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in reply to a message by Irish_Clare
I could have pinpointed that list to the Telegraph, lol. I bet those names are popular for a certain segment of English yuppie or white-collar society, but many of them, such as Florence and Frederick, are not particularly popular overall.
That's always the 'problem' (if indeed it were a problem) with newspaper birth announcements, if stats are taken from them. I read the Herald, which has a fairly Nationalist following if not actually an SNP readership, and the names in the BAs are all characteristically Scottish. It's all Finlay, Isla, Iona, Murray, Campbell, Eilidh ... etc. This isn't reflected in the broader stats. These names are popular, but they're popular alongside American council-estate favourites, like Kelsey and Shannon.
Rory is popular here in Scotland, and I'm surprised, but not *that* surprised, to see it's a Telegraph favourite. Yuppies in London were taking a shine to Angus and Hamish not so long ago - much more of a shine than they ever got in Scotland lately! Oh and Finley is a yuppie favourite in England, and possibly Fergus, and Freya ...
That's always the 'problem' (if indeed it were a problem) with newspaper birth announcements, if stats are taken from them. I read the Herald, which has a fairly Nationalist following if not actually an SNP readership, and the names in the BAs are all characteristically Scottish. It's all Finlay, Isla, Iona, Murray, Campbell, Eilidh ... etc. This isn't reflected in the broader stats. These names are popular, but they're popular alongside American council-estate favourites, like Kelsey and Shannon.
Rory is popular here in Scotland, and I'm surprised, but not *that* surprised, to see it's a Telegraph favourite. Yuppies in London were taking a shine to Angus and Hamish not so long ago - much more of a shine than they ever got in Scotland lately! Oh and Finley is a yuppie favourite in England, and possibly Fergus, and Freya ...
This message was edited 3/31/2007, 11:45 AM
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Oh, I completely agree. I noticed when I started recording Telegraph BAs that they were very Scottish. The Times seems to be the one for overseas announcements.
Angus appeared three times on my list btw, and twice as a middle name. Fergus is also there three times, with one mn too. Freya is twice, with one middle name, but Hamish only appears once.
I was surprised at the lack of Fin- names actually, only one Finlay and one Findlay. I thought there would be a lot more, and thought there would be at least one Finn / Finnigan too.
Angus appeared three times on my list btw, and twice as a middle name. Fergus is also there three times, with one mn too. Freya is twice, with one middle name, but Hamish only appears once.
I was surprised at the lack of Fin- names actually, only one Finlay and one Findlay. I thought there would be a lot more, and thought there would be at least one Finn / Finnigan too.
This message was edited 3/31/2007, 12:06 PM
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