Idas & Aidas, Isas & Aisas

More short girls' names that travel well!
As usual, English is a bit of an oddball when it comes to pronunciation, so just assume all -ida names are "ee-dah" unless long-established in English, and the -aidas & -aisas are "ah-ee-dah" / "eye-dah" and "ah-ee-sah" / "eye-sah".  ;)
[it's literally been years, but I have done a few other lists of short, similar girls' names: Eias, Elas, & Elias; Ias, Inas, & Itas; Aias, Anas & Aras; Iras & Yras, Ilas & Ylas]

• Blida ([archaic] Swedish)
• Brida ([anglicized] Irish, Italian)
• Cida ([Brazilian] Portuguese)
• Dida (Danish, Swedish, Arabic, Romanian) [multiple derivations, masculine in Arabic]
• Fida (Arabic) [unisex]
• Frida (Scandinavian, Spanish, English)
• Friida (Finnish)
• Guida (Portuguese)
• Ida (English, German, Italian, Scandinavian, Russian, Dutch)
• Iida (Finnish)
• Lida (English, Russian, Scandinavian, Persian) [multiple derivations]
• Lída (Czech)
• Liida (Finnish)
• Nida (Arabic, Urdu, Turkish, Lithuanian, Scandinavian) [multiple derivations]
• Rida (Arabic) [masculine. Also, closer to "rid-ah" than "ree-dah"]
• Thida (Thai, Burmese) [separate derivations]
• Tida (Scandinavian)
• Vida (Hungarian, Slovene, Serbian, English, Persian) [multiple derivations, masculine in Hungarian]
• Yida (Mandarin) [unisex]

• Aida (really, everywhere) [multiple derivations]
• Daida (Spanish)
• Fraida (Yiddish)
• Gaida (Latvian)
• Laida (Spanish, Basque)
• Maida (Scandinavian, Bosnian, English) [multiple derivations, "may-dah" in English]
• Naida (Croatian, Bosnian, English, Spanish) [multiple derivations, usually "nay-dah" in English]
• Saida (Arabic, Scandinavian) [separate derivations]
• Smaida (Latvian)
• Taida (Serbian, Spanish, Swedish, Croatian, Polish, Latvian)
• Vaida (Lithuanian, Latvian)
• Zaida (Arabic)

• Brisa (Spanish)
• Chisa (Japanese)
• Cisa (Germanic mythology) [German pronunciation of -isa names is "ee-zah" rather than "ee-sah"]
• Dísa (Icelandic)
• Disa (Scandinavian)
• Gisa (German) 
• Hisa (Japanese)
• Iisa (Finnish)
• İsa (Turkish) [masculine]
• Isa (Arabic, Spanish, German, Scandinavian) [multiple derivations; masculine in Arabic]
• Kiisa (Finnish)
• Kisa (Danish, Japanese) [separate derivations, more common in fiction than IRL in Japanese]
• Liisa (Finnish, Estonian)
• Lísa (Icelandic)
• Lisa (all over the western world)
• Miisa (Finnish)
• Misa (Japanese, Scandinavian) [separate derivations; unisex in Scandinavia]
• Niisa (Finnish)
• Nisa (Turkish, Thai, Scandinavian) [separate derivations]
• Risa (Japanese, English, Scandinavian) [multiple derivations]
• Sisa (Quechua)
• Tisa (English, Serbian, Nepalese [Newar?]) [separate derivations]
• Viisa (Finnish)
• Vísa (Icelandic)
• Visa (Scandinavian) [unisex]
• Yisa (Nigerian [Edo?]) [masculine]
• Zisa (Germanic mythology, Yiddish) [separate derivations]

• Aisa (Scandinavian, Japanese, Greek mythology) [separate derivations]
• Caisa (Scandinavian)
• Faisa (Arabic, Swahili)
• Kaisa (Scandinavian, Estonian)
• Maisa (Scandinavian, Arabic, Portuguese, Spanish) [multiple derivations]
• Raisa (Arabic, Finnish, Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian) [multiple derivations]
• Taísa ([Brazilian] Portuguese)
• Taisa (Russian, Belarusian)
• Thaísa ([Brazilian] Portuguese, Spanish)

Enas, Onas, & Unas

I'm always on the lookout for names & name patterns that seem to transcend language barriers. For some reason, girls' names in particular seem to follow particular phonetic constructions (I partially blame Latin, but that can't be the only answer!).
I've already rounded up several lists, including two-syllable -ana names and -ina names, and I got to wondering if perhaps -ena, -ona, and -una names are "a thing" as well. Turns out: yes!
All are feminine, unless otherwise indicated.

[because English is an oddball in our pronunciation of -ena names--the rest of the world generally says "ay-nah" or "eh-nah"--I will be omitting English -ena names from this list, and instead promise to go back and add them into the aforementioned -ina names post ;) ]

• Eena (Finnish)
• Ena (Scandinavian, Bosnian, Croatian, [Anglicized] Irish, Japanese, Indian [Bengali?]) [separate derivations]
• Gena (Russian) [masculine]
• Hena (Yiddish)
• Jena (Scandinavian) [J said like English Y]
• Lena (all over the Western world) [multiple derivations]
• Meena (Finnish)
• Mena (Scandinavian)
• Neena (Finnish)
• Nena (Dutch, Scandinavian, Serbian, Spanish) [separate derivations]
• Rena/Reena (Scandinavian)
• Seena (Finnish)
• Sena (Scandinavian, Japanese, Turkish, Dutch) [separate derivations, unisex in Japanese]
• Stena ([archaic] Swedish)
• Svena ([archaic] Swedish)
• Tena (Croatian)
• Trena (Macedonian)
• Zdena (Czech)
• Zena (Scandinavian, Arabic) [separate derivations]

• Bona ([archaic] Italian, Swedish) [modernly more common as a surname in Italian]
• Chona (Philippine Spanish)
• Dona (Scandinavian)
• Frona (English)
• Giona (Italian) [masculine]
• Gona (Kurdish)
• Jóna (Icelandic) [J said like English Y]
• Jona (Scandinavian) [J said like English Y, unisex]
• Joona (Finnish) [J said like English Y, masculine]
• Kona (Greenlandic, Indian [Telugu?]) [separate derivations, masculine as an Indian name]
• Lona (Danish)
• Mona (English, Scandinavian, Arabic, German, Persian) [multiple derivations]
• Moona (Finnish)
• Nona (English, Latin, Scandinavian)
• Noona (Finnish)
• Ona (Catalan, Lithuanian) [separate derivations]
• Rhona (English, Scottish)
• Rona (English, Scottish, Hebrew, Scandinavian, Albanian) [multiple derivations]
• Shona ([anglicized] Scottish)
• Sona (Hindi, Turkmen, Armenian, Scandinavian) [separate derivations]
• Tona (English, Scandinavian)
• Zona (English)

• Bruna (Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Croatian, Scandinavian)
• Djuna (English)
• Dúna (Icelandic)
• Guna (Latvian, Indian [Tamil?]) [masculine as an Indian name]
• Húna (Icelandic)
• Juna (Dutch, Scandinavian) [J said like English Y]
• Juna (Japanese, English) [J said like English J, separate derivations]
• Kruna (Serbian, Croatian)
• Luna (all over the Western world)
• Muna/Mouna (Arabic)
• Rúna (Icelandic)
• Runa (Scandinavian, Bengali, Japanese) [separate derivations]
• Suna (Turkish, Scandinavian) [separate derivations]
• Teuna (Dutch)
• Úna (Irish)
• Una (English, Scandinavian, Bosnian, Croatian, Latvian) [multiple derivations]
• Uuna (Finnish)
• Yuna (Korean, Japanese, Breton) [separate derivations]
• Yuuna (Japanese)

Virtues in Other Languages (again)

Yes, I already have a post with this name, but it's really old, and has a bit of a different focus than my other "....in Other Languages" posts (plants, nature, love). So, keeping line with those, I've looked up translations of the 12 most common "virtue" names in the US.
*Asterisks indicate the name is already in use in that language, and unless otherwise stated, feminine.

