By Linda Rosenkrantz

　　Now it’s the boy’s turn to romance their names.

　　We recently posted a list of 100 girls’ names in translation, where we took some rather prosaic appellations like Helen, Henrietta and Hedwig, and gave them some international flair via their translations into other languages. Well, several of you asked us to do the same for the boys, and so here they are. Of course there are countless other versions and variations—maybe you’ll find the honor replacement you’ve been looking for!

　　Ralph and Roland, meet Raoul and Orlando.

　　Adair — Edgar in Scottish

　　Alasdair — Scottish form of Alexander

　　Alessandro — Alexander in Italian

　　Alwyn — Welsh variation of Alvin

　　Anders — Scandinavian version of Andrew

　　Arman – Russian for Herman

　　Artair — Arthur in Scottish (AHR-shtuhr)

　　Aureli — Polish for Aurelius (ow-REH-lee)

　　Axel –Danish version of Absalom

　　Basilio – Basil in Spanish

　　Bernez — Breton for Bernard (BAYR-nes)

　　Briac — Brian in Breton (BREE-ayk)

　　Ciro – Cyrus in Italian

　　Corrado – Conrad in Italian

　　Cristobal –- Christopher in Spanish, also Crisoforo

　　Danilo—the Slavic form of Daniel

　　Daveth — Cornish variation of David

　　Devi — David in Breton (DAY-vee)

　　Diego – Spanish version of James

　　Doolish—Manx variation of Douglas

　　Eamon – Edmund in Irish (AY-mon)

　　Eero—Eric in Finnish

　　Eetu – Finnish form of Edward

　　Etienne – Stephen in French

　　Elihu — Elijah in Hebrew

　　Elio – Italian form of Elijah

　　Eliseo — Elisha in Spanish and Italian

　　Emrys —Welsh version of Ambrose (EM-rees)

　　Esteban – Stephen in Spanish

　　Etan — Ethan in Hebrew

　　Ettore — Italian version of Hector

　　Federico –Frederick in Italian and Spanish

　　Felipe – Spanish cognate of Phillip

　　Gabor — Gabriel in Hungarian

　　Gautier – Walter in French

　　Giotto — Italian forGodfrey

　　Giuliano – Julian in Italian

　　Gwilym—Welsh for William

　　Hamish—James in Scottish

　　Haroun—Armenian form of Aaron

　　Huw—Hugh in Welsh

　　Iain –Scottish version of John (EE-ayn)

　　Ilya —Elijah in Russian

　　Jaako — Finnish variation of Jacob

　　Jacca – Jack in Cornish

　　Jago – Cornish for Jacob (JAHG-o)

　　Jakez – Jack in Breton (ZHAH-kays)

　　Jarl –Scandinavian form of Earl (yarl)

　　Javier — Xavier in Spanish, Portuguese (ha-bee-AIR)

　　Jazon –Polish form of Jason (YAH-zon)

　　Jeno — Eugene in Hungarian (YEH-no)

　　Jens — John in Norwegian, Swedish and Danish

　　Joost –Dutch nickname for Joseph (YOHP)

　　Jori — George in Provencal

　　Jowan — John in Cornish (JOO-an or JO-an)

　　Jozua – Dutch version of Joshua

　　Juri — George in Estonian (YOO-ree)

　　Keoni –Hawaiian form of John (KEH-O-nee)

　　Lars — Laurence in Scandinavian

　　Lazzaro –Italian form of Lazarus (laz-ZAH-ro)

　　Lorenzo —Laurence in Italian and Spanish

　　Luca –Italian form of Luke

　　Lucan –Irish for Lucius

　　Luciano – Lucian in Italian, Spanish

　　Macsen/Maxen – Maximus in Welsh

　　Mateo — Matthew in Spanish, Matteo in Italian

　　Mikko — Finnish form of Michael

　　Niall — Neil in Irish (NEE-al)

　　Nils — Swedish for Nicholas

　　Odon — Edmund in Hungarian

　　Olivier — French version of Oliver

　　Orazio — Horace in Italian

　　Orlando — Italian cognate of Roland

　　Paavo — Paul in Finnish

　　Padrig — Patrick in Welsh (PAHD-rig); Padraig in Irish (PAH-dreek)

　　Paolo — Italian version of Paul; in Spanish it’s Pablo

　　Pavel — Russian version of Paul

　　Pawly — Paul in Cornish

　　Piero — Peter in Italian, also Pietro

　　Piet — Peter (Pete) in Dutch

　　Raoul — French version of Ralph (ra-OOL); Raul in Spanish

　　Redmond — Raymond in Irish

　　Savvel – Russian form of Saul (SAH-vel)

　　Seamus — Irish form of James (SHAY-mus)

　　Siarl– – Charles in Welsh ((SHARL)

　　Simu—Romanian form of Simon

　　Taavi—David in Finnish

　　Tadeo—Thaddeus in Spanish, Taddeo in Italian (ta-DAY-o)

　　Teodoro—Spanish and Portuguese version of Theodore

　　Toma—Thomas in Romanian

　　Ugo—Italian for Hugo (OO-go)

　　Uilleam—Scottish variant of William (OOL-yum)

　　Vanya—Russian pet form of Ivan

　　Vasili – Basil in Russian

　　Willem—William in Dutch

　　Wilmot—Manx version of William

　　Xoan—John in Galician (zo-an)

　　Yaakov –Hebrew for Jacob

　　Zacheo—Portuguese version of Zacharias/Zachary (_zash-EH-_o)

　　**100. Zalman—Hebrew form of Solomon**