Ooh, this is the perfect place to post some of the many awesome names from my kids' elementary school. It's a public school in NC and represents children from almost 30 countries, so as you can imagine, the names are very international. Here goes:

 

Aaliyah

Abirham (boy)

Alan (2)

Alexis (3 boys, 1 girl)--I found this very interesting! The girl is African-American. Two of the boys are Hispanic and the other is Asian.

Alison

Alisson

Allison

Alma (2)

Amelia (only 1 out of about 650 kids)

Amelie

Angel (1 girl, 4 boys)

Anson

Areeba (girl)

Argenis (boy)

Artun (boy)

Ashley (5)

Aspen

Aveanah (girl) -- Very fashionable in today's vowel-laden naming garden!

Avonell

Axel (2)

Baopu (boy)

Benedicto

Beverli

Brian (4)

Bryan (5)

Buddy

C'Asia (girl)

Catherine (3)

Cecilia

Cherly (girl) -- I have a feeling this one is an attempt to get close to Shirley in pronunciation

Christian (5)

Corvalen (boy)

Daelynn

Danexy (girl)

Daniel (5)

Denilson

Devyn (girl)

Doris

Eden

Elizabeth (4)

Ella (4)

Emerson (girl)

Emmet

Enoch

Ethan (only 1!)

Evan (3)

Evelyn (2)

Ezra

Faith

Faythe

Felix

Finnegan

Frida

Garrett (3)

Gedler (boy)

Grace (3)

Hayden (boy)

Hector

Helen

Henry (only 1)

Hezekiah

Imani (girl, 2)

Iris

Isabella (only 1)

Jackson (2)

Jacob (2)

Jada (2)

Jaidyn (boy)

Jalen (2, both boys)

Jalia (girl)

Jalyn (boy)

James (3)

Jan (boy)

Jasmin

Jasmine

Jasmyn

Jaylin (boy)

Jenifer (2)

Jeniffer

Jenna (2)

Jennifer (only 1)

Jeremiah (3)

Jeremy (2)

Jesús (2)

Jiantong (girl)

Jimmy (2)

John (3)

Jonathan (4)

Jordan (2, both boys)

Jordyn (girl)

José (only 1)

Josephine

Joshua

Josiah

Josue (3)

Juliana (3)

Kai

Kaitlyn

Karen (2)

Katherine (3)

Kayla (3)

Keb (boy)

Keon (boy)

Kimberly (5) -- this is astonishing to me! Five Kimberlys! It's remisiscent of my high school days! All of these girls have Hispanic surnames.

Kyler (boy)

Lacey

Lafavia (boy)

Lainey

La'Mario (boy)

Layla (2)

Leanne

Lemma (girl)

Leo

Leonardo (2)

Lester

Liam (2)

Lieu (girl)

Lily

Linda

Lizbeth

Lizcet

Lizet

Lizeth

Llanin (girl)

Logan (boy)

Luca

Lucca

Lucia

Lul (boy)

Madison (only 1!)

Maidely (girl)

Malin

Maria (3)

Marlon (2)

Mary (3)

Matthew (2)

Mauricio (2)

Maya (2)

McKayla

Michael (4)

Miguel (only 1)

Miles (2)

Mini (girl)

Mirka

Mohammed

Mykel (boy)

Neraly (girl)

Ngat (girl)

Nick (2)

Nicky (girl)

Nicole

Niki (boy)

Nikki (girl)

Nikolas

Nkosi (boy)

Oliver

Olivia (2)

Omar (3)

Oscar (2)

Pamela

Patricia

Paula

Peter (2)

Prince

Priscilla

Rachel

Rebecca

Rickelme (boy)

Riley (girl)

Rodney

Ronin

Rory (boy)

Rosalia

Ruby (2)

Ryan (5)

Rye (girl)

Samuel (3)

Sandra (2)

Sandy

Sarah (2)

Seyde (girl, pronounced Sadie)

Serenity

Shu (boy)

Siena

Simone

Sophia (only 1)

Stephanie (4)

Stephen (2)

Thaddeus

Theodore

Thomas (only 1)

Tifanny

Tiffany

Trent

Trinity

Tyler (3)

Vianey (girl)

Virginia (2)

Wendy

William (3)

Yamilet (girl)

Yareli (girl)

Yiming (boy)

Zain

Zane

 

Sorry for the length! I had to cut many great names but included some of the ones I found most interesting. A lot of the names are a generation (or two!) out of step; I attribute that to immigrant parents who don't realize that Kimberly, Doris and Lester are no longer the height of fashion. I always take note when my kids say someone has a "weird" name, because they are exposed to so many different names that I can't imagine anything would strike them as weird!

Wow Elizabeth T, what a list. Thanks for sharing!

That's an awesome list of names!

Here's my contribution of a fun list of names from my cousin's preschool.  He lives in Holland and goes to an English-speaking preschool; most of his classmates' parents are diplomats and various government officials.

 

Tingkai

Lukas

Vladislav

Jack

Swan (girl)

Gideon

This is only a partial list, but you can still see the diversity!  When I asked my cousin where all of his friends were from, he listed about 20 countries and knew exactly who is from where!  Not bad for a 6 year old