International Baby Names

[Thissideofchannel]

I found this list of popular names in different countries and thought you might find it interesting/helpful too .

Australia (2007)

Girls
0.Isabella
1.Ella
2.Emily
3.Chloe
4.Mia
5.Olivia
6.Charlotte
7.Sophie
8.Sie nna
9.Jessica

Boys
1.Jack
2.William
3.Joshua
4.Lachlan
5.Thomas
6.Riley
7.Cooper
8.James
9.Noah
10.Eth an


Chile (2005)

Girls
1.Constanza
2.Catalina
3.Valentina
4.Javiera
5.Martina
6.Sofia
7.Maria
8.Antonia
9.Fernanda
10.Francisca

Boys
1.Benjamin
2.Matias
3.Vicente
4.Martin
5.Sebastian
6.Diego
7.Nicolas
8.Juan
9.Jose
10.Cristobal


Germany (2008)

Girls
1.Sophie/Sofie
2.Marie
3.Maria
4.Anna/Anne
5.Johanna
6.Leonie
7.Lena
8.Hannah/Hanna
9.Mia
10.Charlotte

Boys
1.Maximilian
2.Alexander
3.Leon
4.Paul
5.Luca
6.Felix
7.Elias
8.Lukas/Lucas
9.David
10.Tim


Finnland (2007)

Girls
1.Aino
2.Emma
3.Sara
4.Ella
5.Venla
6.Anni
7.Aada
8.Lida
9.Emilia
10.Helmi

Boys
1.Eetu
2.Veeti
3.Aleksi
4.Elias
5.Joona
6.Onni
7.Arttu
8.Leevi
9.Juho
10.Lauri


France (2005)

Girls
1.Chloe
2.Clara
3.Emma
4.Ines
5.Lea
6.Manon
7.Marie
8.Oceane

Boys
1.Theo
2.Thomas
3.Hugo
4.Maxime
5.Antoine
6.Clement
7.Alexander
8.Quentin


Italy (2005)

Girls
1.Anna
2.Giuseppina
3.Rosa
4.Angela
5.Giovanna
6.Teresa
7.Lucia
8.Carmela
9.Caterina

Boys
1.Giovanni
2.Antonio
3.Mario
4.Luigi
5.Francesco
6.Angelo
7.Vincenzo
8.Pietro
9.Salvatore

[TanteRose]

Love all these names - the Finnish ones are gorgeous!

FYI Japan (2007)

Top ten Japanese girl baby names

1. Hina
2. Yui
3. Miyu
4. Haruka
5. Sakura
6. Nanami
7. Ayaka
8. Honoka
9. Momoka

10. Aoi

Top ten Japanese boy baby names

1. Yuuki
2. Haruto
3. Souta
4. Yuuto
5. Haruki
6. Kouki
7. Takumi
8. Kaito
9. Hayato

10. Shouta

[tummytickler]

I love the French boys names - and the Japanese names - I wish i had some Japanese background so i could use one!
Especially like Miyu and Nanami.

[annasmami]

Yes, the French boys names are lovely as are the Italian Girls names!

[ilovemydogandmrobama]

would have thought Pascal would have been on the French list....

[rachel234]

Some lovely names on here - I particularly like the Italian and French ones!

[sonniboo]

The Japanese girls names are lovely too.

[Bucharest]

The Italian ones are all for ladies over the age of 250, possibly wearing habits.

That's what you get for being in a country where people are forced encouraged to give children their grandparents names.

From what I can see of dd's contemporaries, the most popular names now seem to be Giulia, Martina and Luca. (every boy born is Luca seemingly....yawn)

I like the German list best.

[mopsyflopsy]

Bucharest, the Italian list is from 2005, so perhaps Luca has moved up since then?

I hadn't realised Luca was THAT comom in Italy?

[minervaitalica]

Luca is incredibly common and I cannot believe it's not on that list.

As of the Italian girl names, Giuseppina is probably the equivalent of Enid...

[joesgirl]

In case you are interested in actual names given by our Italian friends in Italy:

Ginevra
Ludovica
Carlotta
Cateria
Annamaria
Adele
Alice
Carola
Martha
Eugenia
Ir ene

Achille
Camillo
Vittorio
Gabriele
Lorenzo

[joesgirl]

sorry, meant Caterina

[MmeGoblindt]

The German one is pretty accurate. I am soooo bored of the Luca/Max/Alex/Tim and Anna/Sophie/Marie/Lena trend in Germany at the moment.

