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mums abroad - what are the trendy new baby names in YOUR country

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ocd · 01/09/2006 09:59

are the french still into Kevin?

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ggglimhoho · 02/02/2008 09:28

Loads of little 'Oceane' and Max is very popular in France at the mo.

Killian seems to be the new Keveeeeen (both breton, doncha know).

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ggglimhoho · 02/02/2008 09:29

Ha! Castille - just seen your post. Great minds and all that.....

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ggglimhoho · 02/02/2008 09:30

Oh, and Jade (pronounced Jad) a la Johnnie H's little girl.

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YeahBut · 02/02/2008 09:33

My neighbour in Holland has just called her son Taco (which is a very old dutch name, apparently). Keep having to bite my tongue not to call him enchilada...

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YeahBut · 02/02/2008 09:38

OK, just googled the top 10 baby names in the Netherlands.
Girls...
Sophie
Lotte
Sanne
Lieke
Emma
Eva
Fleur
Noa
Anna
Julia

Boys...
Daan
Tim
Sem
Jesse
Ruben
Thijs
Stijn
Lucas
Thomas
Milan

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vesela · 02/02/2008 22:46

Tereza has been the top girl's name in the Czech Republic for years. Followed by Adela, last thing I saw.

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vesela · 02/02/2008 23:00

Whoops, Adela is no. 4. Here is the latest list (to June 2007). Tereza still way out in front.

Tereza
Kateřina
Natálie
Adéla
Eli?ka
Lucie
Karolína
Anna
Veronika
Barbora

Boys:

Jakub
Jan
Tomá?
Ondřej
David
Adam
Matěj
Martin
Filip
Luká?

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vesela · 02/02/2008 23:02

OK, so Mumsnet has mangled some of the accents. Katerina, Ondrej, Matej (last two are the Czech equivalents of Andrew and Matthew).

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CaliAndiemcdowellFrau · 02/02/2008 23:05

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Countingthegreyhairs · 02/02/2008 23:28

Lots of Koen's here (Belgium) pronounced Koon ....

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SoMuchToBits · 03/02/2008 12:41

I have relatives in several different countries.

In Australia Dawson and Patina, in New Zealand Kobi and Taz (short for Taran), in America Rae-shelle (her parents are Raymond and Shelley), and a cousin whose parents are English and Japanese is called Atom. I did wonder whether his sister would end up being called Molecule, but she turned out to be a Teresa.

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casbie · 04/02/2008 09:36

"Japanese is called Atom"

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Nighbynight · 04/02/2008 10:36

dd's kindergarten list has got
Elise, Luca, Johannes, Lina, Liv, Maxima, Leon, Anna, Tim, Fabian, Jakob, Manuel, Hannes, Robert, Maximilan, Kira, Julia, Tanja, Raphael, Luna

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HalyconDays · 04/02/2008 14:21

In Nelson Mandela's book, 'Long Walk to Freedom', he talks about his guardian's wife who was called No-England.

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hugeheadofhair · 04/02/2008 19:56

In Holland were the most popular boys' names of 2007 : 1. Sem

  1. Tim 3. Daan


English names feature too: 13. Jayden
16. Finn

The most popular girls' names were: 1. Sanne
  1. Lotte 3. Julia


No specifically english names in the top 20 (disregarding international names like Anna and Emma etc)
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jessia · 05/02/2008 15:02

POland:
In DD1's preschool class there are
4 x Gabriela
2 x Julia (pron. Yulia)
2 x Weronika (pron. Veronica)

Other popular girls' names are Wiktoria (Vic...), Aleksandra (shortened to Ola), Zuzanna and the evergreen Anna (Ania), Magdalena and Maria. Among chav types some anglosaxon names are qu. popular such as Jessica (my name - see the eyebrows when I introduce myself), Vanessa, Roxana .

Boys are Jakub, Mateusz (= Matthew), Krzysztof (=Christopher), Michal (=Michael).

In both boys and girls the grandparent name revival is happening too so girls: Aniela, Lena, Klara, Hanna
but esp. Stanislaw among boys.

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