Your Favorite Names from Around the World

Names travel among cultures further and faster now than ever before.

In the US, rising stars include the Irish Maeve and Declan, the Spanish Mateo and the Arabic Imani.

The British like such French names as Sophie and Chloe, while in France there’s a craze for British names such as Emma and Tom.  And then there are those names used throughout Europe that are gaining some attention in the US: Cosima, Leonie, Roman.

And then there are the more exotic names to our Western ears, from the Turkish Devrim to the Japanese Kaori.

Our question for you is: What are your favorite names from around the world?  They may be familiar or exotic, but we’d love to hear specifics and well as which cultures have names you find most appealing.