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Fourth lowest names in the England and Wales top 1000
These were the names that ranked fourth lowest in England and Wales for 2022. What do you think of them? Feel free to comment on as many or as few, or tell me which ones you like!
Boys (given to 33 babies):
Zephyr
Zakariyah
Sufyan
Ovie
Murphy
Montague
Markas
Kyan
Khari
Jameson
Igor
Devon
Darragh
Ciaran
Chris
Arian
Ares
Andy
Ambrose
Akram
Adyan
Advik
Adil
AbubakrGirls (given to 38 girls):
Zayna
Zaira
Wiktoria
Sierra
Sianna
Princess
Posie
Payton
Olympia
Nuala
Nieve
Marni
Lisa
Kara
Jorgie
Jiya
Ivy-Grace
Isha
Haleema
Giovanna
Esmeralda
Eshal
Eleni
Chimamanda
Caitlyn
Avaani
Amarah
Amaira
Alya
Adela
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The name Arian disturbs me. I'm assuming it's pronounced like Aryan, the master race. Hitler promoted the false notion that Germans were superior to all other races and sought to eliminate all non-Aryans.
I love the names Lisa, Sierra, Caitlyn, Adela and Esmeralda for girls; I also appreciate the names Marni (I much prefer the Marnie spelling, but Marni looks modern in a good way), Kara, Zayna, Giovanna, Avaani, Jiya, and Isha. Out of the male names, I enjoy Chris, Andy, Zephyr, Devon, Akram, Ambrose, Advik, and Abubakr.
Andy and Chris are interesting! I wonder where Andrew and Christopher rated. Most of the others are clearly not used by English-speaking families, so it's hard to say much about them. Arian will spend his life explaining that, no, he isn't Adrian. Khari will soon get tired of jokes about spicy stew. Ovie doesn't please me at all. Pretty much the same applies to the girl names: there must be plenty of little Victorias but just one Wiktoria. Princess and Posie set my teeth on edge. People will probably think that little Olympia is two years younger than she is! Ivy-Grace ... I see that they tried to combine two popular names into a unique combo, but it doesn't sound good to me. Better than Isha, though: sounds like a sneeze. What's the betting that Chimamanda drops the Chim?
I never thought of that with Olympia, though that makes sense! Christopher ranks 191st, used 271 times, and Andrew is a little lower at 301st, used 150 times.

This message was edited 9/1/2024, 10:10 AM