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Re: Australian Names

by bex (guest)

10/27/2011, 4:09 AM

I find alot of male irish/scottish names

Stuff like:
Hamish
Angus (super popular)
Fergus (less popular)
Callum
Cooper (really popular)
Finlay
Jarrah (weirdly popular in my area)
Taj
Lachlan
Braith (footy players name)
Jye / Kai /Kye etc. (incredibly popular!)

Girls:
Tahlia
Kalani / Calani (randomly popular in my area)
Tiarne/Tiana/Tiarne
Leilani (weirdly popular)
Kirrilly (kirilee/kiralee etc.)
Matilda
Isla (i've seen this steadily in the birth announcements for past 5+ years)

Add more later, im sleepy :)

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- coldplayer9 +2

10/27/2011, 9:58 AM

Cooper is very popular in the US, too.

- beethoven (blaaarg) +1

10/27/2011, 9:59 AM

It's top 10 in Australia, though.

- Teacups (ohdarlingno)

10/27/2011, 11:43 AM

aaaaand #1 where I am.

- Lily (Destry) +1

10/27/2011, 4:29 AM

Angus is super popular? Never met one and it's only at #61. Could be a regional thing, though. Jarrah is interesting, where does it come from?

Kye is incredibly popular? Wow. My friend just named her son Kye. She lives in Australia. I only know that Kai is extremely common in Germany.

Do you know where Tiarne comes from? I know one that spells it Tiahn and four others (don't know the spellings).

- Just Jonquil

10/27/2011, 11:44 AM

Jarrah is the Aboriginal name for a type of eucalyptus (gum tree)

This message was edited 10/27/2011, 11:45 AM

- Teacups (ohdarlingno)

10/27/2011, 4:26 AM

Forgot about Jai / Kai / Jye / Kye. All rhyme with "eye", at least in my experience. That's a weird one that I see more than I expect to.

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