Most common person names in your country?

[Eldritch]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...ar_given_names

[Lars]

Among all Danes pr. 1. January 2011.

Male names

1. Jens
2. Peter
3. Lars
4. Michael
5. Henrik
6. Søren
7. Thomas
8. Niels
9. Jan
10. Jørgen
11. Hans
12. Martin
13. Christian
14. Anders
15. Ole
16. Morten
17. Jesper
18. Per
19. Erik
20. Kim


Female names

1. Anne
2. Kirsten
3. Hanne
4. Mette
5. Anna
6. Helle
7. Susanne
8. Lene
9. Karen
10. Inge
11. Maria
12. Marianne
13. Lone
14. Bente
15. Inger
16. Camilla
17. Pia
18. Jette
19. Charlotte
20. Louise


Surnames

1. Jensen
2. Nielsen
3. Hansen
4. Pedersen
5. Andersen
6. Christensen
7. Larsen
8. Sørensen
9. Rasmussen
10. Jørgensen
11. Petersen
12. Madsen
13. Kristensen
14. Olsen
15. Thomsen
16. Christiansen
17. Poulsen
18. Johansen
19. Møller
20. Knudsen

[Foxy]

Italian most common names among young people.
Feminines:

1)Giulia (Julia)
2)Sofia
3)Martina
4)Sara
5)Chiara (read Kjara)
6)Giorgia
7)Aurora
8)Alessia
9)Francesca
10)Alice
11)Anna
12)Elisa
13)Giada (read Jada)
14)Emma
15)Matilde
16)Gaia
17)Elena (Helen)
18)Beatrice
19)Noemi
20)Rebecca

Masculines:

1)Francesco (Francis)
2)Alessandro (Alexander)
3)Andrea (Andrew)
4)Matteo (Matthew)
5)Lorenzo (Lawrence)
6)Gabriele (Gabriel)
7)Mattia (Matthew)
8)Riccardo (Richard)
9)Davide (David)
10)Luca (Luke)
11)Marco (Mark)
12)Simone (Simon)
13)Leonardo (Leonard)
14)Giuseppe (Joseph)
15)Federico (Friedrick)
16)Tommaso (Thomas)
17)Antonio (Anthony)
18)Giovanni (John)
19)Christian
20)Alessio (Alex)

[Ushtari]

This is for kosovo, i dont know what names are most popular in albania.

Male names:

Blerim(greenery)
Valdrin(waves of Drin)
Dardan(illyrian king)
Agron(illyrian king)
Faton(luck)
Driton(lightning)
Ilir(illyrian)
Gezim(joy)
Besart(trust+art)
Shpend(poultry)


Female names:

Besa(trust)
Blerta(greenery)
Shpresa(hope)
Arbresha(early albanians)
Aferdita(near+day)
Marigona(probably comes from maria)
Vjollca(violett)
Ardita(gold+day?)
Laureta(latin name)
Drita(light)

[exceeder]

Most common names in Poland

Male:
1.Jan (John)
2.Andrzej (Andrew)
3.Piotr (Peter)
4.Krzysztof (Cristopner)
5.Stanisław (typical Slavic, no translation needed)
6.Tomasz (Thomas)
7.Paweł (Paul)
8.Józef (Joseph)
9.Marcin (Martin)
10.Marek (Marcus)

Female:
1.Anna (Ann)
2.Maria (Mary)
3.Katarzyna (Catherine)
4,Małgorzata (Margaret)
5.Agnieszka (Agnes)
6.Krystyna (Christine)
7.Barbara
8.Ewa (Eva)
9.Elżbieta (Elisabeth)
10.Zofia (Sophie)

The funny thing is that from that list, on my mothers side of the family (polish) I have five male relatives with the listed names, and from the women, I have all those names amongst my family members with the exception of Anna XD


On another note, here are the top 10 most common names in Quebec (I am only going with the region since I think its safe to assume that names choices here will be radically different then the rest of Canada).

(For children born in 2009)

FOR MEN:

William (Rather then the french version 'Guillaume' interestingly enough)
Olivier
Thomas
Nathan
Alexis
Félix
Gabriel
Samuel
Antoine
Xavier


FOR WOMEN:

Léa
Florence
Emma
Rosalie
Jade
Juliette
Camille
Gabrielle
Maika
Mia

[Peyrol]

Italian most common names among young people.
Feminines:

1)Giulia (Julia)
2)Sofia
3)Martina
4)Sara
5)Chiara (read Kjara)
6)Giorgia
7)Aurora
8)Alessia
9)Francesca
10)Alice
11)Anna
12)Elisa
13)Giada (read Jada)
14)Emma
15)Matilde
16)Gaia
17)Elena (Helen)
18)Beatrice
19)Noemi
20)Rebecca

Masculines:

1)Francesco (Francis)
2)Alessandro (Alexander)
3)Andrea (Andrew)
4)Matteo (Matthew)
5)Lorenzo (Lawrence)
6)Gabriele (Gabriel)
7)Mattia (Matthew)
8)Riccardo (Richard)
9)Davide (David)
10)Luca (Luke)
11)Marco (Mark)
12)Simone (Simon)
13)Leonardo (Leonard)
14)Giuseppe (Joseph)
15)Federico (Friedrick)
16)Tommaso (Thomas)
17)Antonio (Anthony)
18)Giovanni (John)
19)Christian
20)Alessio (Alex)

yes, the true Italian names ... because if we look at the individual city rankings, we note that in Milano the second most common name is "Mohammed" (also in the variants of "Muhammar", "muhammad" and "myammar") and the third "wang "....while here in Torino the third name given to most infants in 2010 is "Alexandru" , and the sixth is "Vlad" ....

