Most common person names in your country?

[Peerkons]

In Latvia most common name for babies at this moment are:
Roberts, Sofija, Gustavs, Alise, Markuss, Viktorija, Daniels, Marta

Most latvian-baltic names are:
Viesturs, Jānis, Valdis, Visvaldis, Dainis, Dzintars, Daina, Laima, Maija, Gunta

I know dozens of Jānis, Artūrs, Kaspars, Linda, Laura. I guess those names were popular in 80s and 90s

[Wyn]

Most common names in the UK -

Male:

1. Oliver
2. Jack
3. Harry
4. Charlie
5. Alfie
6. Thomas
7. Joshua
8. William
9. Daniel
10. James

Female:

1. Olivia
2. Sophie
3. Lily
4. Emily
5. Ruby
6. Jessica
7. Chloe
8. Ava
9. Grace
10. Amelia

I seem to remember the various spellings of 'Mohammed' becoming number one for boys recently though...

[Artek]

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)

[Don]

Mohammed
http://www.orihueladigital.es/orihuela/deportes/carrera-policia-nacional-eroski-121107-1-ok.JPG

And Wilson.
http://www.burbuja.info/inmobiliaria/attachments/burbuja-inmobiliaria/8089d1233670101-alguien-mas-se-ha-fijado-o-son-imaginaciones-mias-sudaca.jpg

[Pallantides]

Norway

The most common male names:

Jan
Per
Bjørn
Ole
Kjell
Lars
Arne
Knut
Svein
Hans

The most common female names:

Anne
Inger
kari
Marit
Liv
ingrid
Solveig
Eva
Astrid
Bjørg

[Ushtari]

Pallantides@

among wich age-group are those names most common? cuz almost all those names are common among old folks in sweden.

[Pallantides]

Pallantides@

among wich age-group are those names most common? cuz almost all those names are common among old folks in sweden.

Quite common in all age groups though though a few are more common in those who are in the 30-50 years range,the most popular baby names are different:
http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_over_popul%C3%A6re_navn

[Don]

(II) Before the invasion:


José.
http://www.esacademic.com/pictures/eswiki/74/Jose_primo_de_rivera.jpg




Antonio.
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hC9k-8LODK8/Sbk4MYHZMSI/AAAAAAAAAKY/Stp8ZwKmuv4/S220/D.+Antonio+Tejero+Molina.jpg




Juan.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dhudfNC4C6E/SOt1rLJe1lI/AAAAAAAAB2I/R5WjYLIStHM/s320/juan-austria.jpg




Manuel.
http://tierra.free-people.net/artes/img/musbio_falla1.jpg



Francisco.
http://www.tienda-medieval.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/pizarro.jpg



http://www.ecompostela.info/xornalistas87/sites/default/files/nombres%20mas%20comunes%20hombre%20españa.png

[Comte Arnau]

Most common names in Catalonia in 2010
(The frequency of Spanish names is partly due to the prohibition of Catalan names before 1977)

Men:
1. José (Spanish) - 118.242
2. Antonio (Spanish) - 114.936
3. Francisco (Spanish) - 89.632
4. Manuel (Spanish) - 87.246
5. Juan (Spanish) - 80.882
6. Jordi (Catalan) - 74.513
7. David (Catalan or Spanish) - 66.881
8. Josep (Catalan) - 47.784
9. Joan (Catalan) - 47.347
10. Daniel (Catalan or Spanish) - 46.535
11. Marc (Catalan) - 46.000
12. Carlos (Spanish) - 45.834
13. Ramon (Catalan) / Ramón (Spanish) - 43.555
14. Javier (Spanish) - 38.285
15. Pedro (Spanish) - 38.273

