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Re: Australian names...

by Perrine (Destry)

10/8/2020, 5:00 AM

When I was in Australia I heard tee-AHN or tee- AHRN quite a few times. I guess it would have been spelled Tiarne or maybe Tiahn? I never heard that anywhere else and was always wondering where it came from.

Araluen is pretty cool. Kirra isn't bad. I don't really like any of the others. Melba just makes me think of the dessert.

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- Amphelise (Chrisell) +3

10/8/2020, 5:05 AM

Ohh, yes. Tiane, Tianne, Tiana, Tianna, Tiahn, Teahn, Teeahn... I've seen loads of spellings of that one.

I didn't include it because it's just something that happens to be popular there, rather that something that originated there. Another one like that would be Bronte - oddly popular in Australia but not of Australian origin.

Seaforth and Dimity, I suppose shouldn't count either for that reason but I never claimed to be consistent ;)

- Aine (poetic_freedom) +2

10/8/2020, 2:02 PM

Imogen is another not-Aussie name that is fairly consistently used in Australia and NZ but not so much in the UK and US, I think. I also feel like I know or knew a whole lot of women who'd now be aged 70-80ish named Noelene in Australia but I have never come across it here in the US.

- Janan (jeziana) +1

10/8/2020, 2:48 PM

Imogen is in the top 100 in the UK and has been for years.

- Aine (poetic_freedom)

10/8/2020, 10:26 PM

I'm sorry, I didn't realize and didn't look it up before posting. I should have. I probably had that thought years ago and only have looked at the US SSA rankings as thoroughly as the Australian since then.

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