Grace
[some mean 'grace' in the sense of "elegance"; some in the sense of "favor"; some both, like in English]

• Armo (AHR-moh)--Finnish* [masculine]
• Báj (BYE)--Hungarian
• Charis (KHAH-rees [rough 'kh', like the ch in 'Chanukah'])--Ancient Greek [*sometimes used as a name in Modern English] [ Χάρις ]
• Endian (en-dee-an)--Mandarin [ 恩典 ]
• Genade (khen-AH-deh)--Dutch
• Graça (GRAHS-ah)--Portuguese*
• Gracia (GRAHS-yah)--Spanish*
• Gratie (KHRAH-tsee)--Dutch
• Gratija (GRAHTS-ee-yah)--Bulgarian, Croatian*, Russian [ грация ]
• Grazia (GRAHTS-yah)--Italian*
• Hari (KHAH-ree)-- Greek [ χάρη ]
• Łaska (WAHS-kah)--Polish
• Minnat (min-NAHT)--Persian [ منت ]
• Nåde (NOH-deh [no real English equivalent for the å; somewhere between the o-sounds of 'odd' and 'ode'])--Norwegian

Serenity

• Galini (ghah-LEE-nee [rough 'gh', no English equivalent])--Greek [ γαλήνη ]
• Iremia (ee-rem-EE-ah)--Greek [ ηρεμία ]
• Liniște (LEE-nish-tay)--Romanian
• Safa (sah-FAH)--Arabic [*a name in Arabic, but from a slightly different derivation] [ صَفَاء ]
• Roga (roh-gah)--Hebrew [ רֹגַע‎ ]
• Ruhe (ROO-eh)--German
• Serenità (seh-reh-nee-TAH)--Italian
• Sérénité (say-ray-nee-tay)--French
• Shanti (SHAHN-tee)--Hindi* [ शांति ]

Faith

• Astha (AHST-hah)--Hindi* [ आस्था ]
• Creideamh (KRED-yeh)--Irish, Scottish
• Emuna (eh-moo-NAH)--Hebrew* [ אֱמוּנָה‎ ]
• Iman (EE-man, ee-MAHN)--Arabic* [ إِيمَان‎‎ ]
• Iman (ee-MAHN)--Persian* [masculine] [ ایمان‎ ]
• Trú (TROO)--Icelandic* 
• Usko (OOS-koh)--Finnish* [masculine]
• Vera (VYEHR-ah)--Russian* [ вера ]
• Víra (VEE-rah)--Czech

Harmony
[some in the sense of "agreement"; some in the sense of "musical combination"; some both]

• Armonia (ar-moh-NEE-ah)--Greek [ αρμονία ], Italian
• Armonía (ar-moh-NEE-ah)--Spanish
• Darna (DAHR-nah [rolled R])--Lithuanian
• Harmonia (har-MOHN-yah)--Polish
• Harmonia (ar-MOHN-yah)--Portuguese
• Harmonie (arm-on-EE)--French*
• Harmonie (har-moh-NEE-eh)--Czech
• Harmonie (har-moh-NEE)--German
• Sämja (SAM-yah)--Swedish
• Saskaņa (SAHS-kahn-yah)--Latvian
• Soulad (SOHL-ahd)--Czech

Hope

• Amal (AM-al)--Arabic* [unisex] [ أَمَل‎‎ ]
• Asha (AH-shah)--Hindi* [ आशा ]
• Cerība (seh-REE-bah)--Latvian
• Dóchas (DOH-khahs)--Irish
• Elpida (el-PEE-dah)--Greek* [ ελπίδα ]
• Espérance (es-pay-RAWNs)--French*
• Esperanza (es-peh-RAHN-sah)--Spanish*
• Imedi (im-eh-dee)--Georgian [ იმედი ]
• Naděje (nahd-yay-eh)--Czech
• Nadéžda (nah-DEZH-dah)--Bulgarian* [ надежда ]
• Nadéžda (nahd-YEZH-dah)--Russian* [ надежда ]
• Nadíja (nah-JEE-yah)--Ukrainian* [ надія ]
• Raja (rah-ZHAH, rah-JAH)--Arabic* [unisex] [ رَجَاء‎ ]
• Remény (REH-mayn [nasalized N])--Hungarian*
• Tikva (tik-VAH)--Hebrew* [ תִּקְוָה ]
• Toivo (TOY-voh)--Finnish* [masculine]

Justice

• Adalet (ah-DAH-let)--Turkish*
• Justeza (joos-TEH-zah)--Portuguese
• Justiça (joos-TEE-sah)--Portuguese
• Justitia (jus-TISH-ah)--[Anglicized] Latin
• Justesse (zhoos-TESS)--French
• Pravda (PRAHV-dah)--Macedonian, Serbo-Croatian [also means "truth" in multiple related languages] [ правда ]

Joy / Felicity

• Alegria (ah-leh-GREE-ah)--Portuguese
• Alegría (ah-leh-GREE-ah)--Spanish
• Gioia (JOY-ah)--Italian*
• Glede (GLEH-deh)--Norwegian 
• Farah (FAH-rah)--Arabic* [unisex] [ فَرَح‎ ]
• Hara (khah-RAH)--Greek [ χαρά ]
• Ilo (EE-loh)--Finnish* [unisex, more commonly masculine]
• Joia (ZHOY-ah ['zh' like the S in 'treasure'])--Catalan* [also means "jewel"]
• Lykke (LOO-keh ['oo' like French 'ue'])--Danish*, Norwegian* [unisex, but modernly more feminine]
• Simcha (sim-KHAH )--Hebrew* [unisex] [ שמחה‎‎ ]
• Winne (WIN, WIN-neh)--[archaic] English
• Zorion (soh-ree-ohn)--Basque* [masculine]

Liberty

• Azadi (ah-zah-DEE)--Persian [ آزادی ]
• Azadi (ah-ZAH-dee)--Hindi [ आज़ादी ]
• Eleftheria (el-ef-theh-REE-ah)--Greek* [ ελευθερία ]
• Frelsi (FREL-see)--Icelandic
• Huriyya (huh-REE-yah)--Arabic [ حُرِيَّة‎ ]
• Jiyu (jee-yoo)--Japanese [ 自由 ]
• Laisvė (LICE-vay)--Lithuanian
• Libertà (lee-behr-TAH)--Italian
• Saoirse (SEER-shah, SAYR-shah)--Irish*
• Saorsa (SEER-sah)--Scottish

Sincere

• Iskren (EES-kren)--Bulgarian*, Macedonian, Serbo-Croatian [masculine]
• Sincero / Sincera (seen-CHEH-roh / seen-CHEH-rah)--Italian
• Sincero / Sincera (seen-SEH-roh / seen-SEH-rah)--Spanish

Mercy

• Armo (AHR-moh)--Finnish* [masculine]
• Eleos (EL-eh-ohs)--Greek [ έλεος ]
• Huruma (hoo-ROO-mah)--Swahili
• Milă (MEE-lah)--Romanian
• Rahma (RAH-hmah)--Arabic* [ رَحْمَة‎ ]
• Rehema (reh-HEH-mah)--Swahili*

Temperance

• Raittius (RITE-tee-oos)--Finnish
• Sobriété (soh-bree-AY-tay)--French
• Temperancia (tem-peh-RAHN-see-ah)--Spanish
• Templanza (tem-PLAHN-sah)--Spanish
• Temprança (tem-PRAHN-sah)--Catalan

Love In Other Languages

So, Valentine's Day. I'm 'meh' to it, but it is an excuse for fun name opportunities. ;)

Here's how you say "love" in different languages; many are already used as names (marked with an asterisk; feminine unless stated otherwise).

• Agapi (ah-GAH-pee)--Greek*
• Ahava (ah-hah-VAH)--Hebrew*
• Ai (eye, ah-ee)--Chinese*, Japanese* [also a common name element in Japanese]
• Aloha (ah-loh-hah)--Hawaiian*
• Amor (AH-mor)--Latin [for a more in-depth list of names based on Latin 'amor', look here]
• Amor (ah-MOHR)--Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish
• Amore (ah-MOHR-eh)--Italian
• Amour (ah-MOOR)--French
• Cariad (CA-ree-ad)--Welsh [related names are fairly common: Carys/Cerys (f), Ceri (f/m), etc]
• Cinta (CHIN-tah)--Indonesian*
• Elska (EL-skah)--Icelandic
• Karantez (kah-RAHN-tez)--Breton
• Kerenja (keh-REN-jah)--Cornish
• Kerensa (keh-REN-sah)--Cornish*
• Láska (LAHS-kah)--Czech
• Liba (LEE-bah)--Yiddish*
• Liebe (LEE-beh)--German
• Mahabba (mah-HAB-bah)--Arabic
• Meilė (MAY-leh [long 'eh', no English equivalent])--Lithuanian*
• Mīla (MEE-lah)--Latvian*
• Minne (MIN-neh)--[archaic] Dutch, [archaic] German 
• Prem (prem)--Bengali*, Hindi* [masculine; feminine is Prema]

Usual Nickname, Unexpected Name: Bess/Beth/Betty

I originally started this post looking for new full forms for Beth, but it struck me that most could also work for Bess and/or Betty as well! All three are, of course, traditionally nicknames for Elizabeth, and generally considered "outdated", but Beth did have a bit of a revival in the 80s/90s thanks to Bethany.