Women:
1. Maria (Catalan) / María (Spanish) -114.715
2. Montserrat (Catalan) - 87.246
3. María del Carmen (Spanish) - 74.593
4. Carmen (Spanish) - 68.961
5. Josefa (Spanish) - 56.494
6. Marta (Catalan or Spanish) - 52.621
7. Núria (Catalan) - 51.742
8. Laura (Catalan or Spanish) - 47.596
9. Isabel (Catalan or Spanish) - 47.024
10. Maria Teresa (Catalan) / María Teresa (Spanish) - 44.659
11. Cristina (Catalan or Spanish) - 43.164
12. Antònia (Catalan) / Antonia (Spanish) - 41.283
13. Francisca (Spanish) - 40.762
14. Dolores (Spanish) - 40.284
15. Ana (Spanish) - 38.649

-

25 most common names for babies born in Catalonia in 2009:

1. Marc (Catalan, male) - 1.331
2. Paula (Catalan or Spanish, female) - 1.013
3. Laia (Catalan, female) - 961
4. Àlex (Catalan) or Álex (Spanish) (male) - 919
5. Pol (Catalan) - 895
6. Júlia (Catalan) or Julia (Spanish) (female) - 889
7. Martina (Catalan or Spanish, female) - 886
8. Carla (Catalan or Spanish, female) - 870
9. Maria (Catalan) or María (Spanish) (female) - 869
10. Pau (Catalan, male) - 844
11. Lucía (Spanish, female) - 767
12. Arnau (Catalan, male) - 766
13. Eric (Catalan or Spanish, male) - 703
14. Biel (Catalan, male) - 649
15. Martí (Catalan, male) - 629
16. David (Catalan or Spanish, male) - 621
17. Sara (Catalan or Spanish, female) - 615
18. Jan (Catalan, male) - 597
19. Clàudia (Catalan) or Claudia (Spanish) (male) - 595
20. Daniel (Catalan or Spanish, male) - 594
21. Hugo (Spanish, male) - 587
22. Alba (Catalan or Spanish, female) - 556
23. Iker (Basque, male) - 555
24. Ariadna (Catalan or Spanish, male) - 531
25. Aina (Catalan, female) - 527


Source: IDESCAT, Institute for Statistics of Catalonia

[Heretik]

http://i577.photobucket.com/albums/ss220/wensounds/imena1.png

[Eldritch]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_popular_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-najcescih-muskih-imena-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-najcescih-zenskih-imena-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" ;)

[Foxy]

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)

ROSSI (reds)
RUSSO (Russian)
FERRARI from Ferrara
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) or Gaul
CONTI (counts) of the count
DE LUCA (Luca's)
MANCINI (lefthandeds)
COSTA (coast)
GIORDANO
RIZZO
LOMBARDI (lombards)
MORETTI (the darkies)
BARBIERI (barbers)
FONTANA (fountain)
SANTORO from Sanctorum Omnium (all the Saints)
MARIANI
RINALDI
CARUSOstable boy, probably from the French Garçon

FERRARA
GALLI (the Gauls or roosters)
MARTINI
LEONE (lion)
LONGO (archaic form of long) probably meaning "tall"
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 having curly hair

MONTI (mounts)
CATTANEO
MORELLI
AMATO (beloved)
SILVESTRI (of woods)
MAZZA (a bat/bar)
TESTA (head)
GRASSI (fats)
PELLEGRINO (pilgrim)
CARBONE (coal)
GIULIANI member of the Gens Iulia, ancient Roman patrician gens
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 from Greek basileos (king)
RIVA (coast)
DONATI (given)
PIRAS from ancient Greek "pyr", <<fire>>
VITALI
BATTAGLIA (battle)
SARTORI Tailors (?)
NERI (blacks)
COSTANTINI
MILANI
PAGANO (heathen/pagan)
RUGGIERO
SORRENTINO
D'AMICO (of a friend)
ORLANDO
NEGRI (niggers)
[B]MANTOVANI (of Mantua)

[Foxy]

Russo doesn't mean Russian but redhead :D It's an ancient southern Italian form for "Rosso" and means the same thing of Rossi (reds, redheads). :D

Caputo meant "Big Head", form the Latin <<Caput>> (head).

