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Hmm, good question! The main dictionary I use is the Oxford Dictionary of First Names (by Patrick Hanks, Kate Hardcastle, and Flavia Hodges), which also focuses mainly on English first names. It does however have several appendices which cover a selection of names from several languages (French, German, Irish, Italian, Russian, Scandinavian, Scottish, Spanish, and Welsh names, as well as some Chinese, Indian and Arabic names). I haven't used the Oxford Names Companion, so I'm not sure how the two compare; two of the authors were involved in both books so there may be quite a lot of overlapping material. However, as it's first names you're interested in, I would think that the Dictionary of First Names might be the more useful resource of the two.

With regard to resources which provide etymologies of European names without an Anglo-focus, I don't know much at all, so hopefully someone else has some ideas! I'll put out a call on Twitter and see if anyone responds.