Chances are, a lot of new babies today have a Bess, Betty, or Beth somewhere in their family line, and there are plenty of other names one could use to get those nicknames. :)

• Bestla (BEST-lah, Icelandic, Norse mythology)--from Old Norse, poss. "wife" or "tree bark"
• Bethan (BETH-an, Welsh)--diminutive of Elizabeth.
  Other forms include Besseta (BESS-et-ah, [archaic] Scottish), Betha (BETH-ah, [archaic] English), Betheline (BETH-eh-lyn, [archaic] English), Betsan (BET-san, Welsh), Bettan (BET-tan, Swedish), Bettina (bet-TEE-nah, German), Bettis (BET-tis, Swedish), Bettline (bet-LEE-neh, [archaic] German), Lisbet (LIS-bet, Scandinavian), and Lisbeth (LEEZ-bet, German).
• Bethania (beth-AHN-yah, [Biblical] Latin & Greek; bet-AHN-yah, Spanish)--form of Biblical Hebrew Bethany, poss. "house of dates".
  Other forms include Betania (bet-AHN-yah, Italian, Swedish, Spanish), Betânia (bet-AHN-yah, Portuguese), and Béthanie (bay-tah-NEE, French).
• Bethel (BETH-el, [Biblical] Hebrew)--"house of God"
• Bethia (BETH-ee-ah, [Biblical] Hebrew)--"daughter of God"
  [more commonly transliterated as Bithiah; sometimes used as an 'Anglicization' of Scottish Beathag, "life"]
• Bethsabée (bet-sah-BAY, French)--from Biblical Hebrew Bathsheba, prob. "daughter of oath".
  Other forms include Betsabá (bet-sab-AH, Portuguese), Betsabé (bet-sah-BAY, Spanish), Betsabea (bet-sah-BEH-ah, Italian), & Betsabeia (bet-sab-AY-ah, Portuguese). 
• Bethuela (bet-oo-EL-ah, Spanish; beth-WEL-ah, beth-yoo-EL-ah, [archaic] English)--from Biblical Hebrew, prob. "man of God".
  Another (very rare) form is Bethuelle (bet-oo-EL, French).
• Betlinde (bet-LEEN-deh, Germanic)--prob. "bright & soft" [possible source of the name Belinda]
• Betony (BET-ah-nee, English)
• Betrys (BET-ris, Welsh)--form of Beatrice
• Betsaida (bet-SYE-dah, Spanish)--from Biblical Hebrew Bethsaida, prob. "house of fishing"
• Bettina (bet-TEE-nah, Italian)--diminutive of Elisabetta or Benedetta.

Of course, many international forms & contractions of Elizabeth also work, especially for Betty:

• Arisbeth / Elibeth / Elisabet / Isabet (Spanish)
• Elisabet /Elsebeth / Elsebet (Scandinavian)
• Elisabete (Portuguese)
• Elisabetta (Italian)
• Elizabeta (Croatian, Slovenian)
• Elsabeth / Lilibeth (English)
• Erzsébet (Hungarian)
• Ilsebet / Ilsebeth (German, Danish)

And even more! Elizabeth has been used to form new combination names all over the western world (many overlapping between multiple languages), quite a few of which could also lead to Beth or Betty. Here's a small sampling:

• Annabeth / Annebet 
• Elínbet
• Embeth
• Evabeth
• Ingebeth
• Kajsabet
• Lillibeth / Lilibet / Lilybeth
• Marybeth / Maribeth / Maribet
• Rosabeth / Rosbet
• Sarabeth
• Ullabeth

Amanda & Her Sisters

I somehow got sucked into a rabbit-hole of looking up names based on Latin "love", the most familiar of which today are probably Amanda & Amy. It's a nice break from the long line of SSA-based posts, so here we go......

• Amabilis / Amabilia--"lovable". Modern forms include Mabel (English), Amable (masc., French), Amabile (unisex, Italian), and Amábile (fem., Portuguese). 
• Amadeus / Amadea--"love of God". Modern forms include Amédée (masc., French), Amadeo (Italian), Amadeu (Portuguese), Amade (fem., Basque), and Amadej/Amadeja (Slovenian).
• Amandus / Amanda--"needs to be loved". Other forms include Amandine (fem., French), Amandina (fem., Dutch, Portuguese), and Amando (masc., Spanish). 
• Amantius / Amantia--"loving". Modern forms include Amancio/Amancia (Spanish & Portuguese) and Amanzio/Amanzia (Italian). 
• Amator / Amatrix--"lover" [not used as a name in Latin]. Medieval French & Spanish form was Amador (masc.).
• Amatus / Amata--"beloved". Modern forms include Aimé/Aimée (French), Amy (English), Amado/Amada (Spanish), Amate (fem., Basque), and Amato/Amata (Italian). 
• Amicitia (fem.)--"friendship" [from Roman mythology]. Modern English form is Amity. 
• Amicus / Amica--"friend" [not used as a name in Latin]. Medieval forms included Amicia/Amice/Amis (fem., English) and Amice (fem., French). 
• Amor (masc.)--"love" [from Roman mythology]. Modern feminine forms [all quite rare] include Amora (English, Spanish) and Amorina (Swedish, Portuguese).

Eias, Elas, & Elias

It is pretty interesting how so many girls' names from different cultures follow similar phonetic tendencies. I suppose boys' names must as well, but girls' names really seem to!
I've already done Ias, Inas, & Itas, Aias, Anas, & Aras, and Iras & Yras, Ilas & Ylas; this time it'll be Eias, Elas, and Elias. :)
(all names are feminine unless otherwise indicated)

• Bea (German, Scandinavian) [multiple derivations]
• Béia (Portuguese)
• Clea (English, German)
• Cléa (French, Portuguese)
• Cleia (Portuguese)
• Dea (Scandinavian) [multiple derivations]
• Ea (Scandinavian)
• Eia (ancient Greek)
• Eija (Finnish, Swedish)
• Freya/Freja/Freyja (Scandinavian, English)
• Gea (Italian, Spanish, Scandinavian) [multiple derivations]
• Klea (ancient Greek)
• Lea (Czech, German, Italian, Scandinavian, Slovenian, Spanish)
• Léa (French, Portuguese)
• Leia (Biblical Greek)
• Leja/Leija/Leya (Scandinavian)
• Lėja (Lithuanian)
• Mea (Finnish)
• Meja/Meia (Swedish)
• Nea (Scandinavian)
• Neja (Slovenian)
• Rea/Rhea (Scandinavian)
• Reija (Finnish)
• Rheia (Greek mythology)
• Seia (Roman mythology)
• Seija (Finnish, Swedish)
• Shreya (Hindi)
• Sneja (Bulgarian)
• Svea (Swedish)
• Tea/Thea (German, Italian, Scandinavian)
• Teja (Slovenian)
• Theia (Greek mythology)

• Béla (Hungarian) [masculine]
• Běla (Czech)
• Bella (Dutch, English, Hungarian, Scandinavian)
• Cella (Romanian)
• Chela (Spanish)
• Della (English, Swedish)
• Ela/Ella (pretty much everywhere) [multiple derivations]
• Fela (Nigerian [Yoruban?], Polish, Spanish) [masculine as a Nigerian name]
• Gela (Georgian, Russian) [masculine]
• Hela/Hella (Scandinavian)
• Hellä (Finnish)
• Jela (Croatian, Serbian, Slovak)
• Jella (Finnish, Frisian, German)
• Lella (English, Italian)
• Mella (Scandinavian, Anglicized Irish) [separate derivations]
• Nela/Nella (Croatian, Czech, Galician, Italian, Portuguese, Scandinavian) [multiple derivations]
• Pella (Swedish)
• Sela (Hebrew)
• Sella (Scandinavian)
• Špela (Slovenian)
• Stela/Stella (everywhere in the Western world)
• Tela/Tella (Finnish, Swedish) [multiple derivations]
• Vella (Finnish)
• Xela (Galician)
• Zella (English, German)

• Celia (Italian, Scandinavian, Spanish)
• Célia (French, Portuguese)
• Cèlia (Catalan)
• Clelia (Italian)
• Delia (Italian, Polish, Romanian, Spanish, Swedish) [multiple derivations]
• Délia (French, Portuguese)
• Dèlia (Catalan)
• Elia (English, French, Italian, Scandinavian, Spanish) [masculine in Italian; unisex in Scandinavia; multiple derivations]
• Èlia (Catalan)
• Felia (Italian, Russian) [separate derivations]
• Helia (Greek mythology)
• Lelia (Italian)
• Melia (Greek mythology)
• Nelia (English, German, Italian, Swedish)
• Nélia (Portuguese)
• Relia (Romanian)
• Stelia (Greek, Romanian)
• Velia (Italian)
• Zelia (English)
• Zélia (Portuguese)

Very International Names (boys)

Boys turn!
Again, I decided to try and find out what are currently the most popular name families in the Western world. This data was compiled from the 2014 or 2015 (depending on what was available) Top Names lists from 16 countries (US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Northern Ireland, New Zealand, Canada, Australia, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Spain, Italy, Hungary, Belgium).
Variants of one name were mostly all grouped together--exceptions were if the names are generally thought of as distinct names (e.g. Jacob and James) or for nicknames that have multiple full forms (so Max was counted alone, not grouped with Maxwell, Maximo, or Maxmilian).
In total there were approximately 386 name 'families', not that far off from the girls' 408.

