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Interesting!
It's definitely good that you didn't include middle names because then Marie and Sophie would win every time ;) Or maybe sometimes Maria. Germans love to add Marie and Sophie to everything (which is because Sophie sounds more like zo-FEE in German so the rhythm works with many names).
Yes, it's regional differences. Berlin is a huge city and more hipster and ahead of trends than the rest of Germany (getting Hamburg would be interesting too because it's big and trends are apparently starting in the North and then going down South).
Southern Germany is more conservative and Catholic and many names that are unfashionable everywhere else are still common there.
Berlin is also very international. I think Adam is so popular because of that. I have heard it used in many countries.
I think that's also why Anna is still so far up. And I think Mira is so popular because it works well in German and many other languages.
The trendy parts of Berlin are Mitte and the very first one that's listed (forgot the name) so they show trends quite well.
Thanks for your hard work!
Oh and Knud also combines spellings. I personally dislike it because he often combines names I wouldn't pronounce the same in German (Emily and Emilie) but then excludes names I would pronounce the same (Emely).
Please rate my list: https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/6232
It's definitely good that you didn't include middle names because then Marie and Sophie would win every time ;) Or maybe sometimes Maria. Germans love to add Marie and Sophie to everything (which is because Sophie sounds more like zo-FEE in German so the rhythm works with many names).
Yes, it's regional differences. Berlin is a huge city and more hipster and ahead of trends than the rest of Germany (getting Hamburg would be interesting too because it's big and trends are apparently starting in the North and then going down South).
Southern Germany is more conservative and Catholic and many names that are unfashionable everywhere else are still common there.
Berlin is also very international. I think Adam is so popular because of that. I have heard it used in many countries.
I think that's also why Anna is still so far up. And I think Mira is so popular because it works well in German and many other languages.
The trendy parts of Berlin are Mitte and the very first one that's listed (forgot the name) so they show trends quite well.
Thanks for your hard work!
Oh and Knud also combines spellings. I personally dislike it because he often combines names I wouldn't pronounce the same in German (Emily and Emilie) but then excludes names I would pronounce the same (Emely).
Please rate my list: https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/6232
This message was edited 2/3/2023, 11:10 PM
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