[Peyrol]

Russo doesn't mean Russian but redhead :D It's an ancient southern Italian form for "Rosso" and means the same thing of Rossi (reds, redheads). :D


Come ho scritto in inglese nella pagina precedente, tutti i vari cognomi che c'entrano col ferro derivano dalla professione di fabbro (tranne "Ferraresi"), e sono traducibili in inglese come "Smith".

[Foxy]

It seems that Mr John Smith is very popular also in Italy (Giovanni Fabbro).

[Peyrol]

It seems that Mr John Smith is very popular also in Italy (Giovanni Fabbro).

Yes, or Giovanni Ferrari, or Giovanni Ferrero, or Giovanni Fabbri, etc etc :)

[Guapo]

Jovan Kovačević is popular.

[mymy]

Jovan Kovačević is popular.

Is it? It's your name? :D I don't know any... Actually funny thing is that I don't know any guy called Jovan :D

[Guapo]

Is it? It's your name? :D I don't know any... Actually funny thing is that I don't know any guy called Jovan :D

No, my name is So dear. My parents are communists. How can you not know any Jovans :confused:

[mymy]

No, my name is So dear. My parents are communists. How can you not know any Jovans :confused:

I'm thinking about it... I't common name, but I can't remember any... I have cousin Jovana, but that's in female form... In male, or I really don't know, or that person was so not interesting that i forgot :confused:

[stellar]

Poland.

Boy Names

1. Jakub
2. Kacper
3. Szymon
4. Mateusz
5. Filip
6. Michal
7. Bartosz
8. Wiktor
9. Piotr
10. Dawid

Girl Names

1. Katarzyna
2. Maja
3. Zuzanna
4. Wiktoria
5. Oliwia
6. Amelia
7. Natalia
8. Aleksandra
9. Lena
10. Magdalena

my name is there ;)

[Comte Arnau]

It seems that Mr John Smith is very popular also in Italy (Giovanni Fabbro).

It would also be a quite common combination in Catalan lands: Joan Ferrer (or Ferré).

[Peyrol]

It would also be a quite common combination in Catalan lands: Joan Ferrer (or Ferré).

Surnames like "Ferrer" and "Ferran" are common in Spain, Italy and also Portugal....

[Comte Arnau]

Surnames like "Ferrer" and "Ferran" are common in Spain, Italy and also Portugal....

The Spanish equivalent is Juan Herrero. The Portuguese one is João Ferreiro.

By some reason, the feminine form seems more common in those two languages: Herrera and Ferreira.

[Gaztelu]

In 2008, the most common names in the Basque Country were:

Males


Iker
Eneko
Markel
Aimar
Unai
Jon
Oier
Ander
Mikel
Asier


Females


Ane
Uxue
Nahia
June
Irati
Izaro
Naroa
Leire
Nora
Naia


Source: http://www.bebesymas.com/otros/los-nombres-mas-utilizados-en-el-pais-vasco-en-2008

[Tony]

Russo doesn't mean Russian but redhead :D It's an ancient southern Italian form for "Rosso" and means the same thing of Rossi (reds, redheads). :D

Caputo meant "Big Head", form the Latin <<Caput>> (head).
Mine was a loose literal translation , actually we'd need an etimology for each surname, rather than a pure translation, otherwise Russo would also mean I snore.:rolleyes:
And Caputo then could also mean "understood" in a gergal friendly manner (hai caputo?)

:D

[Peyrol]

Mine was a loose literal translation , actually we'd need an etimology for each surname, rather than a pure translation, otherwise Russo would also mean I snore.:rolleyes:
And Caputo then could also mean "understood" in a gergal friendly manner (hai caputo?)

:D

Caputo means "intelligent"

((letteralmente "colui che ha la testa":D))

[Don]

The Spanish equivalent is Juan Herrero. The Portuguese one is João Ferreiro.

By some reason, the feminine form seems more common in those two languages: Herrera and Ferreira.