• William/Liam/Wilhelm/Guillermo/etc--31 instances
  Lists without: Iceland
• Lucas/Luke/Luca/etc--31 instances
  Lists without: Iceland, Hungary
• Alexander/Alex/Alessandro/etc--29 instances
  Lists without: Finland
• John/Sean/Ian/Johannes/Jan/Ivan/Evan/etc--29 instances (easily the most diverse set, BTW!)
  Lists without: Finland
• Matthew/Matteo/Matias/etc--26 instances
  Lists without: none
• Jackson/Jack--22 instances
  Lists without: Finland, Iceland, Norway, Spain, Italy, Hungary
• Oliver/Alvaro/Ollie/etc--22 instances
  Lists without: Italy, Belgium
• Jacob/Jake/Giacomo/etc--21 instances
  Lists without: Finland, Iceland, Hungary
• Thomas/Tom/Tomas/etc--20 instances
  Lists without: Finland, Norway, Sweden, Spain
• Daniel/Dan/etc--19 instances
  Lists without: none
• Leo/Leon/etc--19 instances
  Lists without: Iceland, Italy, Hungary

Benjamin, Samuel, Eli, Louis, Nicholas, Joseph, James, David, Michael, Robert, and Theodore finish out the Top 20. (Okay, 22. There were ties)

And again, the country with the most 'unique' names was Iceland, with 40% of the Top 50 not appearing on any other top names list:
Guðmund, Gunnar, Dagur, Arni/Arnar, Bjarki, Kári, Andri, Jökull, Ásgeir, Baldur, Birkir, Hilmar, Elvar/Elfar, Björn, Haukur, Styrmir, Ari, Eyþor, Frosti, and Sindri. 

Hungary's Top 100 is just under 40% 'unique' names:

Marcell, Balázs, Zalán, Botond, Laszlo, Zsombor, Ákos, Attila, Nimród, Roland, Csaba, Zétény, Hunor, Ábel, Szabolcs, Kornél, Norbert, Bendegúz, Ármin, Tibor, Csongor, Imre, Soma, Brendon, Kende, Dénes, Csanád, Bertalan, Donát, Zente, Szilárd, Zsigmond, Dorián, Flórián, and Zénó.

Sweden's Top 100 is about 1/4 'unique' names--Arvid, Melvin, Edvin, Sixten, Albin, Gustav, Melker, Malte, Ebbe, August, Viggo, Colin, Loke, Wilmer, Vidar, Milton, Elton, Vilgot, Otto, Tage, Hjalmar, Maximilian, Algot, Linus, Ture, and Folke.

Spain's Top 100 is about 1/5 'unique' names--Sergio, Izan, Gonzalo, Bruno, Raul, Jesus, Aitor, Rodrigo, Asier, Unai, Ismael, Alonso, Biel, Gael, Ignacio, Nil, Saul, Aimar, and Yeray.

As expected, the English-speaking countries all share a lot of names. England & Wales has only two 'unique' names (Dexter and Ronnie), N. Ireland, Australia, and Canada each have 3 (Conan, Caolán, and Dáithí; Bailey, Mitchell, and Maxwell; Jeremy, Declan, and Emmett; respectively); and New Zealand has five (Arlo, Nixon, Ezra, Quinn, and Cohen). 

Very International Names (girls)

I'm amazed at how trends can spread across the globe. Yeah, Sophia is popular here in the US, but how is it also popular in like 14 other countries in the western world? Out of 16 countries I found current (2014 or 2015) data for (US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Northern Ireland, New Zealand, Canada, Australia, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Spain, Italy, Hungary, Belgium), only Iceland did not have a form of Sophia in its Top Names list. Most countries had more than more than one! What is it about Sophia?

Anyway, I set out to find which "name families" are most popular right now, and also see which country has the most unique names. :)
(this is compiled from the Top Names lists only--which are either Top 50 or Top 100, depending on the country--so for instance, if there's a variant of Mary at #51 on the Finnish charts, it wasn't counted)

• Mary/Marie/Maria/Mia/Marion/Molly/etc--45 instances
  Lists without: Finland
• Anna/Ana/Hannah/Nancy/etc--39 instances
  Lists without: none
• Sophia/Sofia/Sophie/etc--35 instances
  Lists without: Iceland
• Elizabeth/Elise/Elsa/Lisa/Eliza/etc--32 instances
  Lists without: none
• Sarah/Sara/Sadie/etc--27 instances
  Lists without: none
• Eva/Eve/Evie--25 instances
  Lists without: Norway, Sweden, Hungary
• Isabella/Isabelle/Isabel/etc--25 instances
  Lists without: Finland, Norway, Belgium
• Lily/Lilly/Lili/Lilja/Lilla/etc--24 instances
  Lists without: Spain, Italy
• Ella/Ellie/etc--21 instances
  Lists without: Iceland, Spain, Italy, Hungary
• Emily/Emilie/Emilia--21 instances
  Lists without: Spain

Julia, Alice, Katherine, Charlotte, Emma, Olivia, Helena, Amelia, Maya, and Rose round out the overall Top 20. 

There were approximately 408 "name families" total, although many are inter-related (Isabella is a form of Elizabeth, for instance, but they're generally treated as distinct names; same with Caroline and Charlotte. Ella/Ellie could be from Elizabeth, but it can also be from Helena/Ellen or Eleanor).

The country with the most unique names ('unique names' in this case being shorthand for "names without any variants appearing on any other top names lists") was by far Iceland, with nearly 1/2 of the Top 50:
Hekla, Birta, Sóley, Helga, Katla, Guðrún, Þórdís, Ingibjörg, Embla, Sigrún, Harpa, Hrafntinna, Steinunn, Unnur, Aþena, Fanney, Iðunn, Arna, Hrafnhildur, Snædís, and Vigdís. 

Spain's Top 100 is about 1/3 'unique' names:
Daniela, Valeria, Alba, Carmen, Ainhoa, Aitana, Marina, Candela, Laia, Ainara, Leire/Leyre, Nerea, Rocio, Vega, Jimena, Abril, Triana, Nuria, Aroa, Manuela, Mar, Mara, Africa, Naia, Noelia, Nahia, Naiara/Nayara, Elia, Arlet, Yanira, Fatima, Erika, and Mireia.

Finland's Top 50 is about 30% 'unique' names:
Venla, Aino, Helmi, Enni, Kerttu, Pihla, Hilla, Minea, Iina, Vilja, Sanni, Lumi, and Seela.

While Hungary, Sweden, and Italy are all around 1/4 'unique' names.
Hungary (Top 100): Boglárka, Csenge, Réka, Petra, Zselyke, Regina, Kinga, Szonja, Emese, Tímea, Tamara, Fruzsina, Eniko, Virág, Hanga, Dorottya, Dalma, Kinsco, Vanda, Kira, Zita, Ramóna, Bíborka, Boróka, Patricia, and Dzsenifer.
Sweden (Top 100): Ebba, Alva, Signe, Nova, Edith, Elvira, Tyra, Juni, Felicia, Meja, Moa, Livia, Stina, Lykke, Svea, Cornelia, Joline, Lo, Tindra, Novalie, Philippa, My, Hilma, and Linn.
Italy (Top 100): Gaia, Ginevra, Ludovica, Gioia, Asia, Serena, Benedetta, Ilaria, Federica, Cecilia, Flavia, Gloria, Diletta, Sveva, Lucrezia, Virginia, Agata, Celeste, Lavinia, Sabrina, Teresa, and Anastasia. 


