Persona (from OED):

1. An assumed character or role, esp. one adopted by an author in his or her writing, or by a performer. Also: a dramatic or literary character (obs.).

    2. a. The aspect of a person's character that is displayed to or perceived by others.

    b. Psychol. In Jungian psychology: the outer or assumed aspect of character; a set of attitudes adopted by an individual to fit his or her perceived social role. Contrasted with anima.

French or French Swiss: Female: Albertine, Amélie, Anne, Camilia, Caroline, Charlotte, Christiane, Córnelie, Denise, Eléonore, Elisabeth, Elisabeth-Louise, Françoise, Hélène, Héloïse, Joséphine, Justine, Louise, Madeleine, Marianne, Marie, Marie-Françoise, Marie-Hélène, Marie-Justine

Male: Alexandre, Alfred, Antoine, Armand, Benjamin, Bernard, Claude, Christian, Cornelius, Daniel, David, Denis, Etienne, François, Guy, Henri, Ignace, Isaac, Jacques, Jean, Jean-Baptiste, Jean-Claude, Jean-Christian, Jean-Jacques, Joseph, Louis, Louis-Philippe, Michel, Nicolas, Pierre, Philippe, Sebastian, René, Thomas, Victor

German (Austrian, Prussian) or Swiss German: Female: Amalia, Anne, Anne-luise, Alexandra, Annette, Beate, Berta, Charlotte, Greta, Gretchen, Karoline, Lieschen, Liesel, Lotte, Luise, Margarethe, Mathilde, Maechthild, Marie, Michaela, Petra, Sara, Sophie, Suzanne, Tomasine, Waltraud, Wilhelmine

Male: Albert, Albrecht, Björn, Christian, Daniel, Erich, Friedrich, Gottlieb, Gottfried, Hans, Hans-Franz, Friedrich, Hans-Peter, Jakob, Jens, Johann, Johannes, Josef, Michael, Moses, Karl, Karl-Josef, Klaus, Leopold, Lutz, Oliver, Peter, Sebastien, Siegfried, Sigismund, Stefan, Tomas, Wilhelm

Russian, Polish, Czech, or other Eastern European: Female: Adela, Alma, Alyona, Anastasia, Anna, Darya, Karina, Kata, Katerina, Katya, Elizaveta, Irina, Julia, Lara, Lena, Lenka, Luba, Magdalena, Marfa, Maria, Marianna, Nastasia, Olga, Sonya, Svetlana, Teresa

            Male: Antonin, Aleksey, Alexander, Augustine, Boris, Christian, Daniel, Dmitri, Dominik, Evgeny, Fyodor, Gabriel, Georg, Kolya, Konstantin, Kristoff, Franz, Ilya, Ivan, Jan, Jiri, Nicolai, Pavel, Peter, Paul, Rodya, Sasha, Tomas, Vanya, Vasily, Vladimir, Yuri

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