Ferrer is the original form (keeping the F turned H) and there are ancient castilian lineages with Ferrer.

If we say "spanish" forms, ferrer, herrera, herrero... are included. Castilian is another thing...

[Don Brick]

ROSSI (reds)
RUSSO (Russian)
FERRARI from Ferrara
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) or Gaul
CONTI (counts) of the count
DE LUCA (Luca's)
MANCINI (lefthandeds)
COSTA (coast)
GIORDANO
RIZZO
LOMBARDI (lombards)
MORETTI (the darkies)
BARBIERI (barbers)
FONTANA (fountain)
SANTORO from Sanctorum Omnium (all the Saints)
MARIANI
RINALDI
CARUSOstable boy, probably from the French Garçon

FERRARA
GALLI (the Gauls or roosters)
MARTINI
LEONE (lion)
LONGO (archaic form of long) probably meaning "tall"
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 having curly hair

MONTI (mounts)
CATTANEO
MORELLI
AMATO (beloved)
SILVESTRI (of woods)
MAZZA (a bat/bar)
TESTA (head)
GRASSI (fats)
PELLEGRINO (pilgrim)
CARBONE (coal)
GIULIANI member of the Gens Iulia, ancient Roman patrician gens
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 from Greek basileos (king)
RIVA (coast)
DONATI (given)
PIRAS from ancient Greek "pyr", <<fire>>
VITALI
BATTAGLIA (battle)
SARTORI Tailors (?)
NERI (blacks)
COSTANTINI
MILANI
PAGANO (heathen/pagan)
RUGGIERO
SORRENTINO
D'AMICO (of a friend)
ORLANDO
NEGRI (niggers)
[B]MANTOVANI (of Mantua)

Are these in order of popularity? Interesting that Russo (Russian) is such a typical name. Do you know if there is any actual connection with Russia or is it just completely unrelated? Rossi is a also a common surname in Finland btw. :)

[Peyrol]

Are these in order of popularity? Interesting that Russo (Russian) is such a typical name. Do you know if there is any actual connection with Russia or is it just completely unrelated? Rossi is a also a common surname in Finland btw. :)

no, nobody connection .... is a corruption of the Latin term "Ruber - Rub(er)is", which means "red" (in italian "Rosso").

[Tony]

Caputo means "intelligent"

((letteralmente "colui che ha la testa":D))
Dipends what matter the head is made of , one could also be a dickhead.


Are these in order of popularity? Interesting that Russo (Russian) is such a typical name. Do you know if there is any actual connection with Russia or is it just completely unrelated? Rossi is a also a common surname in Finland btw. :)
Russo means Russian only literally and according to the meaning at the present time , it's very likely that when this surname born Russo had another meaning , probably a dialectal (Southern) form of Rosso , that is Red.

[Graham]

We use the name Russell here, means red.

Here's the most popular for my county, I think I posted nations top names somewhere else.

Top ten forenames given,West Lothian, 2010
Boys

Jack
Lewis
Ryan
Logan
Aaron
Ethan
Kai
Liam
James
Matthew


Girls

Ava
Sophie
Emily
Lucy
Erin
Hannah
Katie
Isla
Jessica
Chloe

[Peyrol]