On the other end, New Zealand has zero unique names. England & Wales has 2 (Aisha and Bethany), Australia has 3 (Indiana, Chelsea, and Eloise), while Scotland and N. Ireland each have 4 (Eilidh, Skye, Iona, and Hope; Eimear, Cora, Cassie, and Farrah; respectively).
Although it's not terribly surprising that the English-speaking countries all have a lot in common. :)

Iras & Yras, Ilas & Ylas

Time for another installment of the short and catchy!
(first two here: Aias, Anas, & Aras, Ias, Inas, & Itas)
Since English is an outlier with our treatment of 'i's and 'y's, I'll be separating them by sound rather than by spelling. ;)
(and yes, many do have different pronunciations as well)

"EER-ah"

• Cira/Sira (Spanish, Portuguese, Italian)
• Dyra (Swedish)
• Fira (Russian)
• Gvira (Hebrew)
• Hira (Turkish, Arabic)
• Ira (Russian, Greek, Basque) [separate derivations]
• Kira (English, Russian, Japanese, Scandinavian) [multiple derivations]
• Mira (English, Hindi, Slavic) [multiple derivations]
• Nira (Hebrew, Russian) [separate derivations]
• Rira (Persian, Japanese) [separate derivations]
• Shira (Hebrew)
• Tsira (Georgian)
• Tyra (Swedish)
• Vera (English)
• Vira (Ukrainian)

"EYE-rah"

• Aira (Finnish, Estonian, Latvian)
• Cyra (English)
• Daira (Latvian)
• Eira (Welsh)
• Kaira (Estonian, Latvian)
• Kayra (Turkish) [unisex]
• Kyra (English)
• Lyra (English)
• Maira (Spanish, Portuguese, [ancient] Greek, Latvian) [multiple derivations]
• Mayra (Spanish)
• Myra (English)
• Naira (Spanish, Aymara)
• Saira (Indian [Urdu?])
• Tyra (English)
• Vaira (Latvian)
• Yaira (Hebrew)
• Zaira (Italian)

"EE-lah"

• Cila (Portuguese)
• Čila (Croatian)
• Dila (Turkish)
• Gila (German, Hebrew) [separate derivations]
• Hila (Hebrew)
• Ila (Hindi)
• Jila (Persian)
• Lila/Leela (Hindi)
• Mila (English, Slavic, French, Portuguese, Scandinavian)
• Nila/Neela (Hindi)
• Phila ([ancient] Greek)
• Shila/Sheela (Hindi)
• Síle/Sheila (Irish, English)
• Svila (Serbian)
• Tila (Spanish, Scandinavian) [separate derivations]
• Tzila (Hebrew)
• Zhila/Zheela (Persian)

"EYE-lah"

• Aila (Finnish)
• Ayla (Turkish, Scandinavian) [separate derivations]
• Baila/Beila (Yiddish)
• Gaila ([medieval] Basque)
• Ila (English)
• Isla (Scottish, English)
• Kyla (English)
• Laila (Scandinavian)
• Lila/Lilah (English)
• Lyla (English)
• Maila (Estonian, Scandinavian, Portuguese)
• Naila (Arabic)
• Raila (Finnish)
• Saila (Finnish)
• Twila/Twyla (English)

Legendary Princesses

Oh, princesses. They've been a part of pop-culture for a while, and I'm happy that the idea of a less passive-damsel-in-distress type princess is finally catching on. In the spirit of this trend, here are some legendary princesses (and a couple queens) who were known for more than just getting saved and/or married off. :)

• Æthelflæd (ATH-el-flad, Old English) of Mercia--"noble beauty". More modern form is Elfleda (elf-LEE-dah). 
• Anahí (ah-nah-EE, Spanish), Native American--from Guarani, poss. "ceibo flower"
• Aoife (EE-fah, Irish), Irish--"beauty". Her equally-awesome sister, with an arguably less-usable name, was Scáthach (SKAH-hahkh, prob. "shadow").
• Awilda (ah-WIL-dah, [Latinized] Old Norse), Scandinavian--"elf battle". Also called Alfhild, Alwilda or Alvilda. 
• Brunhilda (broon-HIL-dah, Germanic) of Austrasia--"armor-battle"
• Cordeilla (kor-DAY-lah, [literary] Middle English)--prob. from Welsh Creiddylad (krye-THUL-ad, poss. "heart-debt"). Also called Cordelia.
• Cynisca (sin-IS-kah, [Anglicized, ancient] Greek)--"female puppy". Greek form is Kyniska (koo-NEES-kah). 
• Disa (DEE-sah, Swedish)--from Old Norse, "goddess"
• Eréndira (eh-REN-deer-ah, Spanish), Native American--from Tarascan, meaning unknown. Also spelled Erendira (eh-ren-DEER-ah). 
• Gwendolen (GWEN-doh-len, [literary] Middle English)--poss. from Welsh, "white ring"
• Heledd (HEL-eth ['th' like in "that"], Welsh)--poss. "salt" or "estuary"
• Ness (NES, Old Irish)--prob. "not gentle". Also called Neas (NYAS, NAS), Neasa (NYAS-ah, NAS-ah), or Nessa (NES-sah). 
• Razia (rah-ZEE-ah, Arabic, Hindi, Urdu), Delhi--poss. "happy, content". Also transliterated as Raziyya.
• Tamar (TAH-mahr, Georgian; TAY-mar, English) of Georgia--from Hebrew, "palm tree". Also called Tamari (TAH-mah-ree). 
• Wanda (VAHN-dah, Polish; WAHN-dah, English), Polish--prob. from "Wend" [a tribal name, itself poss. from Germanic "friend" or Old Prussian "water"]
• Zenobia (zen-OH-bee-ah, [ancient] Greek), Palmyrene--poss. "Zeus-life" or from Arabic Zaynab (ZAY-nab, poss. "beauty")

Nature in Other Languages

It's probably pretty obvious by now that I love nature names. And of all the nature-y posts I've done so far, I think "Plants in Other Languages" is probably one of my favorites. Naturally, I've now decided to try another along those lines, but widening the field to all nature word-names. :) And so, here are translations of the 12 most common nature-names in the US (minus the plant-names).
*Asterisks indicate the name is already in use in that language, and, unless otherwise indicated, feminine.

Savannah

• Sabana (sah-BAH-nah)--Spanish
• Safana (sah-FAH-nah)--Arabic
• Savana (sah-VAH-nah)--Greek, Italian, Portuguese
• Savane (sah-VAN)--French
• Savanne (sah-VAH-neh)--Dutch, German, Norwegian
• Savanni (SAH-vahn-nee)--Finnish

Autumn

• Aki (ah-kee)--Japanese* [many other kanji/meanings also, some unisex or masculine]
• Automne (oo-tawn)--French*
• Esen (EH-sen)--Bulgarian, Macedonian
• Fómhar (FOH-var)--Irish
• Güz (gooz)--Turkish*
• Jesień (YESH-en)--Polish [*surname]
• Ósen (OH-seen)--Russian
• Payiz (pah-EES)--Persian
• Sharad (SHAH-rad)--Hindi* [masculine]
• Stav (stahv)--Hebrew* [unisex]

Aurora

• Gealán (GAL-awn)--Irish
• Selas (SEH-las)--Greek

Ruby

• Odem (oh-dem)--Hebrew
• Rubiini (ROO-bee-nee)--Finnish
• Rubin (ROO-been)--German, Danish, Hungarian, Polish, Norwegian, Swedish (and probably others)
• Rubino (roo-BEE-noh)--Italian [*surname]

Jade

• Giada (JAH-dah)--Italian*
• Jade (zhahd)--French*
• Jade (YAH-deh)--German, Finnish
• Jade (ZHAH-thee [th like in 'this'])--Portuguese*
• Jade (HAH-day)--Spanish
• Nephritis (nef-FREE-tees)--Greek

River

• Aven (AH-ven)--Breton
• Fluss (floos)--German
• Ibai (ee-bye)--Basque* [masculine]
• Nadi (NAH-dee)--Hindi
• Nahar (NAH-har)--Arabic [*same spelling is a surname, but stressed on the second syllable, and means "day"]
• Nahar (nah-HAR)--Hebrew* [unisex]
• Reka (REH-kah)--Russian, Macedonian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Slovene
• Rika (REE-kah)--Ukrainian
• Río (REE-oh)--Spanish, Galician
• Rivière (reev-YEHR)--French [*surname]

August

• Elokuu (EH-loh-koo)--Finnish
• Eost (AY-ohst)--Breton
• Lúnasa (LOON-uh-sah)--Irish

Jasper

• Biyu (bee-yoo)--Mandarin*
• Diaspro (dee-AHS-proh)--Italian
• Jasma (YAHSH-mah)--Russian
• Jaspe (zhasp)--French
• Jaspe (ZHAZ-pee)--Portuguese
• Jaspe (HAHS-pay)--Spanish
• Jaspis (YAHS-pis)--German, Dutch, Finnish, Polish, Norwegian, Czech
• Yeşim (YESH-im)--Turkish*

Summer 

• Été (AY-tay)--French
• Haf (hahv)--Welsh*
• Kesä (KEH-sa [short a, like in 'cat'])--Finnish [*surname]
• Léto (LEH-toh)--Czech, Russian
• Ljeta (LYEH-tah)--Belarusian
• Natsu (naht-soo)--Japanese* [usually combined with another character]
• Samhradh (SOW-rah)--Irish, Scottish
• Sayf (sah-eef)--Arabic
• Suvi (SOO-vee)--Estonian, Finnish*
• Uda (oo-dah)--Basque*
• Udara (oo-dah-rah)--Basque*
• Verano (vehr-AH-noh)--Spanish
• Verão (vehr-OW)--Portuguese
• Zomer (ZOH-mer)--Dutch [*surname]

(I actually had to leave out the next two here, sorry--Brooks because plurals are tricky, and Sienna because there just isn't a word for it in most other languages!)

