The most popular names in your language

[wolferin]

There are names popular in fact all over the world. How do the most popular names sound in your language?

Male:
John - Ivan, Yoan; female equivalent - Ivana, Ivanka, Yoana
George - Georgi; female equivalent - Gergana
Peter - Petar; female equivalent - Petra, Petya
Thomas - Toma
Jordan - Yordan; female equivalent - Yordanka
Michael - Mihail; female equivalent - Mihaela
Martin - Martin; female equivalent - Martina, Marta
Jan - Yane, Yanko, Enyo; female equivalent - Yana, Yanka
Alexander - Aleksandar; female equivalent - Aleksandra, Aleksandrina
Anthony - Anton; female equivalent - Antoaneta
Nick - Nikolai, Nikola; female equivalent; Nikolina, Nikoleta, Nikol
From Jesus Christ - Hristo, Hristian, Kristian; female equivalent - Hristina, Kristina

Other female:
Maria - Maria
Anna - Anna, Anka
Helen - Elena

[Helran]

I have found the list of the name the most popular in France in 2008

Female : (in order)
- Clara
- Emma
- Inès
- Agathe
- Mailys
- Chloé
- Léa
- Ambre
- Léna
- Jade

Male : (in order)

- Mattéo
- Enzo
- Yannis
- Mathis
- Nathan
- Lucas
- Ethan
- Evan
- Noah
- Raphaël

It is my opinion, but I don't like these names and there are someone which I never hear.

[wolferin]

Actually I meant, which are the versions of the most popular names (mainly in the Christian world) like John and Peter in different languages. But I don't mind to write also which are the most popular names in your country, like Helran did.

PS: Thank you to the mod, that moved the thread in General intellectual discussion. I was hesitating where to make the thread and at the end decided in Everything you want to share.

[Helran]

Aug 11, 2008 22:25:46 GMT 2 wolferin said:

Actually I meant, which are the versions of the most popular names (mainly in the Christian world) like John and Peter in different languages. But I don't mind to write also which are the most popular names in your country, like Helran did.

PS: Thank you to the mod, that moved the thread in General intellectual discussion. I was hesitating where to make the thread and at the end decided in Everything you want to share.

Ok I see, I have added the french name version.

John - Jean, Yann; female equivalent - Jeanne, Johanna
George - Georges; female equivalent - Georgette
Peter - Pierre; female equivalent - Périne
Thomas - Thomas
Jordan - Jordan, Jordane; female equivalent - Jordana
Michael - Michel; female equivalent - Michelle
Martin - Martin; female equivalent - Martine
Jan - Jean; female equivalent - Jane, Jannine
Alexander - Alexandre; female equivalent - Alexandra, Alexandrine
Anthony - Antoine; female equivalent - Antoinette
Nick - Nicolas; female equivalent; Nicole
From Jesus Christ - Christian; female equivalent - Christianne

Other female:
Maria - Marie
Anna - Anne
Helen - Hélène

P.s. : I have also read quickly the instruction. It's not specificly in this forum, it's also french forum. I always reply quickly without read correctly/entirely the title.

[frostheim]

Aug 12, 2008 0:19:55 GMT 2 Helran said:

I always reply quickly without read correctly/entirely the title.

Always read the titles, instructions and rules first; that's why they namely are there.

[Rempi]

In Hungary:
John:János
George:György;female equiv.=Györgyi
Peter:Péter
Thomas:Tamás
Jordan:Jordán
Michael:Mihály
Martin:Márton
Jan:Jenő
Alexander:Sándor
Anthony:Antal;fem.equ.=Antónia
Nick:Miki,but it's just a nick ;D --->Nicholas:Miklós
Christ:Krisztián;fem.equ.=Krisztina
female names:
Maria:Mária
Anna:Anna
Helen:Helén
and I found other english female names:
Elizabeth:Erzsébet
Christine:Krisztina
Jeanette:Zsanett
Claire:Klára
Dorothy:Dorottya
Susan:Zsuzsanna
Catherine:Katalin
Charlotte:Sarolta
Sarah:Sára
Martha:Márta

[BulgarianChild]

Aug 12, 2008 8:59:58 GMT 2 Rempi said:

Catherine:Katalin

In bulgarian: Ekaterina or Katerina (my name by the way)

[saksalainenmika]

Thats the german versions of these names:

Male:

John - Johann, Johannes
George - Georg
Peter - Peter /female: Petra
Thomas - Thomas, Tom, Tommi
Jordan - Sorry- i don´t know & i can´t find the internet explanation
Michael - Michael, Michi, Micha /Female: Michaela (my name
Martin - Martin/Femal: Martina
Jan - Jan / Female: Jana
Alexander - Alexander, Alex / Femal: Alexa, Alexandra
Anthony - Anton, Toni /Femal: Antonia
Nick - Nikolas, Nikolaus, Niklas / Female: Nicole, Nicky
From Jesus Christ - Christian, Christoph, Chris / Female: Christa, Christina

Other female:
Maria - Maria
Anna - Anna, Anka
Helen - Helen, Helena

The most of these names are not longer popular in Germany. The most babys have very strange names like Cheyenne, Merlin and so on. I work in a primary school with 3 - 6 year old kids and the most of them have modern names.

