms include Orlando (ohr-LAHN-doh, Italian), Loránd (LOH-rahnd, Hungarian), Lóránt (LOH-rahnt, Hungarian), Rolando (roh-LAHN-doh, Italian, Portuguese), Roldán (rohl-DAHN, Spanish), and Roldão (ROHL-dow, Portuguese).

Girls:

• Aurelia (ow-RAY-lee-ah, Spanish, Italian; or-REE-lee-ah, English)--feminine of Aurelio. Other forms include Aurélia (ow-RAY-lee-ah, Portuguese), Aureliana (ow-ray-lee-AH-nah, Italian), Aurélie (oh-ray-LEE, French), and Aurélienne (oh-ray-lee-EN, French).
• Aurora (ah-ROR-ah, English; ow-ROH-rah, Danish, German, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Swedish, Spanish; OW-roh-rah, Finnish)--from Latin "dawn". French form is Aurore (oh-ROHR).
• Dolores (doh-LOHR-es, English, Spanish)
• Florence (FLOR-ens, English; floh-RAWNS, French)--from Latin, "flourishing". Other forms include Florencia (floh-REN-see-ah, Spanish), Florentia (floh-REN-tee-ah, flor-EN-shah, Latin), Florentina (floh-ren-TEE-nah, German, Romanian, Spanish), and Fiorenza (fee-oh-REN-tsah, Italian).
• Floriane (floh-ree-AN, French)--from Latin, "flower". Feminine of Florian. Other forms include Floriana (floh-ree-AH-nah, Italian), Florina (floh-REE-nah, Romanian), and Florinda (floh-REEN-dah, Portuguese, Spanish).
• Gloria (GLOH-ree-ah, English, German, Italian, Spanish, Swedish)--other forms include Glória (GLOH-ree-ah, Portuguese), Gloriana (glor-ee-AN-ah, English; gloh-ree-AH-nah, Spanish), and Gloriela (gloh-ree-EL-ah, Spanish).
• Laurencia (law-REN-see-ah, lor-EN-shah, English)--feminine of Laurence. Other forms include Laurence (loh-RAWNS, French), Laurentia (law-REN-tee-ah, lor-EN-shah, Latin), Laurentina (law-ren-TEE-nah, Latin), Laurentine (loh-rawn-TEEN, French), Lorena (loh-REE-nah, English), and Lorenza (loh-REN-tsah, Italian; loh-REN-sah, Spanish).
• Liora (lee-oh-rah, Hebrew)--"my light". Another form is Liorit (lee-oh-reet). 
• Mallory (MAL-oh-ree, English)
• Marjorie (MAR-jor-ree, English)--form of Margaret
• Oriana (oh-ree-AH-nah, Italian)--from Latin "gold". French form is Oriane (oh-ree-AN).
• Regnora (reng-NOR-ah, Norwegian, Swedish)
• Roberta (rah-BERT-ah, English; roh-BEHT-tah, Danish, Italian, Spanish, Swedish)
• Rolanda (roh-LAHN-dah, Italian, Spanish)--feminine of Roland. Another form is Orlanda (or-LAHN-dah, Italian). 
• Rosaria (roh-SAH-ree-ah, Italian)--from Latin, "rosary". Other forms include Rosario (roh-SAH-ree-oh, Spanish), Rosário (roh-SAH-ree-oh, Portuguese), and Rosaire (roh-ZEHR, French).
• Rosemary (ROHZ-mehr-ee, English)--other forms include Rosemarie (ROH-zeh-mah-ree, German; rohz-meh-REE, English, ROHZ-mah-ree, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish).