Anyway, i add the missing translations and fixes bugs :D

ROSSI (reds)
RUSSO (reds)
FERRARI (Smith)
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/brown)
GALLO (rooster) or Gaul
CONTI (counts) of the count
DE LUCA (Luca's, pathronimic like the scandinavian "-son")
MANCINI (lefthandeds)
COSTA (coast)
GIORDANO (from the ancient roman gens "Gordiana")
RIZZO (right)
LOMBARDI (lombards)
MORETTI (the darkies)
BARBIERI (barbers)
FONTANA (fountain)
SANTORO from Sanctorum Omnium (all the Saints)
MARIANI (sons of Maria / devoted to Maria)
RINALDI (from the ancient saxon name "Rinhaldh")
CARUSO (stable boy, probably from the French Garçon)
FERRARA (all the italian surnames that refer to a city are of jewish origin)
GALLI (the Gauls or roosters)
MARTINI (devoted to the ancient god Mars/ from the ancient roman gens "Marzia")
LEONE (lion)
LONGO (archaic form of long) probably meaning "tall"
GENTILE (Gentile or gentle, literally means "From a ancient noble family"))
MARTINELLI (like Martini)
VITALE (full of life)
LOMBARDO (lombard)
SERRA (greenhouse or small wood)
COPPOLA (hat)
DE SANTIS (patronymic, son of the Saints)
D'ANGELO (patronymic, son of Angelo)
MARCHETTI (from roman names Marcus)
PARISI (inhabitant of Paris)
VILLA (inhabitant of a village)
CONTE (earl / count)
FERRARO (Smith)
FERRI (irons)
FABBRI (Smiths)
BIANCO (white)
MARINI (from the Sea)
GRASSO (fat)
VALENTINI (from the ancient roman gens "Valentiana")
MESSINA (jewish origin)
SALA (Hall)
DE ANGELIS (son of the Angels)
GATTI (cats)
PELLEGRINI (pilgrims)
PALUMBO (Stockfish)
SANNA (from the ancient preroman tribe of Sannites)
FARINA (flour)
RIZZI having curly hair

MONTI (mounts)
CATTANEO (from the medieval word "Capitain")
MORELLI (little dark)
AMATO (beloved)
SILVESTRI (of woods)
MAZZA (a bat/bar)
TESTA (head)
GRASSI (fats)
PELLEGRINO (pilgrim)
CARBONE (literally coal, but from the ancient roman gens of "Carboni")
GIULIANI (member of the Gens Iulia, ancient Roman patrician gens)
BENEDETTI (blessed)
BARONE (baron)
ROSSETTI (the reddies(lipsticks)
CAPUTO (intelligent/ with a big brain)
MONTANARI (mountaineers)
GUERRA (war)
PALMIERI (producers of palm trees)
BERNARDI (from the gothic name "Bernharth")
MARTINO (from the ancent roman gens "Martia")
FIORE (flower)
DE ROSA (of a rose)
FERRETTI (Little Smith)
BELLINI (pretties)
BASILE from Greek basileos (king)
RIVA (coast)
DONATI (given)
PIRAS from ancient Greek "pyr", <<fire>>
VITALI (literally full of life, but from the ancient roman gens "Vitale")
BATTAGLIA (battle)
SARTORI Tailors (?)
NERI (blacks)
COSTANTINI (from the ancient roman gens "Constanta")
MILANI (from Milan)
PAGANO (heathen/pagan)
RUGGIERO (from the normannic name "Roger")
SORRENTINO (inhabitant of Sorrento)
D'AMICO (of a friend)
ORLANDO (from the frankish "Roland")
NEGRI (niggers)
[MANTOVANI (of Mantua)

[antonio]

At Spain (besides trends of the foreigners among us) there's an ugly but curious trend specially strong in lowest classes to pick inside a very limited set of seldom bad spelled Anglosaxon names:

1) Kevin, Joshua, Jonathan. Or Yosua, Yonatan...

2) Jessica, Samantha, Jennifer. Or Yesica, Samanta...

The weirdest thing is, I repeat, the little of the sets. Evidence of the lack of originality after that process.

Another tendency is to follow like sheeps successful serials, so, after years (and I was all right with this) of a relative downtrend on Antonio's frequency, my name has surged again to the very top due to be the name of the main character of a successful nostalgic serial.

[Peyrol]

At Spain (besides trends of the foreigners among us) there's an ugly but curious trend specially strong in lowest classes to pick inside a very limited set of seldom bad spelled Anglosaxon names:

1) Kevin, Joshua, Jonathan. Or Yosua, Yonatan...

2) Jessica, Samantha, Jennifer. Or Yesica, Samanta...

