Message: "Is Saskia popular in Europe?"

[Facts] Is Saskia popular in Europe?

by Dragon_Clarinet (guest)

6/22/2009, 10:14 PM

Maybe not top 100 material in most European countries but still? If they made a European top 1000 would it be on there? What about Germany? It's in the database. TIA!

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- Andromache (Hannah Ruth)

7/6/2009, 3:43 AM

Not hugely popular in the UK, but there is a soap actress I know of named Saskia. I'm sure it would make it into the top 1000.

- mafiosa

6/23/2009, 11:20 AM

Yes, it is. It's not the most common name ever, but I know quite a few. I think it was especially popular in my generation (I was born 1989). It was on #144 of the German popularity charts in 2008.

- Mar (X-Mar) +6

6/23/2009, 9:46 AM

I can't say about the rest of Europe, but in the Netherlands it's popularity ranking for 2008 was: 199 (so it's in the top 200 here :P)

- Sofia +5

6/23/2009, 11:43 AM

Do you maybe have a link to the Dutch charts? I'd love to see the new ones:-)

- Mar (X-Mar) +4

6/23/2009, 2:05 PM

Recently added (top 100):

http://www.behindthename.com/top/lists/100nl2008.php

All names given in 2008:

http://svb.nl/int/nl/kinderbijslag/actueel/kindernamen/kindernamen_alle_namen_2008.jsp

Click "alle jongensnamen uit 2008" for all the boys names, and the other for the girls names. The bad thing is that it's sorted by alphabet...

This would help. The meanings of the words in the PDF:
"Nummer" - denotes the ranking
"Voornaam" - means "first name"
"Aantal keer" - means "Number of times (given)"

- VickyBliss (guest)

7/5/2009, 4:16 AM

Interesting - how large of a Muslim population do you guys have?

I love the list, btw - really neat to see Abel so popular.

- Sofia

6/23/2009, 5:42 PM

Thank you:-))

- mafiosa +1

6/23/2009, 4:26 PM

OMG, amazing. Thanks for that link! I love that you can see every single name used. I wish they'd do that for every country.

And another OMG: Daphne is on rank #85. I can't decide if that makes me want to immigrate to Holland or stay as far away from it as possible. ;P

- Mar (X-Mar)

6/24/2009, 1:11 AM

Yeah, it's the benefit of living in a relatively small country :)

This is the first year they've done this though, before they only posted the top 20. I was SOOOO excited when I first came across this list :D

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