Disney Princesses

....and princes...and other main people.....Let's just go with "Heroes & Heroines". Why limit ourselves?
This isn't going to be your usual Disney list, though--instead of the characters, I'm finding the names of the actors & actresses that voiced them.
Can you match your favorite character to his/her "real" name? ;)
(theatrical animated films only, not including Pixar)

Heroes:

1. Adam
2. Alex (Alexander)
3. Barrie
4. Bill (William)
5. Bob (George Robert)
6. Bobby (Robert)
7. Bradley
8. Brian
9. Bruce
10. Bruno
11. Christopher (2)
12. Corey
13. David
14. Dickie (Richard)
15. Grant
16. Hardie
17. Harry
18. Jeremy
19. Joaquin
20. Joey (Joseph)
21. John (3)
22. Jonathan (2)
23. Jordan
24. Joseph
25. Keith
26. Kurt
27. Larry (Lawrence)
28. Matthew
29. Mel
30. Michael
31. Mickey
32. Phil (Wonga Phillip)
33. Robby (Robin)
34. Rod (Rodney)
35. Ryan
36. Scott (2)
37. Tate
38. Tom (Thomas)
39. Tony (Anthony)
40. Zachary

Heroines:

1. Adriana
2. Anika
3. Barbara
4. Cammie (Eleanore Cammack)
5. Cate (Catherine)
6. Cree
7. Daveigh
8. Demi
9. Eva (two roles)
10. Idina
11. Ilene
12. Irene
13. Jodi
14. Kathryn (also two roles)
15. Kristen
16. Linda
17. Mandy (Amanda)
18. Mary
19. Michelle
20. Miley
21. Ming-Na
22. Minnie (Amelia)
23. Moira
24. Monica
25. Niketa
26. Paige
27. Sandy (Sandra)
28. Sarah
29. Susan (2)

Plants in Other Languages

Floral and other plant names are again having a heyday--Lily, Violet, Jasmine, Hazel, Willow, Ivy, etc. The boys are even getting into it with Rowan, Reed, and Sage. And while there's certainly no dearth of uncommon alternatives, I still thought it'd be fun to look at translations of the 12 most common plant names (ignoring the obvious cognates, like Lilja or Yasmin, because I need to save space!)
*Asterisks indicate the name is already in use in that language, and, unless otherwise indicated, feminine.


Lily

• Azucena (ah-soo-SEH-nah)--Spanish*
• Lelie (LAY-lee)--Dutch
• Lelija (LEL-ee-yah)--Lithuanian
• Lys (LEES)--French
• Nari (nah-ree)--Korean*
• Shoshana (shoh-shah-nah)--Hebrew* [also spelled Shoshannah]
• Sousan (soo-SAHN)--Persian* [also can be transliterated as Soosan or Susan]
• Yuri (yoo-ree)--Japanese*

Violet

• Fialka (fee-AHL-kah)--Czech, Russian, Slovak
• Fjóla (FYOH-lah)--Icelandic*
• Jincai (jin-kye)--Mandarin [*a male name, but with different characters/meaning]
• Ibolya (EE-boy-yah)--Hungarian*
• Orvokki (OR-vok-kee)--Finnish*
• Sigalit (see-gah-leet)--Hebrew*
• Sumire (soo-mee-reh)--Japanese*
• Waireti (WYE-reh-tee)--Maori*
• Ziluolan (zee-loo-oh-lahn)--Mandarin

Jasmine

• Giasemí (yah-seh-MEE)--Greek
• Iasomie (yah-SOHM-yay)--Romanian
• Matsuri (maht-soo-ree)--Japanese*
• Melati (meh-LAH-tee)--Indonesian*
• Moli (moh-lee)--Mandarin ["jasmine"]
• Molihua (moh-lee-hwah)--Mandarin ["jasmine flower"]

Hazel

• Aveleira (ah-veh-LEHR-ah)--Portuguese
• Avellano (ah-veh-YAH-noh)--Spanish
• Calltainn (KAHL-ten)--Scottish
• Coll (KAHL)--Irish
• Collen (CAH-hlen)--Welsh
• Corylus (KOR-ee-lus)--Latin
• Lazda (LAHZ-dah)--Latvian
• Leska (LEH-skah)--Slovene
• Líska (LEES-kah)--Czech
• Nocciolo (noh-CHYOH-loh)--Italian [accented on the first syllable, means "core" or "kernel"]