The weirdest thing is, I repeat, the little of the sets. Evidence of the lack of originality after that process.

Another tendency is to follow like sheeps successful serials, so, after years (and I was all right with this) of a relative downtrend on Antonio's frequency, my name has surged again to the very top due to be the name of the main character of a successful nostalgic serial.

Antonio is also a common name in Italy :D

[Zankapfel]

Most popular German given names, 1890 through 2002.

http://www.beliebte-vornamen.de/760-alle_jahre.htm

Most popular German given names, sorted by year starting 1890.

http://www.beliebte-vornamen.de/755-beliebte.htm

Some interesting statistics/inclusions in the last decade.

[antonio]

And I praise Italia for that. :D

Ps. In fact, at Spain, it's one of the few traditional names who shows a good health. I know Italia is a more traditional country (f.e. at this matter), and I praise it again. :D

[Peyrol]

And I praise Italia for that. :D

Ps. In fact, at Spain, it's one of the few traditional names who shows a good health. I know Italia is a more traditional country (f.e. at this matter), and I praise it again. :D

Our two languages (Castillian and Italian) are perhaps among the few in Europe to be mutually intelligible to each other, if spoken slowly.:p




However, in recent years in Italy is increasing tendency for parents to give to the children traditional roman names, like Cesare, Augusto, Marco Aurelio, Livia, Lucrezia, Lavinia, Martina, Giulia,....etc etc.
Is a good thing, if I think the fact that foreigners are calling the children or "Mohammed" or "Mustafa" or "Hu" or "Wang" ...

[antonio]

Our two languages (Castillian and Italian) are perhaps among the few in Europe to be mutually intelligible to each other, if spoken slowly.:p


At Italy you count languages quite different. Just inside Spain frontiers, I count six languages I could understand. :D



However, in recent years in Italy is increasing tendency for parents to give to the children traditional roman names, like Cesare, Augusto, Marco Aurelio, Livia, Lucrezia, Lavinia, Martina, Giulia,....etc etc.
Is a good thing, if I think the fact that foreigners are calling the children or "Mohammed" or "Mustafa" or "Hu" or "Wang" ...

I got bad news for you. Just a matter of time foreigners sons beginning copying your/our historical names as, for example, they do extensively at USA. You know: Jimmy Choo and shits like that.

[Peyrol]

Italian dialects have virtually disappeared, fortunately...except for the Sardinian language, that is one of the oldest romance language of Europe.

[antonio]

Italian dialects have virtually disappeared, fortunately...except for the Sardinian language, that is one of the oldest romance language of Europe.

It's always a pity. Although at Spain they're subjects of great controversy by using them as political arms...as if the're were not sufficent matters in everydays life to be outraged for. :coffee:

[harriet]

The top 10 names for boys and girls in NZ...

Boys

1. Liam
2. James
3. Oliver
4. Jack
5. William
6. Joshua
7. Benjamin
8. Jacob
9. Samuel
10. Lucas

Girls

1. Sophie
2. Olivia
3. Ruby
4. Charlotte
5. Isabella
6. Lily
7. Ella
8. Chloe
9. Emily
10. Emma

I actually really like all of these names!

[antonio]

It's always nice to see Liam at number one.

[Peyrol]

It's always a pity. Although at Spain they're subjects of great controversy by using them as political arms...as if the're were not sufficent matters in everydays life to be outraged for. :coffee:

I think it is a good thing, since the Unity the Italian language (before only used by nobles, intellectuals, writers, diplomatic and scientist) is increasingly common, especially under the rule of Giolitti and Mussolini.
Italy has for centuries been divided into several smaller states, but united in culture, art, philosophy, and in political thought (and also in genetics, which since 100 AD. has varied by only 8-12%, according to recent studies).

Having a single language, we overcome the internal differences and it is easier to focus on the real enemy forces, external...

[Comte Arnau]

Ferrer is the original form (keeping the F turned H) and there are ancient castilian lineages with Ferrer.


