Seems to me variations of John and Mary are probably in the top tier. Johann, Juan; Miriam, Marie.
Joseph/ Yousuf, Daniel/ Danyal. Again anything universal is Abrahamic just bc of what high proportion of the world is Christian/ Muslim/ Jew.
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.
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
Sara?
Lee. There's a million Lee's.
Thats a common last name but in just one culture, it's not universal. Also an english first name but not as common
I think that's an Avatar The Last Airbender reference, which I applaud.
It also has the benefit of being one of the few names that arises in East Asian and European naming.
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.
If Wit is to be trusted, it all eventually converges on Doug.
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.
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