What are the most popular names in your country (Russian, newborn)

[6oo9]

1. Jesus
2. Adam
3. Eve
4. Dick

[Mr.Falcon]

2015

GIRLS

1. Alice
2. Sophia
3. Júlia
4. Laura
5. Isabela
6. Manuela
7. Luiza
8. Helena
9. Valentina
10. Giovana

BOYS

1. Miguel
2. Arthur
3. Davi
4. Pedro
5. Bernardo
6. Gabriel
7. Lucas
8. Matheus
9. Heitor
10. Rafael

[Gentoo]

I'm only going by what I have heard most of my life and did not research it but in the US:

Men
David
Jason
Ryan
James
Jim (short form of James)
Richard
Jeffery/Jeff
Larry
John
Jonathan
Shannon

Women
Michelle
Karen
Jessica
Shannon
Tiffany
Rachael
Jennifer
Kristen/Kristin
Tanya
Sarah/Sara
Amanda
Jeannette (and variations of spelling)

Among Hispanic Americans:

Men
Carlos
Ricardo
Jose
Hector
Victor
Miguel
Juan
Ernesto
Alberto
Martin
Edgar
Jesus

Women
Maria
Elizabeth
Veronica
Irma
Monica
Miriam
Christina
Jessica
Maricela
Araceli
Brenda
Rosa
Maritza
Ana
Laura
Karla/Carla

[Eden Morlevent]

I'll dot it for France

Between 1900-2005

Males

1. Jean
2. Pierre
3. Michel (my grand-father's name)
4. André
5. Philippe (one of my mother's brothers's name)
6. René
7. Alain
8. Jacques
9. Bernard
10. Marcel
11. Louis
12. Daniel
13. Roger
14. Robert
15. Claude (my great-grand-father's name)
16. Christian
17. Goerges (my sister's boyfriend name)
18. Henri
19. François
20. Patrick

In 2015

1. Léo
2. Gabriel
3.Adam
4. Timéo
5. Raphaël
6.Lucas
7. Louis
8. Arthur
9. Nathan
10. Hugo
11. Nolan
12. Enzo
13. Jules
14. Liam
15. Ethan
16. Noah
17. Sacha
18. Tom
19. Théo
20. Gabin/Maël (same apparently)

Girls

1. Marie
2. Jeanne
3. Françoise
4. Monique
5. Catherine
6. Nathalie
7. Isabelle
8. Jacqueline
9. Anne
10. Sylvie
11. Martine
12. Madeleine
13. Nicole
14. Suzanne
15. Christine (my mother's name)
16. Hélène
17. Marguerite
18. Denise
19. Christiane
20. Yvonne

In 2015

1. Louise
2. Emma
3. Chloé
4. Lola
5. Inès/Ines
6. Manon
7. Jade
8. Alice
9. Lina
10. Léa
11. Camille
12. Juliette
13. Léna
14. Sarah
15. Lilou
16. Eva
17. Zoé
18. Anna
19. Adèle/Rose
20. Mila


I think it's pretty accurate.

[KuuKulgur]

For 2015:

1. RASMUS
2. ROBIN
3. OLIVER
4. ARTJOM
5. MAKSIM
6. ROBERT
7. MARTIN
8. KASPAR
9. OSKAR
10. HENRI
11. MARKUS
12. ROMET
13. DANIIL
14. MARK
15. ARTUR
16. DANIEL
17. HUGO
18. KARL
19. SEBASTIAN
20. MARTEN
21. SANDER
22. NIKITA
23. KRISTOFER
24. MATTIAS
25. KIRILL

1. SOFIA
2. ELIISE
3. MARIA
4. SANDRA
5. LAURA
6. MIA
7. ALISA
8. MILANA
9. LENNA
10. POLINA
11. LIISA
12. ANNA
13. EMILIA
14. ELISABETH
15. EVA
16. MIRTEL
17. ALEKSANDRA
18. ARINA
19. EMILY
20. EMMA
21. LISANDRA
22. MARTA
23. VIKTORIA
24. LOORE
25. ANASTASIA