Willow

• Arava (ah-rah-VAH)--Hebrew* [also means "prairie"]
• Helygen (hel-IG-en)--Welsh
• Itiá--(ee-tee-AH)--Greek
• Íva (EE-vah)--Russian
• Liu (lee-oo)--Chinese [*surname]
• Paju (PAH-yoo)--Estonian, Finnish*
• Saule (SOLE)--French
• Selje (SEL-yeh)--Norwegian [also the name of a Norwegian city, probably of different origin]
• Varba (VUR-bah)--Bulgarian
• Verba (VUR-bah)--Ukrainian
• Vide (VEE-deh)--Swedish* [masculine]
• Víðir (VEE-deer)--Icelandic* [masculine]
• Weida (VYE-deh)--German [also means "pasture"]
• Yanagi (yah-nah-gee)--Japanese [*surname]

Ivy

• Edera (EH-dehr-ah)--Italian
• Eidheann (AY-yen)--Scottish
• Eidhneán (EYE-nan)--Irish
• Hedera (HED-ehr-ah)--Latin
• Hera (EHR-ah)--Portuguese
• Heura (ay-OOR-ah)--Catalan
• Hiedra (YEH-drah)--Spanish
• Iederă (YEH-deh-rah)--Romanian
• Lierre (lee-EHR)--French
• Muratti (MOOR-at-tee)--Finnish

Daisy

• Bellis (BEL-lis)--Latin [also means "wars" (dat/abl) or "pretty" (pl dat/abl)]
• Hinanit (khin-ahn-EET)--Hebrew
• Madelief (mah-deh-LEEF)--Dutch*
• Margaritka (mar-gar-IT-kah)--Bulgarian
• Margaritka (mar-gar-EET-kah)--Russian, Macedonian
• Marguerite (mar-geh-REET)--French*
• Neòinean (NAW-nen)--Scottish
• Nóinín (NOH-uh-neen)--Irish

Rose

• Gül (GOOL)--Turkish* [short 'oo', similar to English foot]
• Ruža (ROO-zhah)--Croatian*, Serbian*
• Trojánda (troh-YAHN-dah)--Ukrainian
• Vered (veh-red)--Hebrew*
• Warda (WAR-dah)--Arabic*
• Yueji (yoo-eh-jee)--Mandarin

Rowan 

• Caorthann (KWEHR-an)--Irish
• Cerddinen (kehr-THEE-nen)--Welsh [hard 'th', like in the]
• Eberesche (eh-beh-RESH-eh)--German
• Jarebika (yah-REH-bee-kah)--Croatian, Serbian
• Pihlaja (PEE-hlah-yah)--Finnish [*shortened form Pihla is used as a name]
• Reynir (RAY-neer)--Icelandic* [masculine]
• Sorveira (sohr-VAY-rah)--Portuguese
• Tis (TEES)--Persian

Iris

• Ayame (ah-yah-meh)--Japanese*
• Perunika (peh-ROO-nee-kah)--Croatian, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovene

Olive

• Azeitona (ah-zay-TOH-nah)--Portuguese
• Elaía (el-EYE-ah)--Ancient Greek
• Eliá (el-YAH)--Greek
• Maslina (mahs-LEE-nah)--Bulgarian
• Maslina (MAHS-lee-nah)--Russian, Serbian
• Maslyna (mahs-LEE-nah)--Ukrainian
• Oliven (oh-LEE-ven)--Danish, Norwegian, Swedish
• Ulli (OO-lee)--Albanian
• Zaituni (zye-TOO-nee)--Swahili*
• Zayit (zah-YEET)--Hebrew
• Zaytun (zay-TOON)--Arabic
• Zeituni (zay-TOO-nee)--Swahili*
• Zeytun (zay-TOON)--Persian

Reed

• Ashi (ah-shee)--Japanese
• Cana (KAH-nah)--Portuguese
• Canya (KAHN-yah)--Catalan
• Kaisla (KYE-slah)--Finnish*
• Kalami (kah-LAH-mee)--Greek
• Kamýsh (kah-MEESH)--Russian
• Nendrė (NEN-dray)--Lithuanian
• Ney (NAY)--Persian
• Qasaba (KAH-suh-bah)--Arabic [also means "town"]
• Rákosí (RAH-koh-see)--Czech
• Roseau (roh-zoh)--French
• Siv (SEEV)--Danish, Norwegian [*used as a name, but from a different derivation]
• Yoshi (yoh-shee)--Japanese [*unisex name, but with different kanji/meaning(s)]