Dan_Dare Posted May 2, 2009 Share Posted May 2, 2009 (edited) Howdy folks. I'm in need of some names for a pitch I'm working on. Specifically, I'm looking for a few examples from Continental, Northern and Eastern Europe. This seems a pretty good place to ask, so over to you! links to resources, celeb names, writers...hell, anything. I just need as many as possible! thanks. Edited May 2, 2009 by Dan_Dare Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirkatronics Posted May 2, 2009 Share Posted May 2, 2009 Hoolio, all Europian male masseurs are called that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan_Dare Posted May 2, 2009 Author Share Posted May 2, 2009 'Julio' also. no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paj! Posted May 2, 2009 Share Posted May 2, 2009 John, in various forms. David is various forms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shino Posted May 2, 2009 Share Posted May 2, 2009 Hoolio, all Europian male masseurs are called that. Haha...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirkatronics Posted May 2, 2009 Share Posted May 2, 2009 Id deffinatly agree with Dave, Michael, Adam, and Mark are all common names. For girls theres Sarah, Emma, Rachael, and maybe Leanne. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mundi Posted May 2, 2009 Share Posted May 2, 2009 If you want northern, Lars, Magnus, Thor (Þór), Peter are a couple I can think of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirkatronics Posted May 2, 2009 Share Posted May 2, 2009 I know a few people who share my name, both boys and girls. Terry is the male spelling, and Teri/Terri is the female spelling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayseven Posted May 2, 2009 Share Posted May 2, 2009 Footballers are a good, easy place to start finding names. You're asking for, like, three different regions, soo... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:European_given_names :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan_Dare Posted May 2, 2009 Author Share Posted May 2, 2009 not sure why this was locked. Anyway, carry on! Id deffinatly agree with Dave, Michael, Adam, and Mark are all common names.For girls theres Sarah, Emma, Rachael, and maybe Leanne. I'm not having problems with English names dude... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eenuh Posted May 2, 2009 Share Posted May 2, 2009 (edited) Don't know if this will help: http://www.statbel.fgov.be/fiGurEs/d22a_nl.asp It has multiple lists, first for girl names in Flanders, Wallonia and Brussels, then the same but for boys. They're basically the most popular names for babies in those years, heh. So you'll find Dutch names, French names and then for Brussels it might include more Islamic names like Mohamed. Edited May 2, 2009 by Eenuh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chairdriver Posted May 2, 2009 Share Posted May 2, 2009 Marc. Thierry. Axel (lol...?) Justine. Rebecca. Most names from the Bible, in one form or another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirkatronics Posted May 2, 2009 Share Posted May 2, 2009 not sure why this was locked. Anyway, carry on! I'm not having problems with English names dude... England is a Europian country, just assumed you had a mental block. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
navarre Posted May 2, 2009 Share Posted May 2, 2009 The Frogs have Pierre, the Russians have Vlad, and the Germans have English language names but with different spelling, like Josef. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannyboy-the-Dane Posted May 2, 2009 Share Posted May 2, 2009 I can mention a bunch of common Danish and generally Scandinavian first names. Some of them obviously have their roots in other languages, but they are none the less very common. Varieties in spelling exist, but I've chosen the most Danish variants. Male names: Daniel, Søren, Peter, Lars, Jens, Frederik, Kristian, Anders, Mads, Rasmus, Jesper, Morten, Martin, Erik, Palle, Helge, Poul, Simon. Female names: Anne, Katrine, Karen, Julie, Lykke, Sofie, Susanne, Johanne, Line, Josefine, Ingrid, Mette, Maja, Rebekka, Nina, Ditte, Lærke, Sine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paj! Posted May 2, 2009 Share Posted May 2, 2009 Mads...Helge...Ditte...Lærke....Sine. Stunning names. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley Posted May 2, 2009 Share Posted May 2, 2009 Anders BSG reference. Do it Ms Dare! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jav_NE Posted May 2, 2009 Share Posted May 2, 2009 Mattias and Erik are Swedish i believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan_Dare Posted May 3, 2009 Author Share Posted May 3, 2009 I need surnames too! go go go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eenuh Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 I can give you the top 50 family names from my city. Though I guess the top 10 might do. =P Martens, Hermans, Claes, Jacobs, Peeters, Janssens, Smeets, Willems, Jans, Houben. Mom's surname (Vanstraelen) occupies spot number 17, heh. Mine isn't on the list because it sucks. X3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannyboy-the-Dane Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 Mattias and Erik are Swedish i believe. Generally Scandinavian, I think. I need surnames too! go go go! You can take almost any male first name (but not all!) and add "-sen", which is identical to "-son" in English ("son of ..."). Here is a bunch of examples: Andersen, Petersen, Jensen, Larsen, Hansen, Frederiksen, Poulsen, Kristensen, Jespersen, Rasmussen, Mortensen, Simonsen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paj! Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 Bjorn. Anni-Frid. Benny. Agnetha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannyboy-the-Dane Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 Bjorn. That would actually be Bjørn, another common Danish name. It means "bear", as in panda and grizzly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mundi Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 I want to add more but Danny seems to have cover most of the northern ones, the differances in names here in the north is next to nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan_Dare Posted May 3, 2009 Author Share Posted May 3, 2009 Very helpful guys! anyone knowledgeable on French names? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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