[hawklord]

In Polish:

Male:

John - Jan
George - Grzegorz
Peter - Piotr
Thomas - Tomasz
Michael - Michał
Alexander - Aleksander

Female:

Maria - Maria
Anna - Anna
Helen - Helena
Elizabeth - Elżbieta
Christine - Krystyna
Claire - Klara
Dorothy - Dorota
Margaret - Małgorzata

[nefikuolema]

How do they sound in Czech language:

Male:
John - Ivan, Jan, Ivo, Ivoš; female equivalent - Ivana, Iva, Iveta, Jana(actually my name XD)
George - Jiří, Gregor; female equivalent - Jiřina
Peter - Petr; female equivalent - Petra
Thomas - Tomáš
Jordan - hmm I don't know, do we have any like that?
Michael - Michal, Michael; female equivalent - Michaela
Martin - Martin; female equivalent - Martina, Marta
Jan - Jan; female equivalent - Jana
Alexander - Alexandr; female equivalent - Alexandra
Anthony - Antonín; female equivalent - Antonie
Nick - Mikuláš; female equivalent; Nikola
From Jesus Christ - Krisitán; female equivalent - Kristýna

Other female:
Maria - Marie, Marika
Anna - Anna
Helen - Helena
Elizabeth - Eliška, Alžběta
Christine - Kristýna
Jeanette - Žaneta
Claire - Klára
Dorothy - Dorota
Susan - Zuzana
Catherine - Kateřina
Charlotte - Šarlota
Sarah - Sára
Martha - Marta

[Salamandra]

And now in Greek: The first name is the actual one and the second in the everyday "modernized" one.. The language has gone through some crazy changes during the last century and that reflects on the names.
John - Ioannis/Yiannis; female equivalent - Ioanna/Yianna
George - Georgios/Giorgosi; female equivalent - Georgia
Peter - Petros; female equivalent - Petroula (Petra in greek means "stone" so it's not used as a name)
Thomas - Thomas with the accent on "a"
Jordan - Iordanis; female equivalent is not used
Michael - Michail/Michalis; female equivalent - Mihaela
Martin - Martinos; female equivalent - Martina
Jan - there's no Greek equivalent
Alexander - Alexandros; female equivalent - Alexandra
Anthony - Antonios/Antonis; female equivalent - Antonia
Nick - Nikolaos/Nikos; female equivalent; Nikoleta/Niki
From Jesus Christ - Christos; female equivalent - Christina

[miha]

In CROATIA:
John: Ivan
George: Jura/Juraj
Peter: Petar
Thomas: Tomislav/Tomo
Michael: Mihael/Mihovil
Martin: Martin :go figure
Jan: Jan
Alexander: Aleksandar
Anthony: Antonio
Nicholas: Nikola
female names:
Maria: Márija
Anna: Ana
Helen: Helena
Elizabeth: Elizabeta
Christine: Kristina
Jeanette: Jana
Claire: Klara
Dorothy: Dorotea
Susan: Suzana
Catherine: Katarina
Sarah: Sara
Martha: Márta

[aussieklaani]

Australia -

David - Davo, Dave
Robert - Robbo, Bob
Peter - Pete
Ben - Benno
Scott - Scotty
Barry - Bazza, Baz
Michael - Mick
Daren - Dazza

Girls

Karen - Kazza
Sharon - Shazza
Maria - Mazza

You get the idea!

[Ǽcen]

John- Johnny
Robert- Robby, Bobby
Peter- Petey
Michael- Mikey
Thomas- Tommy
Vincent- Vinnie
Edward- Eddie
Nicholas- Nicky
James- Jimmy
William- Willy, Billy
Manuel- Manny
Daniel- Danny
Louis- Louie
Samuel- Sammy
Charles- Charlie
Theodore- Teddy
Lawrence- Larry
Andrew- Andy

We're very creative, as you can see.

[twilightheart]

Aug 13, 2008 12:33:43 GMT 2 saksalainenmika said:

Jordan - Sorry- i don´t know

I believe the closest to that in German is "Jörg" ("Joerg"... just in case the program doesn't show the German letter Ö correctly) or "Jürgen" ("Juergen")