Colt

• Bromach (BRAHM-akh)--Irish, Scottish
• Ju (joo)--Chinese [*surname, but with different characters/meaning]
• Varsa (VAHR-sah)--Finnish

Amber

• Ambra (AHM-brah)--Italian*
• Ambre (AWMbr)--French*
• Kohaku (koh-hah-koo)--Japanese* [unisex]
• Meripihka (MEHR-ee-pee-hkah)--Finnish
• Ómra (OHM-rah)--Irish
• Rav (rahv)--Norwegian

Ember

• Ascua (AHS-koo-ah)--Spanish
• Brasa (BRAH-sah)--Spanish
• Brasa (BRAH-zah)--Catalan, Portuguese
• Favilla (fah-VEEL-lah)--Latin
• Jamra (ZHAM-rah)--Arabic
• Kekäle (KEK-al-ay)--Finnish
• Pruna (PROO-nah)--Latin
• Sintel (SIN-tel)--Dutch
• Thraka (THRAH-kah)--Greek

International Names, Part 3b--English, Girls

Yeah, I know it's kind of silly of me to be doing this so shortly before the new SSA list comes out, but I kind of doubt the US Top 100 will change that much. Plus, the source lists are mixed between 2014 & 2015 anyway, since a few countries release theirs earlier than we do. ;)

Anyway, the names on all 8 Top 100s (to refresh: US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand), from most --> least common overall:

1. Emily
2. Ava
3. Amelia
4. Mia
5. Sophia
6. Ella
7. Grace
8. Chloe
9. Lily
10. Sophie
11. Emma
12. Charlotte
13. Hannah
14. Lucy
15. Eva
16. Abigail
17. Ruby
18. Anna
19. Zoe
20. Layla
21. Alice
22. Elizabeth
23. Sarah

Eight names appear on 7 of the 8 lists:

1. Olivia
2. Isabella
3. Isla
4. Jessica
5. Scarlett
6. Leah
7. Harper
8. Rose

The US and Ireland are each missing 3--Isla, Jessica, & Rose from the US, and Olivia, Scarlett, & Harper from Ireland--while Australia is missing 2--Isabella & Leah (although it's not terribly surprising that E&W, N. Ireland, & Scotland have a lot of overlap). 

The "unique" names from each country (Top 50 & up):
US: Zoey (#22), Allison (#38), Camila (#41), Riley (#47), Skylar (#48)
Scotland: Eilidh (#22), Skye (#33)
Ireland: Clara (#38), Roisin (#37), Sadhbh (#44), Laura (#49)
New Zealand: Maddison (#35), Maia (#45)
Canada: Rosalie (#41), Maelie (#47), Juliette (#48)
Australia: Elle (#44), Madelaine (#50)

The US again had the most "unique" names--25 (unlike the boys' list, the US girls' list doesn't really have any Spanish influence; rather, it has several -leys); while Scotland had the least--4.
Canada & Ireland also had quite a few "unique" names (20 & 17, respectively), and as you probably could guess, it's due quite a bit to French names and Irish names. :)

International Names, Part 3a--English, Boys

I'm continually fascinated by the fact that name trends are not only local, but global. I intend to tackle the Top Names lists from all over the world, but for now, I'm comparing only the English-speaking countries.
There are 8 separate lists: U.S., England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, Australia, & New Zealand. From there I pulled out the names that appear on all Top 100 lists (yes, I was limited to Top 100s, as a few countries only published that much), and it's about what you'd expect:
(in approximate order most --> least common overall)

1. James
2. Noah
3. Jack
4. Oliver
5. Jacob
6. Ethan
7. Daniel
8. Mason
9. Thomas
10. Alexander
11. William
12. Lucas
13. Liam
14. Joshua
15. Samuel
16. Logan
17. Ryan
18. Benjamin
19. Matthew
20. Michael
21. Dylan
22. Luke
23. Leo
24. Joseph
25. Adam
26. Isaac
27. Jayden
28. Nathan
29. Henry
30. David
31. Tyler
32. Aaron

And 5 names appeared in 7 of the 8 Top 100s:

1.   Max
2.   Jackson
3.   Caleb
4.   John
5.   Blake

Ireland is the outlier, as only John & Max rank there. The US is missing Max, and England & Wales is (surprisingly) missing John.

I also found it interesting which names ranked only in one country (#50 & above, as the names really start to branch out the less popular you get):

US: Julian (#47), Isaiah (#48)
England & Wales: Muhammad (#14), Mohammed (#27), Finley (#36)
Scotland: Harris (#9), Brodie (#31)
Ireland: Rian (#35)
Australia: Nate (#43)
Canada: Alexis (#41), Mathis (#48), Antoine (#49)

In total, the US had the most "unique" names--18 (6 of which are Spanish or bi-cultural), while Australia had the least--5.

Random Fact of the Day: Every Tom, Dick, and Harry

Many cultures have generic placeholder names. In American English, we have "Tom, Dick, and Harry" (that is, 'any/all men'), and "John Doe" or "Richard Roe"  (an anonymous/unknown person, although the latter is rather archaic now); while in the UK & Australia there's also "Joe Bloggs" and "John Smith".
For some languages, the 'names' aren't actual names you'll find on people; rather, they literally just mean "anonymous" or "whoever"; but others are (or were) in general usage [indicated by bold].

Arabic:

• "Fulan" --- "whoever"
• "Fulan bin Fulan" --- "whoever, son of whoever"

Bulgarian:

• "Petar Petrov"

Chinese:

• "Zhang San", "Li Si", "Wang Wu" -- "Zhang Three", "Li Four", "Wang Five" [Zhang, Li, & Wang are surnames]
• "Wang Xiaoming", "Chen Xiaoming", "Chen Tai Man"

Danish:

• "Morten Menigmand" -- "Morten Ordinary-man"

Dutch:

• "Jan Jansen"

Finnish:

• "Matti  & Maija Meikäläinen" -- "Matti & Maija One-of-us"

French:

• "Jean Dupont"
• "Pierre, Paul, & Jacques"

German:

• "Hinz & Kunz"/ "Heinrich & Konrad"
• "Lieschen Müller"
• "Max & Erika Mustermann" --- "Max and Erika Sample-man"
• "Otto Normalverbraucher" --- "Otto Average-consumer"

Hebrew:

• "Ploni", "Ploni Almoni" -- poss. "indicated", "indicated hidden"; a Biblical placeholder name

Hungarian:

• "Minta János" -- "John Sample"

Irish:

• "Seán Ó Rudaí" -- "Sean O'Things"

Italian:

• "Tizio, Caio, e Sempronio" -- modern Italian version of Roman placeholders (Titus, Caius, & Sempronius)

Japanese:

• "Daredare" -- "whoever"

Lithuanian:

• "Jonas Jonaitis", "Petras Petraitis"
• "Vardenis Pavardenis" (m) / "Vardenė Pavardenė" (f) -- "Name Surname"

Norwegian:

• "Ola & Kari Nordmann" --- "Ola & Kari Norwegian"

Persian:

• "Fulan" -- "whoever"
• "Bahman" --- "whoever"
• "Fulan o Bahman" --- "whoever and whoever"

Polish:

• "Jan Kowalski" / "Janina Kowalska"
• "Jan Novak"

Portuguese: 

• "Fulano" -- "whoever"
• "Fulano, Sicrano e Beltrano" / "Fulana, Sicrana e Beltrana"  -- "whoever, _____, & Beltrano" [origin of Sicrano is unknown; Beltrano is a surname]

Russian:

• "Imyarek" -- "name"
• "Ivan Ivanovich Ivanov", "Pyotr Petrovich Petrov", "Sidor Sidorovich Sidorov" -- sometimes mix-and-match

Serbian:

• "Pera Perić"

Slovak:

• "Janko Mrkvička", "Jožko Mrkvička"  -- "Johnny Carrot", "Joey Carrot"

Spanish:

• "Fulano" / "Fulanita" -- "whoever"
• "Fulano, Mengano, y Zutano" -- "whoever, whoever, & _____?" [poss. related to Latin scire "to know"]
• "Juan Perez" [Latin America]

Swedish:

• "Medelsvensson" -- "average Svensson"

Women of Space

At first this post was just going to feature the names of women who've been in space, but since part of my inspiration was the amazing Katherine Johnson, that just didn't seem right (the other inspiration was explaining to my 8-year-old why Valentina Kerman is named Valentina).
And so, here's a list of women from space-exploration history. :)
(with a surprisingly few number of repeating names!)

