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

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Ooh, thats a great list too - thanks lilysam.

[MaggieBehave]

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

[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]

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.

[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..

[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)!

[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

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