[mymy]

In Serbia(all generations and years in total):

Male names:

1.Dragan (dear, darling)
2.Zoran (zora=dawn)
3.Milan (graceful, lovely...)
4.Aleksandar (same like Alexander)
5.Nikola (Nicolas)
6.Miloš (graceful, lovely)
7.Marko (Marco, Marcus)
8.Goran (gora=mountain)
9.Dejan (possible from old Slavic "to do", or Latin Deus)
10.Dušan (duša=soul)

http://www.naj10.com/srbija/10-najce...mena-u-srbiji/

Female names:

1.Jelena (Helena, Elena)
2.Marija (Maria, Mary, Marie)
3.Milica(graceful, lovely...)
4.Mirjana (Miriam)
5.Ljiljana (Lilly)
6.Dragana (dear, darling)
7.Snežana (snowy)
8.Gordana (proud)
9.Ivana (same like Giovanna, Johanna...)
10.Vesna (spring)

http://www.naj10.com/srbija/10-najce...mena-u-srbiji/

In Belgrade for years are the most common Milica and Nikola, but this is for all Serbia.


In last years (2006-2010) the most popular names for girls are Petra, Đurđa, Anđelka, Ana, Teodora, Sofija, Iva, Jana, Katarina, Jovana, Anja... And for boys Jakov, Damjan, Andrej, Luka, Filip, Lazar, Vuk, Stefan, Nemanja...

[Tony]

Italian most common names among young people.
..

And these are those among all ages:
Males'
1 Giuseppe
2 Giovanni
3 Antonio
4 Mario
5 Luigi
6 Francesco
7 Angelo
8 Vincenzo
9 Pietro
10 Salvatore
11 Carlo
12 Franco
13 Domenico
14 Bruno
15 Paolo
16 Michele
17 Giorgio
18 Aldo
19 Sergio
20 Luciano

Females'
1 Maria
2 Anna
3 Giuseppina
4 Rosa
5 Angela
6 Giovanna
7 Teresa
8 Lucia
9 Carmela
10 Caterina
11 Francesca
12 Anna Maria
13 Antonietta
14 Carla
15 Elena
16 Concetta
17 Rita
18 Margherita
19 Franca
20 Paola


And these are the 100 most common surnames:
ROSSI (reds)
RUSSO (Russian)
FERRARI
ESPOSITO (exposed , or of those who were exposed i.e. abandoned by mom)
BIANCHI (whites)
ROMANO (roman)
COLOMBO (pidgeon)
RICCI (curly)
MARINO (related to sea)
GRECO (greek)
BRUNO (dark)
GALLO (rooster)
CONTI (counts)
DE LUCA (Luca's)
MANCINI (lefthandeds)
COSTA (coast)
GIORDANO
RIZZO
LOMBARDI (lombards)
MORETTI (the darkies)
BARBIERI (barbers)
FONTANA (fountain)
SANTORO
MARIANI
RINALDI
CARUSO
FERRARA
GALLI (the Gauls or roosters)
MARTINI
LEONE (lion)
LONGO (archaic form of long)
GENTILE (Gentile or gentle)
MARTINELLI
VITALE (full of life)
LOMBARDO
SERRA (greenhouse or small wood)
COPPOLA (hat)
DE SANTIS
D'ANGELO
MARCHETTI
PARISI
VILLA
CONTE
FERRARO
FERRI (irons)
FABBRI (smiths)
BIANCO (white)
MARINI
GRASSO (fat)
VALENTINI
MESSINA
SALA
DE ANGELIS
GATTI (cats)
PELLEGRINI (pilgrims)
PALUMBO
SANNA
FARINA (flour)
RIZZI
MONTI (mounts)
CATTANEO
MORELLI
AMATO (beloved)
SILVESTRI (of woods)
MAZZA (a bat/bar)
TESTA (head)
GRASSI (fats)
PELLEGRINO (pilgrim)
CARBONE (coal)
GIULIANI
BENEDETTI (blessed)
BARONE (baron)
ROSSETTI (the reddies(lipsticks)
CAPUTO
MONTANARI (mountaineers)
GUERRA (war)
PALMIERI
BERNARDI
MARTINO
FIORE (flower)
DE ROSA (of a rose)
FERRETTI
BELLINI (pretties)
BASILE
RIVA (coast)
DONATI (given)
PIRAS
VITALI
BATTAGLIA (battle)
SARTORI
NERI (blacks)
COSTANTINI
MILANI
PAGANO (heathen/pagan)
RUGGIERO
SORRENTINO
D'AMICO (of a friend)
ORLANDO
NEGRI (niggers)
MANTOVANI (of Mantua)

[Treffie]

Top 10 (male) in Wales

Jack
Dylan (Welsh)
Thomas
Joshua
Rhys (Welsh)
Daniel
Ethan
Oliver
William
James

Top 10 female names

Ruby
Megan (Welsh)
Grace
Chloe
Emily
Ffion (Welsh)
Olivia
Seren (Welsh)
Ella
Sophie

[Peyrol]

And these are those among all ages:
Males'

The italian surnames with the prefix "Ferr-" can be translated in English with the surname "Smith"