Female astronauts who've been in space:

• Anna (Lee Fisher)
• Anousheh (Ansari*--first Iranian-American)
• Barbara (Morgan)
• Bonnie (J. Dunbar)
• Catherine (Coleman)
• Chiaki (Mukai*--first Japanese woman)
• Claudie (Haigneré*--first French woman)
• Dorothy (Metcalf-Lindburger)
• Eileen (Collins*--first female Shuttle pilot and commander)
• Ellen (S. Baker, Ochoa*--first Hispanic woman)
• Heidemarie (Stefanyshyn-Piper)
• Helen (Sharman*--first Briton)
• Jan (Nancy Jan Davis)
• Janet (L. Kavandi)
• Janice (E. Voss)
• Joan (Higginbotham)
• Judith (Resnik*--first Jewish-American woman)
• Julie (Payette)
• Kalpana (Chawla*--first Indian-American)
• Karen (L. Nyburg)
• Kathryn (P. Hire, D. Sullivan, C. Thornton)
• Laurel (B. Clark)
• Linda (M. Godwin)
• Lisa (Nowak)
• Liu (Yang*--first Chinese woman)
• Mae (Jemison*--first African-American woman)
• Margaret (Rhea Seddon)
• Marsha (Ivins)
• Mary (L. Cleave, E. Weber)
• "Megan" (Katherine Megan McArthur)
• Millie (Hughes-Fulford)
• Nancy (J. Curry)
• Naoko (Yamazaki)
• Nicole (P. Stott)
• Pamela (Melroy)
• Peggy (Whitson)
• Roberta (Bondar--first Canadian woman)
• Sally (Ride*--first American woman)
• Samantha (Cristoforetti*--first Italian woman)
• Sandra (Magnus)
• Shannon (Lucid, Walker)
• Stephanie (Wilson)
• Sunita (Williams)
• Susan (J. Helms, Kilrain)
• Svetlana (Savitskaya*--first woman to spacewalk, as well as make multiple space trips)
• Tamara (E. Jurnigan)
• Tracy (Caldwell Dyson)
• Valentina (Tereshkova*--first woman in space)
• Wang (Yaping)
• Wendy (B. Lawrence)
• Yelena (Kondakova, Serova)
• Yi (So-yeon*--first Korean)

Other notable women:

The 'Mercury 13'--a group of female pilots who independently took the first phases of astronaut testing, hoping to prove that women could go to space--

• Bernice (Steadman) 
• Gene Nora (Stumbough)
• Irene (Leverton)
• Jane (Hart)
• Janet (Dietrich)
• Jean (Hixson)
• "Jerri" (Geraldine Sloan)
• "Jerrie" (Geraldyn Cobb)
• Marion (Dietrich)
• Myrtle (Cagle)
• Rhea (Hurrle)
• Sarah (Gorelick)
• "Wally" (Mary Wallace Funk)

The original Soviet female candidates (minus the previously mentioned Valentina Tereshkova)--

• Irina (Solovyova)
• Tatyana (Kuznetsova)
• Valentina (Ponomaryova)
• Zhanna (Yorkina)

In NASA--

• Irene (D. Long--first female chief medical officer at Kennedy S.C.)
• Jocelyn (Gill--NASA in-flight science chief, 1961-73)
• Katherine (Johnson--probably the most well-known of NASA's "human computers")
• Susan (G. Finley--started as a computer; currently the longest-serving woman at NASA: 1958-present)

Just a small sampling, of course! NASA currently has several female astronaut candidates, scheduled or waiting a turn, and many also retired without getting their chances; and of course NASA today employs many, many women in a  variety of positions. And I definitely didn't have room for the full list of NASA's "human computers", many of whom were African-American, but you can find one here: CRGIS. :)

Non-Occupationals

Occupational surnames are a big trend right now (Mason, Carter, Taylor, Harper, Piper, Hunter, Chase)--and the vast majority end in -er.
I admit, though; I have a bit of a hang-up on occupational surnames; they just seem too....literal? But, there are lots of nice names, for both genders, that can fit the -er trend without being occupational surnames. :)
(I already did a post on Greek-origin -ander names here, which would easily double the boys' list!)

Boys:

• Abner (AB-ner, English)--from [Biblical] Hebrew, "my father is light". Other forms include Avner (Hebrew) and Abenner ([Biblical] Greek).
• Adler (AD-ler, English)--from German, "eagle"
• Alder (AHL-der, English)
• Alger (AL-jer, English)
• Alister (AL-is-ter, Scotish)--form of Alexander
• Asger (AS-ger, Danish)
• Asher (ASH-er, English, [Biblical] Hebrew)--"happy"
• Astor (AS-ter, English; AS-tohr, Swedish)
• Auster (AW-ster, OW-ster, Latin)--"south"
• Birger (BEER-ger, BEER-yer, Scandinavian)
• Christer (KRIS-ter, Scandinavian)--form of Christian. Also spelled Krister.
• Conor (KAHN-or, Irish, Scottish, English)--also spelled Connor.
• Dieter (DEE-ter, German)--form Germanic "people's warrior"
• Ebenezer (eb-en-EE-zer, [Biblical] Hebrew)
• Eimer (EYE-mehr, German)
• Eliezer (el-ee-AY-zer, el-eye-EE-zer, [Biblical] Hebrew)--"God is my help"
• Elmer (EL-mer, English)--from Germanic, "noble and famous"
• Ezer (AY-zer, EE-zer, [Biblical] Hebrew)--"help"
• Fraser (FRAY-zer, FRAY-zher, Scottish, English)--also spelled Frazier.
• Greger (GREH-ger, Swedish)--form of Gregory
• Gunther (GOON-ter, German)--also spelled Gunter
• Haider (HYE-der, Arabic)--"lion". Also transliterated Haidar or Hyder.
• Heber (HEE-ber, [Biblical] Hebrew)--"community"
• Hector (HEK-tor, English, German, EK-tohr, Spanish, French)
• Holger (HOHL-ger, German, Dutch, Scandinavian)
• Homer (HOH-mer, English)--from [ancient] Greek, "pledge"
• Jasper (JAS-per, English; YAHS-pehr, Dutch)--from Persian, "treasurer". Other forms include Casper (English, Dutch, Scandinavian), Kacper (Polish), and Jesper (Danish)
• Lester (LES-ter, English)
• Luther (LOO-ther, English)--from Germanic "people's army"
• Melker (MEL-ker, Swedish)--form of Melchior
• Mortimer (MOR-tim-er, English)
• Oliver (OL-ih-ver, English, Danish, German, Scandinavian)
• Peter (PEE-ter, English; PEH-ter, Dutch, German, Scandinavian)--other forms include Peder (Scandinavian) and Pieter (Dutch)
• Prosper (PRAHS-per, English; prohs-PEHR, French)
• Rainer (RYE-ner, German)--from Germanic "army advisor". Other forms include Rayner (English) and Reiner (German)
• Roger (RAH-jer, English; ROH-ger, German, Scandinavian; roh-ZHAY, French)--from Germanic "famous spear". Other forms include Rüdiger (German) and Rutger (Dutch).
• Silvester (sil-VES-ter, English, German)--also spelled Sylvester.
• Tomer (TOH-mer, English; toh-MEHR, Hebrew)--from Hebrew "palm tree"
• Topher (TOH-pher, English)--short form of Christopher
• Trevor (TREV-er, English, Welsh)
• Uther (OO-ther, Welsh [mythology])
• Victor (VIK-ter, English; VEEK-tor, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Romanian)
• Walter (WAHL-ter, English; VAHL-ter, Dutch, Italian, German, Portuguese, Scandinavian)--other forms include Valter (Croatian, Estonian, Portuguese, Slovene, Scandinavian) and Walther (German), Wolter (Dutch), and Wouter (Dutch)
• Werner (VEHR-ner, German, Dutch, Scandinavian; WEHR-ner, Dutch)--another form is Warner (English)
• Wilmer (WIL-mer, English)--from Germanic "famous will"
• Xavier (ex-AYV-ver, ZAYV-yer, English; shahv-YEHR, Portuguese; zav-YEHR, French)--other forms include Xaver (German).

