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Help[Opinions] Identical names with different etymologies
What are some names you can think of that can be spelt the same across multiple cultures, but have distinct etymologies? I can only think of Naomi, Ruth, and Nikita. I don't mean names like Andrea, which are used as feminine in English and masculine in Italian, since they share the same etymology.
masculine list: https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/191050/124079
feminine list: https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/191050/124080
masculine list: https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/191050/124079
feminine list: https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/191050/124080
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Greek Aleka, Greenlandic Aleka, and Old Low German Aleka.
Igbo Chika and Japanese Chika.
Spanish/Arabic Dalia, Lithuanian Dalia, and Hebrew Dalia.
Greek Danai and Shona Danai.
Hebrew Eliud and Brythonic Eliud.
Japanese Ema and Pan-European Ema.
Pan-European Nina, Quechua Nina, and Nina as an alternative name for Saint Nino.
Australian Talia, Greek Talia, and Hebrew Talia.
Japanese Yuri (f) and Russian Yuri (m).
I wonder if any Bernices named their daughters Veronica.
Are there any pairs/groups of wildly-different names that come from the same PIE (or other proto-language) root, like Raj and Rex? I know Frederick and Vladimir are calques.
Igbo Chika and Japanese Chika.
Spanish/Arabic Dalia, Lithuanian Dalia, and Hebrew Dalia.
Greek Danai and Shona Danai.
Hebrew Eliud and Brythonic Eliud.
Japanese Ema and Pan-European Ema.
Pan-European Nina, Quechua Nina, and Nina as an alternative name for Saint Nino.
Australian Talia, Greek Talia, and Hebrew Talia.
Japanese Yuri (f) and Russian Yuri (m).
I wonder if any Bernices named their daughters Veronica.
Are there any pairs/groups of wildly-different names that come from the same PIE (or other proto-language) root, like Raj and Rex? I know Frederick and Vladimir are calques.
This message was edited 10/3/2022, 6:45 PM
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Hana is the same in Arabic, Slovak, Croatian, Slovene, Japanese and Korean
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