International Baby Names

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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

[Thissideofchannel]

and in German a Kasper is a (punch & judy) puppet

[vacaloca]

Spanish list from 2000 onwards:

Boys:
Alejandro
Daniel
David
Pablo
Adrián
Javier
Alvaro
Sergio
Carlos
Iván

Girls:
María
Lucía
Paula
Laura
Andrea
Marta
Alba
Sara
Ana
Nerea

[Stokey]

Agree about names in different languages - My dh mentioned Casper to his Spanish father who told us it was Spanisgh for dandruff (spelt Kaspa)!

[minervaitalica]

Ginevra is the Italian translation of Guinevere (Lancelot etc) actually - so it comes across as rather regal .

It is a nightmare to find a name that works in 2 languages - some nice names are positively rude in another, or unpronounceable..

[MaggieBehave]

It must be hard to find a name which works in several countries but isn't too popular or weird in any of them either, that you both like, that goes with sur name, that none of your friends or family have used...?

omg.

[lilysam]

Would love to Maggie but I'm pregnant

These lists are great, cos when my family predictably screw their faces at my name choices i'll say ....."well its top in belgium, denmark, switzerland, high in canada, usa blah blah blah so no not a strange/unusual name at all"

Thats if i tell them any names at all of course....

[MaggieBehave]

Ginevra?!!? y tonico??? con hielo y limon?

[Thissideofchannel]

Ooh, thats a great list too - thanks lilysam.

[mathanxiety]

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

[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

[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!

[mathanxiety]

The Jayden plague is spreading . Love Bram though.

[NorktasticNinja]

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

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

[Thissideofchannel]

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

[SardineQueen]

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

[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

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Hello otherside !

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Hello thisside!

[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?

[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

[minervaitalica]

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

Eugenia???? Really?

[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...

[joesgirl]

sorry, meant Caterina

[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

[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...