Girls:

• Amber (AM-ber, English)
• Aster (AS-ter, English)
• Clover (KLOH-ver, English)
• Coriander (KOHR-ee-an-der, English)
• Demeter (deh-MEE-ter, deh-MEH-ter, [ancient] Greek)--prob. "earth mother"
• Ember (EM-ber, English)
• Emer (EE-mer, AY-mer, Irish [mythology])--prob. "swift". Modern Irish form is Eimhear. 
• Esther (ES-ter, English, German, Dutch; es-TEHR, Hebrew, French)--other forms include Ester (Danish, Czech, Portuguese, Spanish, Scandinavian), Eszter (Hungarian), and Hester ([Biblical] Latin)
• Ginger (JIN-jer, English)
• Gunver (GOON-ver, Danish, Swedish)
• Gwener (GWEN-er, Welsh)--form of Venus [Dydd Gwener = Friday]
• Heather (HETH-er ['th' like in the], English)
• Honor (ON-er, English)
• Imber (EEM-ber, Swedish)--form of Ingeborg
• Inger (ING-er, Scandinavian)--form of Ingrid
• Jennifer (JEN-if-er, Cornish, English, German; YEN-ee-fer, Spanish, Swedish)--also spelled Jenifer.
• Juniper (JOON-ip-er, English)
• Lavender (LAV-en-der, English)
• Summer (SUM-mer, English)
• Winter (WIN-ter, English)

Unisex:

• Briar (BRYE-er, English)--also spelled Brier.
• Gomer (GOH-mer, goh-MEHR, [Biblical] Hebrew)--"complete"
• River (RIV-er, English)
• Vesper (VES-per, English)--from Latin, "evening"

Wow. I was not prepared for how many English word-names there'd be, particularly for girls! I imagine they probably fit in better on other themed lists, but meh. They fit the pattern. ;)

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)]

Male Pen Names

Over the centuries, many female writers have adopted male or ambiguous pen names, often to be more accepted by male readers. I'm sure this is nowhere near a comprehensive list, but I do find it fascinating what names they chose for themselves. Some were family names or after other namesakes, but others, who knows? (fun fact: all three Georges listed were writing around the same time)
Some of these are much more well-known today than others, of course, or only used a pseudonym for one or two works (I had no idea Pearl S. Buck used a male name for a few novels. I wonder why?)

• Acton Bell (Anne Brontë)
• Alex Kava (Sharon M. Kava)
• Alex Stuart (Vivian Stuart)
• Andre Norton (Alice Mary Norton)
• Anthony Gilbert (Lucy Beatrice Malleson)
• Charles de Launay (Delphine de Girardin)
• Charles Egbert Craddock (Mary Noailles Murfree)
• Christopher Crowfield (Harriet Beecher Stowe)
• Currer Bell (Charlotte Brontë)
• Daniel Lesueur (Jeanne Lapauze)
• Daniel Stern (Marie D'Agoult)
• Dell Shannon (Elizabeth Linington)
• Ellis Bell (Emily Brontë)
• Ellis Peters (Edith Pargeter)
• Ernst Ahlgren (Victoria Benedictsson)
• Franz von Nemmersdorf (Franziska von Reitzenstein)
• George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans)
• George Paston (Emily Morse Symonds)
• George Sand (Amantine-Lucile-Aurore Dupin)
• Graham R. Tomson (Rosamund Marriott Watson)
• Henry Handel Richardson (Ethel Florence Lindesay Richardson)
• Holme Lee (Harriet Parr)
• Idris Seabright (Margaret St. Clair)
• Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen)
• James Tiptree, Jr (Alice Bradley Sheldon)
• Jean Dominique (Marie Closset)
• John Sedges (Pearl S. Buck)
• Laurence Hope (Adela Florence Nicolson)
• Malachi Whitaker (Marjorie Whitaker)
• Martin Ross (Violet Florence Martin)
• Michael Fairless (Margaret Barber)
• Michael West (Corinne Michelle West)
• Rhys Bowen (Janet Quin-Harkin)
• Rohan O'Grady (June O'Grady Skinner)
• Theunis Krogh (Stella Blakemore)
• Victor Català (Catalina Albert)
• Vin Packer (Marijane Meaker)
• William Stuart Long (also Vivian Stuart)

Triple Goddesses!

No, that's not an anime (that I know of, anyway).
Goddess-trios are a common theme in mythology, and while the Greeks are most famous for them, they do exist in many ancient pantheons. And many of them have fun names! (perhaps better for cats than human babies, but still fun!)

The Charites (Greek) [sing.: Charis, "grace"]; goddesses of beauty and creativity:

• Aglaea (ah-GLYE-ah, ah-GLEE-ah) "glory"
• Euphrosyne (yoo-FROS-in-ee) "mirth"
• Thalia (THAHL-yah) "festivity"

The daughters of Maderakka (Sami); goddesses of childbirth and children:

• Sarakka (SAH-rahk-kah) "separating woman"
• Juksakka (YOOK-sahk-kah) "bow [archery] woman"
• Uksakka (OOK-sahk-kah) "door woman"

The Erinyes (Greek) [sing.: Erinys, poss. "angered" or "dark"]; goddesses of vengeance:

• Alecto (ah-LEK-toh) "unceasing"
• Tisiphone (tis-IF-oh-nee) "avenging murder"
• Megaera (meh-JEER-ah) "grudge"

The goddesses of Mecca (pre-Islamic Arabian):

• Allat (al-LAT) poss. "the goddess"
• Al-‘Uzzá (al-OOZ-ah) poss. "the mightiest"
• Manat (man-AT) poss. "fate"

The Gorgons (Greek) ["terrible"]; personifications of the dangers of the sea:

• Medusa (meh-DOO-sah) "queen"
• Euryale (yoo-RYE-ah-lee) prob. "wide step" or "wide sea"
• Stheno (STHEN-oh) "strength"

The Graeae (Greek) [sing.: Graea, "gray woman, old woman"]; personifications of sea foam:

• Pemphredo (pem-FREE-doh), poss "alarm" or "guide"
• Enyo (EN-yoh) "warlike"
• Deino (DEE-noh) "dread"

The Hesperides (Greek) [sing.: Hesperis, "of the evening"]; personifications of the evening:

• Aegle (EG-lee) "shining"
• Erytheia / Erytheis (eh-REETH-ay-ah / eh-REE-thays) "red"
• Hesperethousa (hes-pehr-eh-THOO-sah) "swift evening"; sometimes replaced with Hespere (HES-peh-ree) or Hesperia (hes-PEHR-ee-ah)

The Horae (Greek) [sing.: Hora, "hour" or "season"]; goddesses of nature, or of law and order:

• Thallo (THAH-loh) "blossom"
• Carpo (KAR-poh) "fruit"
• Auxo (OWKS-oh) "growth"
  
  

• Dike (DYE-kee) "justice"
• Eunomia (yoo-NOH-mee-ah) "good order"
• Eirene (eye-REE-nee) "peace"

The Hyperboreiai (Greek) [sing: Hyperboreia, "beyond the North Wind']; Artemis' archery attendants:

• Oupis (OO-pis) "sighting"
• Hecaerge (heh-SEER-jee) "distancing"
• Loxo (LOKS-oh) "angling"

The Moirai (Greek) [sing.: Moira, "portion"]; controllers of each person's fate:

• Clotho (KLOH-thoh) "spinner"
• Lachesis (LAK-eh-sis) "allotter"
• Atropos (AT-rop-ohs) "inevitable"

The Morrigna (Irish) [sing.: Morrigan, prob. "phantom queen"]; war & sovereignty goddesses:

• Badhbh (BIVE) "crow" 
• Macha (MAH-khah), prob. "field"
• Neamhain (NYAV-an), prob. "poison" or "seizer"; sometimes replaced with Anand or Morrigan

The (three original) Muses (Greek); goddesses of the arts:

• Aoide (ah-EE-dee, ay-EE-dee) "voice"
• Melete (MEL-eh-tee, mel-ET-ee) "practice"
• Mneme (NEE-mee) "memory"

The Norn (Norse) [prob. "whisper" or "twine"]; goddesses of destiny:

• Urd/Urth (OORD / OORTH [hard 'th', like "the"]) "fate"
• Verdandi/Verthandi (VEHR-dahn-dee / VEHR-thahn-dee [hard 'th']) "becoming"
• Skuld (skoold ['oo' like in "foot"]) "future" or "blame"

The Parcae (Roman) [sing.: Parca, prob. "frugal" or "slight"]; equivalent to the Greek Moirai:

• Nona (NOH-nah) "ninth"
• Decima (DES-ee-mah) "tenth"
• Morta (MOR-tah) "death"

The patron goddesses of Ireland:

• Éire (EHR-eh) poss. "abundant"
• Banbha (BAHN-uh-vah) poss. "unplowed land" or "sow"
• Fodhla (FOH-lah) poss. "sod"

The Praxidicae (Greek) ["exacting justice"]; goddesses of justice:

• Praxidike (prak-SID-ik-ee) "exacting justice"
• Arete (EHR-eh-tee) "virtue"
• Homonoea (hoh-MOH-nee-ah) "unanimity"