Dan_Dare Posted May 2, 2009 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
Kirkatronics Posted May 2, 2009 Posted May 2, 2009 Hoolio, all Europian male masseurs are called that.
Shino Posted May 2, 2009 Posted May 2, 2009 Hoolio, all Europian male masseurs are called that. Haha......
Kirkatronics Posted May 2, 2009 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.
Mundi Posted May 2, 2009 Posted May 2, 2009 If you want northern, Lars, Magnus, Thor (Þór), Peter are a couple I can think of.
Kirkatronics Posted May 2, 2009 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.
jayseven Posted May 2, 2009 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
Dan_Dare Posted May 2, 2009 Author 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...
Eenuh Posted May 2, 2009 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
chairdriver Posted May 2, 2009 Posted May 2, 2009 Marc. Thierry. Axel (lol...?) Justine. Rebecca. Most names from the Bible, in one form or another.
Kirkatronics Posted May 2, 2009 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.
navarre Posted May 2, 2009 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.
Dannyboy-the-Dane Posted May 2, 2009 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.
Eenuh Posted May 3, 2009 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
Dannyboy-the-Dane Posted May 3, 2009 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.
Dannyboy-the-Dane Posted May 3, 2009 Posted May 3, 2009 Bjorn. That would actually be Bjørn, another common Danish name. It means "bear", as in panda and grizzly.
Mundi Posted May 3, 2009 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.
Dan_Dare Posted May 3, 2009 Author Posted May 3, 2009 Very helpful guys! anyone knowledgeable on French names?
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