cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/3809882

Ofc Mohammed is the most common name but thats a name common within the muslim community. I have noticed the name Sarah in every country, regardless of race or religion. Or it might be an abrahamic religion thing but thats most of the world atleast.

I suspect other Abrahamic names might make the cut.

  • pelya
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    Alexander. Cannot go wrong with Alexander. Arabic version is Iskander.

    There’s also Maria.

    The biggest countries, India and China, have unique names unlike anyhing in Europe or America.

    • @[email protected]OPM
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      India still has a massive muslim population so I think whatever the most common name is has to be a common muslim name that has a common christian equivalent

  • UziBobuzi
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    61 year ago

    Seems to me variations of John and Mary are probably in the top tier. Johann, Juan; Miriam, Marie.

    • @[email protected]OPM
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      31 year ago

      Joseph/ Yousuf, Daniel/ Danyal. Again anything universal is Abrahamic just bc of what high proportion of the world is Christian/ Muslim/ Jew.

  • @Baahb
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    31 year ago

    Lee. There’s a million Lee’s.

    • @[email protected]OPM
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      11 year ago

      Thats a common last name but in just one culture, it’s not universal. Also an english first name but not as common

        • @captainlezbian
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          11 year ago

          It also has the benefit of being one of the few names that arises in East Asian and European naming.

          • @[email protected]OPM
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            11 year ago

            There are also a few names that independently exist in different languages; i.e. one is not a translation of the other, such as “Yuri” in Russian and Japanese, or “Naomi” in Hebrew and Japanese. Similarly, the surname “Lee” in English is not related to “Lee” in East Asian languages like Chinese or Korean.

  • @[email protected]
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    110 months ago

    It strongly depends on where you live.

    I guess, worldwide (especially in the West), “John” is very common.

    In Asia (esp. China), “chien” seems to be a frequent girls’ name.