Lots of the girls have a combination of the most popular names, so Anna-Maria, Marie-Sophie, Anna-Lena, Leonie-Sophie, Ann-Sophie...

[minervaitalica]

I would add Sofia, Giulia, Leonardo, Edoardo, Paolo.

Eugenia???? Really?

[joesgirl]

True, my friend said there were about 4 or 5 sofias in the nursery.

Eugenia is indeed not very common, but then this is not a representative sample.

And here are the other ones I forgot to add earlier:

Beatrice
Laura
Elisabetta

Giovanni
Federico
Francesco
Leonardo
Ludovico

[whensmydayoff]

Lucia, Hmm think I like that. With it being Italian (and me being thick) do they pronounce it Loo-see-a or Loo-chee-a?

[Othersideofthechannel]

Hello thisside!

[Thissideofchannel]

Hello otherside !

[NorktasticNinja]

Most popular names in the Netherlands for the first three quarters of 2009:

Boys

1. Daan
   
2. Sem
   
3. Ruben
   
4. Lucas
   
5. Thomas
   
6. Jayden
   
7. Milan
   
8. Lars
   
9. Tim
   
10. Jesse (prn Yes-Uh)
    
11. Thijs
    
12. Stijn
    
13. Finn
    
14. Luuk
    
15. Bram
    
16. Levi
    
17. Sven
    
18. Julian
    
19. Noah
    
20. Nick
    
    Girls:
    
21. Emma
    
22. Julia
    
23. Sophie
    
24. Lieke
    
25. Lotte
    
26. Lisa
    
27. Sanne
    
28. Anna
    
29. Eva
    
30. Noa
    
31. Anne
    
32. Tess
    
33. Femke
    
34. Fleur
    
35. Isa
    
36. Sara
    
37. Jasmijn
    
38. Amber
    
39. Roos (prn Rose)
    
40. Britt

[SardineQueen]

These are all v interesting! I do like the name Lars...

[Thissideofchannel]

Surprised about Jayden - is this pronounced Jay-den or Yay-den?

[NorktasticNinja]

Yay-den I think. Never met one or heard it TBH.

Note rhyming of the girls names 4-8. lol.

[mathanxiety]

The Jayden plague is spreading . Love Bram though.

[nooka]

Here is the Canadian set (2007):

1 Emma
2 Emily, Emilee, Emilie, Émilie
3 Sarah/Sara
4 Olivia
5 Madison, Maddison, Madisen, Madisyn, Madyson
6 Hannah, Hana, Hanna
7 Megan, Meagan, Meaghan, Megane, Meghan
8 Abbigail, Abbigale, Abbygail, Abigail, Abigale, Abigayle
9 Chloe, Chloé, Chloë, Cloe, Kloé
10 Hailee, Hailie, Hailey, Haleigh, Haley, Halle, Hallie, Haylee, Haylie, Hayley
11 Jessica, Jessika
12 Julia
13 Grace
14 Sophia, Sofia, Sofiya
15 Isabela, Isabella, Izabella

Boys
1 Mathew, Mathieu, Matthew, Matthieu
2 Jacob, Jakob, Jakub
3 Ethan
4 Alexander, Alexandre, Alexzander
5 Nathan, Nathen
6 William
7 Nicolas, Nicholas, Nickolas, Nikolas
8 Joshua
9 Zack, Zachary, Zachery, Zackary, Zackery, Zakary, Zakery
10 Samuel
11 Ryan
12 Noah
13 Benjamin
14 Michael, Michaël, Micheal, Mickael, Mikael
15 Justin

The variation in spellings is partly because of the effect of Quebec

In my children's age group the trend seems to be to name your children after old fashioned professions - Tanner, Cooper etc, or any variation along the lines of Braydon/Caden/Brennon/Brandon. Cubs etc can get quite confusing!

[lilysam]

Very interesting stuff....Noah is a current favourtie of mine and its so high up on some of these lists

Here's alist of 2008 for countries around the world here

[mathanxiety]

Thanks for that list lilysam. I like the girls' names Lida, Linnea, Eliska, Alba and Nika.