It is not only because of the F. Final o's do not drop in West Iberian (Portuguese-Asturian-Castilian).

Ferrer, whether Aragonese or Catalan, is clearly a lineage from the Crown of Aragon.

[Raikaswinþs]

Los 10 nombres más populares en Castilla y León



Nombres de niña Nombres de niño
1. Lucía 1. Daniel
2. Paula 2. Pablo
3. María 3. Hugo
4. Sara 4. Diego
5. Carla 5. Adrián
6. Laura 6. Álvaro
7. Irene 7. Alejandro
8. Alba 8. David
9. Sofía 9. Marcos
10. Claudia 10. Rodrigo

[Raikaswinþs]

It is not only because of the F. Final o's do not drop in West Iberian (Portuguese-Asturian-Castilian).

Ferrer, whether Aragonese or Catalan, is clearly a lineage from the Crown of Aragon.

tssss acording to RTVE is the Corona Catalanoaragonesa :D

[Kanasyuvigi]

Bulgaria's traditional top ten:
male
1 Иван (Ivan)
2 Георги (Georgi)
3 Димитър (Dimitar)
4 Петър (Petar)
5 Христо (Hristo)
6 Тодор (Todor)
7 Николай (Nikolay)
8 Васил (Vasil)
9 Стефан (Stefan)
10 Йордан (Yordan)

female
1 Мария (Mariya)
2 Иванка (Ivanka)
3 Елена (Elena)
4 Йорданка (Yordanka)
5 Пенка (Penka)
6 Маргарита (Margarita)
7 Виолета (Violeta)
8 Лиляна (Lilyana)
9 Цветанка (Tsvetanka)
10 Радка (Radka)


...and the top ten of the new-borns in 2007:

female male
1 Габриела (Gabriela) Александър (Alexander)
2 Виктория (Victoria) Мартин (Martin)
3 Деница (Denitsa) Димитър (Dimitar)
4 Мария (Mariya) Георги (Georgi)
5 Борислава (Borislava) Даниел (Daniel)
6 Ева (Eva) Константин (Konstantin)
7 Ивайла (Ivayla) Симеон (Simeon)
8 Никол (Nikol) Виктор (Victor)
9 Пламена (Plamena) Владислав (Vladislav)
10 Цветелина(Tsvetelina) Йордан (Yordan)

[Osweo]

Megan (Welsh)
Ffion (Welsh)
Are they Welsh? I thought Ffion was just Fiona (despite it having a meaning in Welsh as a common noun (http://www.behindthename.com/name/ffion)), and thus a popularised and garbled anglicisation of the (Scots) Gaelic inspired Fiona (http://www.behindthename.com/name/fiona). :shrug:

Ah, Megan (http://www.behindthename.com/name/megan)is Welsh in so far as it follows Welsh diminutive practices, being none other than Margaret, and thus ultimately Greek. :thumb001:

Yes, or Giovanni Ferrari, or Giovanni Ferrero, or Giovanni Fabbri, etc etc :)

Jovan Kovačević is popular.

It would also be a quite common combination in Catalan lands: Joan Ferrer (or Ferré).
Shane McGowan, Evan Gough, Sean MacGovan, Ivan Kuznetsov, Ivan Kovalov and so on are not too unusual either. :p

[Ilya.S]

Russian names:

Male names(2008):
1. Aleksandr
2. Maksim
3. Ivan
4. Artyom
5. Dmitriy
6. Nikita
7. Mikhail
8. Daniil
9. Yegor
10. Andrey

Female names(2008):
1. Anastasia
2. Maria
3. Darya
4. Anna
5. Elizaveta
6. Polina
7. Viktoria
8. Ekaterina
9. Sofya
10. Aleksandra

[Korbis]

Mohammed. :puke

[Peyrol]

Mohammed. :puke

Also in Milano :(

I always wondered why 80% of the children of a islamic couple is always called "Mohammed / Muhammar /Muhammad / Mohammad"....wow, have a lively imagination to giving names to their children....