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1. Erik
2. Lars
3. Karl
4. Anders
5. Per
6. Johan
7. Nils
8. Lennart
9. Emil
10. Hans
Female:
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1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Margareta
4. Elisabeth
5. Eva
6. Birgitta
7. Kristina
8. Karin
9. Elisabet
10. Marie
However, baby names are becoming more and more un-Swedish, in 2012, the most commonly given name for boys was William, and for girls, Alice. Guess it might have to do with global/American influence on our society.
And what would be wrong with that? Also like others have said a ton of those names are just local versions of the usual John, Richard, Mary, Elizabeth, many of which are Biblical names anyway. If you look at the most common names in the UK for babies now, for instance, I think those of British origin will be in the minority.
However, baby names are becoming more and more un-Swedish, in 2012, the most commonly given name for boys was William, and for girls, Alice. Guess it might have to do with global/American influence on our society.
Alice and William would actually sound slightly outdated for a baby today in most of the English speaking world.
Among the top 20 popular first names for boys, a lot don't sound much French and were almost unheard of 10 years ago. Though many of them are probably generic.
It's those xenophobic Europeans again. First they dare to be the ethnic majority in their own country and now they're giving their kids names that are native to their country as well.
Correct me if I'm wrong but this is something I've noticed. Why is it that Europeans tend to name their kids by their country names. Irish people have Irish names. French tend to have French names. Italians have Italian names.
And why is this suprising?
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Originally Posted by LindavG
It's those xenophobic Europeans again. First they dare to be the ethnic majority in their own country and now they're giving their kids names that are native to their country as well.
Most Americans still name their kids with names derived from the British Isles to begin with, so the OP seems a little off. There's various cultural trends(and sort of goofy new names that become popular like Skylar and Hunter) and ethnic groups who name their kids other names specific to their culture, but it's not like you meet average assimilated Americans naming their kids French or Italian or Russian names for the most part unless they're part of those cultures... I've never met someone in America who wasn't Hispanic naming their kid Juan or Jose or someone who wasn't Italian naming their kid Mario or Giovanni or Salvatore... WASPs in Minnesota aren't going to name their kid Dmitriy or Gustavo.
Top baby names in the USA:
Boys
1- Jacob
2- Mason
3- Ethan
4- Noah
5- William
6- Liam
7- Jayden
8- Michael
9- Alexander
10- Aiden
Well, in Europe there may be a tradition of naming children for religious reasons, familial reasons, tradition or all of the above. Such as in Greece for example.
In Greece a nameday is a bigger and more important event than a birthday, and the process of choosing a name follows fairly rigid conventions.Greek people have mostly kept the tradition of naming a child after the grandparents.
Maria
Sofia
Emilia
Olivia
Amanda
Aino
Helmi (=pearl)
Aurora
Matilda
Ilona
Boys,
Juhani
Johannes
Mikael
Olavi
Onni (=luck)
Matias
Ilmari
Elias
Oliver
Viljami
Most of these are "imported" names.
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