Popular borrowings from English (
Christian,
Liam,
Noah,
Nathan;
Emily,
Nicole...) and other languages (
Yanis,
Theo,
Thiago;
Amelie,
Soraya...)
Old/newfangled Italian names making a comeback (
Enea,
Gregorio,
Romeo,
Umberto;
Flaminia,
Violante,
Luce,
Gemma,
Sveva...)
The usual rise of Arabic names (
Zakaria,
Amar,
Muhammad;
Jannat,
Nour,
Mariam...)
Presence of mythology names (
Achille,
Eros,
Paride;
Penelope,
Selene,
Atena...).
I also wonder what made
Soleil rise in later years. As for
Celine, it's either the singer or the fashion brand - or both.
Some names I like from the list:
Viola,
Arianna,
Stella,
Camilla,
Angelica,
Flora,
Romeo,
Letizia,
Carmine,
Alma,
Rosario,
Sveva,
Azzurra,
Violante,
Elias,
Ginevra,
Adelaide,
Lucia,
Amelie,
Lorenzo,
Anastasia,
Fabio,
Marianna,
Brando,
Giada,
Dario,
Zoe,
Aurora,
Valentino,
Bianca,
Amalia,
Clarissa,
Sabrina,
Celine,
Olimpia,
Soleil,
Olivia,
Veronica,
Zeno,
Yasmine.
In Spain we have a top 100 and Arabic, Basque, Catalan and Galician names can be found there, apart from the Spanish ones.
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