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ArchivesRe: Is the name Nicolae still used in Romania?
in reply to a message by Buneary
According to the following "hitparade" for names of newborns in Romania in 2009 there were nearly 2000 new Nicolae in that year:
http://www.desprecopii.com/info.asp?ID=2071
What is interesting however: I checked Facebook for that name and found not a single teenager or young man with this name in the first 50 or so search results.
Maybe the name was rather unpopular and thus rare in the years after Ceaucescu's fall in 1989, but now memories of the communist times faded enough to enable a return of the name?
http://www.desprecopii.com/info.asp?ID=2071
What is interesting however: I checked Facebook for that name and found not a single teenager or young man with this name in the first 50 or so search results.
Maybe the name was rather unpopular and thus rare in the years after Ceaucescu's fall in 1989, but now memories of the communist times faded enough to enable a return of the name?
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From my experience, most of the Nicolaes I know (of any age, actually) go by Nicu, the Romanian equivalent of Nick.
But even in English speaking countries I'd expect most teenagers to put "Nick LastName" on Facebook rather than "Nicholas LastName". Same thing with Tom/Tommy over Thomas and Fred/Freddie over Frederick. Sometimes some full names can be seen as a little pretentious.
Just my observations :)
But even in English speaking countries I'd expect most teenagers to put "Nick LastName" on Facebook rather than "Nicholas LastName". Same thing with Tom/Tommy over Thomas and Fred/Freddie over Frederick. Sometimes some full names can be seen as a little pretentious.
Just my observations :)
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