What surprised me is the top10 most popular names in Tallinn:

1. ALEKSANDR
2. VLADIMIR
3. SERGEI
4. ANDREI
5. ALEKSEI
6. DMITRI
7. IGOR
8. VIKTOR
9. OLEG
10. JEVGENI

1. JELENA
2. OLGA
3. TATJANA
4. IRINA
5. SVETLANA
6. VALENTINA
7. NATALJA
8. GALINA
9. ANNA
10. MARIA

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[Ariete]

Originally Posted by improb

Both really although the list of names i have made is for newborns. It's interesting that Paganity and Kalevala have such an influence on name picking

The names from Kalevala were very popular in the late 1800's during the nationalistic fervour. Today some of them are quite old-fashioned, but on the other hand, many have had quite a reneissance recently.

Most popular in 2010-2015 (note that these can be also the second first name, not the name you're called as):

boys,

1. JUHANI
2. JOHANNES
3. MIKAEL
4. OLAVI
5. ONNI - luck
6. MATIAS - Matthew
7. ELIAS - Ellis, Elliot
8. OLIVER
9. ILMARI
10. ANTERO

girls,

1. MARIA
2. SOFIA - Sophie
3. EMILIA - Emily
4. OLIVIA
5. AMANDA
6. AINO - person in Kalevala
7. AURORA - Aurora borealis
8. HELMI - pearl
9. MATILDA
10. ILONA

In 2014 the first given name (ie the name you're called as):

boys,

1. ELIAS
2. LEO - from lion (Léon, León)
3. ONNI
4. OLIVER
5. NIILO - Nicholas
6. LEEVI - Levi
7. VÄINÖ - Main character in Kalevala
8. EETU - variant of Edward
9. ALEKSI - variant of Alexander
10. VEETI - quite interesting variant of Friedrich, Fredrik

girls,

1. SOFIA
2. AINO
3. AADA - either from Germanic Adal (Noble) or Adelaide
4. ELLA - variant of Helen
5. EMMA
6. HELMI
7. VENLA - from Wend, the proto-Germanic word for Slavs
8. EMILIA
9. ENNI - female form of Eino, meaning the one who rules with a sword
10. AMANDA

So while many traditional names hold their ground, it's interesting to see that many popular names have undergone a long evolution in shortening, finnicising or twisting the name instead of just keeping the original form. Like probably in most European countries, most names have their roots in Christian, Greek and Hebrew origins.

Other interesting ones in the top 50, but not in the top 10 in 2014 are for example these:


Toivo - hope
Noel - one of the few completely foreign names in the top 50
Luka - same
Otso - synonym for bear
Miro - from Slavic for peace (eg Miroslav)

Aava - from Saxon/Franconian 'open sea'
Lumi - snow
Isla - Islay
Linnea - from famous botanist Carl Linnaeus
Stella - Latin for star
Lilja - Lily

Enough info, improb?

[bigpaul]

at the moment: Ahmed and Mohammed !!!

[dallol1]

Originally Posted by Ariete

The names from Kalevala were very popular in the late 1800's during the nationalistic fervour. Today some of them are quite old-fashioned, but on the other hand, many have had quite a reneissance recently.

Most popular in 2010-2015 (note that these can be also the second first name, not the name you're called as):

boys,

2. JOHANNES

Quite similar to our version (Amharic) for John- Yohannes.

May I ask is it pronounced how it is spelt, or is the J a Y sound?

[Ariete]

Originally Posted by bigpaul

at the moment: Ahmed and Mohammed !!!

Yeah, Muhammad is the most popular in the UK. The only other foreign ones are Omar (79th), Ali (82nd) and Ibrahim (93rd).

Originally Posted by dallol1

Quite similar to our version (Amharic) for John- Yohannes.

May I ask is it pronounced how it is spelt, or is the J a Y sound?

Like Y as the first letter in English words? Yes.

[Arigarisha]

Originally Posted by victus

4- Alejandro

Don't call my name, don't call my name... ALEHANDRO!



(I had to.)