Proper names belong to the category of nouns, so ideally they should be identifiable as nouns by their ending in Pandunia. Also the adjective ending can work, because adjective can occupy the same position as nouns in phrases. For example, one can say mono viri helpa debili (Only the brave help the weak).
So, proper names can end in:
- The basic noun ending -e
- The adjective ending -i
- Any of the 20 consonants: b c d f g h j k l m n p r s t v w x y z
- Diphthongs like -ia in maria and -ua in fransua (the French name François written in the Pandunia way)
Names that end in -a, -u and -o could be misunderstood as verbs (-a and -u) or adverbs (-o). So you should be careful with them. But don't worry, common names like "amanda", "sara" and "fatima" are normally recognized as names because they don't sound like any Pandunia word.
This is a list of suggested standard Pandunia versions of common given names, based on the following criteria: as close as possible to the original name in the original language and/or the version that fits best the normal word structure in Pandunia.
Names are nouns so they should end with -e or -ia or with a consonant that is easy to pronounce: h, l, m, n, r, s, w, x or y.
All names can be used for all genders. Some are traditionally more widely used for girls or boys.
abdul : Abdul, Abdullah
abel : Abel
abixeke : Abhishek
abraham : Abraham, Ibrahim
adah : Ada
adam : Adam
adite : Aditya, Adit, Aditi
adrian : Adrian
ajay : Ajay
akil : Achilleus, Akil
alberte : Albert, Alberto
alekse : Alexander, Alexandra, Alejandro, Aleksey, Alix
alih : Ali
aman : Amaan, Amani
ane : Ann, Anne, Anna
andre : Andrew, André, Andrey, Indra
anike : Anik, Annika, Anneke
anton : Anthony, Antoin, Antonio, Anton
arkadia : Arkadiy, Arkadiusz
arsen : Arsene, Arseni
artur : Arthur, Arturo
aryan : Aryan, Arie, Ari
ayan : Ayaan
beatris : Beatrice, Beatrix
benyam : Benjamin, Benny
boris : Boris
daniel : Daniel, Daniela, Danny, Daniil
daria : Daria, Darya
dariux : Darius, Dariusz
davide : Dadid, Davido
denis : Dennis, Denise, Deniz
dimitre : Dmitry
dipake : Deepak
donalde : Donald, Donaldo
dorote : Dorothy, Dorothée, Dorothea
eduarde : Edward, Eduardo, Eduard
emil : Emil, Emilio, Emilia
erike : Eric, Erik, Erkki
estefan : Stephen, Steven, Stephanie, Esteban, Stepan
evah : Eve, Eva
fatim : Fatima
federike : Frederic, Fredrick, Friedrich, Federico
filipe : Philip, Philipe, Felipe
franke : Frank, Franklin
franses : Frances, Francesco, Francesca, François
gustave : Gustav, Gustavo
hamide : Hamid, Hameed
hanah : Hannah
hasan : Hassan, Hasani
henrike : Henry, Henrick, Henrique, Enrico
herman : Herman, German
husain : Hussein, Hossain
idris : Idris, Idiris
igor : Igor
ilia : Ilia, Ilya
iris : Iris, Ira
irwin : Irwin
isake : Isaac, Yitzhak
ixan : Ishaan
jafar : Jafar
jamal : Jamal, Jamaal
jastin : Justin, Justine, Justinian
jorje : George, Giorgi, Jorje
kabir : Kabir
karim : Karim, Kareem, Kerem
karle : Karl, Carlos, Charles
konstan : Constantine, Konstantin, Constance
kristian : Christian, Cristiano
kristof : Christopher, Cristofor, Cristobál, Krzysztof
krixne : Krishna, Krish
kumar : Kumar
laurente : Lawrence
lew : Leo, Lea, Lev
lidia : Lidia, Lydia
lilia : Lily, Liliya
luis : Louise, Luiz, Lewis
lukas : Lucas, Luke
lusia : Lucy, Lucia
manix : Manish
manuel : Manual, Emmanuel, Immanuel
maria : Maria, Mary
marke : Marcus, Marcos, Mark, Marc
marte : Martin, Martha, Marta, Mert
maryam : Maryam, Meryem
matew : Matthew, Matt, Matteo, Matvei
mihael : Michael, Michel, Mihayl
moseh : Moses, Moshe, Musa
muhamade : Muhammad, Mohammed
mustaf : Mustafa
nadir : Nadira
natax : Natasha
nike : Nicholas, Nick, Nikolay, Nikita
omar : Omar, Omer, Umar
paul : Paul, Paula, Paolo, Pablo, Pawel, Pavel
petre : Peter, Pierre, Pedro, Petra, Piotr, Pyotr
priyah : Priyanka, Priya
rahul : Rahul, Rahool
raje : Raj, Rajabu
rebeke : Rebeccah
roberte : Robert, Roberto, Roberta
robin : Robin, Robyn, Robbin
ruben : Reuben, Ruben
rute : Ruth
saide : Said, Saeed, Sayyid
salah : Salah, Salehe
samuel : Samuel, Sam, Sammy
sarah : Sarah, Sara
sebastian : Sebastian, Bastian
sesil : Cecil, Cécile
sidarte : Siddhartha
tania : Tanya
tea : Thea, Tea
tomas : Thomas, Tomaso, Tom, Tommy
valeria : Valery, Valeria
valade : Vlad, Vladimir, Waldemar
vitor : Victor, Victoria, Viktor
vijay : Vijay
wilem : Wilhelm, William, Willem
yakobe : Jacob, Yakub, Jakub, Yakov
yesuh : Jesus, Yesu, Isa
yohan : John, Joan, Johan, Johannes, Juan, Giovanni, Ivan
yosef : Joseph, Yusef, Yusuf
yulia : Julius, Julia, Julian, Juliet, Yulian, Yulia
zain : Zayn
zainabe : Zainab, Zeyneb