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[dasa]

In Slovakia, most of babies born last year were given these names:

Samuel, Martin, Jakub, Patrik, Adam, Matej (male)
Viktoria, Kristina, Natalia, Dominika, Sofia, Vanesa (female)

While the male names are more or less Slovak-sounding, traditional names (except for Samuel), the girls are getting names which are nowadays popular in many countries.
Surprisingly I didn't find the name Zuzana in this register (it seems like every 3rd girl of my age is called Zuzana:D) Well, so it goes, the fashion changes fast.

I'm waiting for the time when my name will be among the favourite I know very few people who are called like me :/

so what about your country?

[black sea]

In my country the most babies given this name

Male >> Mohammed, Ahmad, Abdullah& Abdurrahman

Female<< Aisha, Fatima, Noora & Amna

[dicivi]

I live in Canada which is a vast country with many ethnic groups so I think it varies quite a bit from area to area. My community is German but you'll find very few German names in the present generation. Here are some of the names in my son's junior school:

Girls: Kaitlin, Kelly, Dawson, Nicole, Karah and Karlee. Boys: Cameron, Tyson, Ryan, Jayden, Aidan and Matthew.

I have three young boys Hadleigh, Aidan and Riordan, my older children, who have now left home, are Darrell and two girls Janine and Lindsay.


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[Irial]

I live in Spain. In 2006, the parents most called their babies:

Boy:ALEJANDRO, DANIEL, PABLO, DAVID, ADRIAN, JAVIER, ALVARO, SERGIO, CARLOS, MARCOS

Girl:LUCIA, MARIA, PAULA, LAURA, MARTA, ALBA, CLAUDIA, CARLA ,
ANDREA, SARA

[Leon Young]

boy:明Ming、国Guo、文Wen、华Hua、德DE、建Jian、志Zhi、永Yong、林Lin、成Cheng、军JUn、平Ping、福Fu、荣Rng、生Sheng、海Hai、金Jin、忠Zhong、伟Wei、玉YU、兴Xin、祥Xiang、强Qiang
and girls:英Ying、秀Xiu、玉YU、华HUA、珍ZHEN、兰LAN、芳FAN、丽LI、淑SHU、桂GUI、凤FENG、素SU、梅MAY、美MEI
the difference between west and east is in the number of the family name and given name.
in western countries,there are more family names than in eastern .and given name estern have more than western.
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[anuta]

hello Dasa, guys,
I'm Anna (or Anya) from Russia.
In my country most popular names are:
Girls: Maria, Anna, Natalia, Daria, Ksenia, Irina , Sasha(Alexandra) and so on...
Boys : Alexander, Vladimir, Anatoliy, Dmitriy, Alexey, Vladislav, Michail.
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[Dixie]

In Catalunya, the most popular names are:

For boys:

Marc
�lex
Pau
Pol
David

For girls:

Paula
Carla
Laia
Maria
J�lia

[fa6ma]

hi there

as for my country the most popular name for
boys right now is TAMIM
girls are MARIAM..FATMA..NORA..AISHA..MOZA..
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[ad-miral]

The most favourite names in Germany at federal level in 2006:

boys: girls:
1. Lukas 1. Anna
2. Leon 2. Leonie
3. Luca 3. Lea
4. Tim 4. Lena
5. Paul 5. Hannah
6. Jonas 6. Laura
7. Finn 7. Lara
8. Max 8. Emily
9. Niklas 9. Sarah
10. Luis 10. Lilli
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[Oriani]

Boys: Juan, Jose, Alejandro, Antonio, Rafael, Jes�s.

Girls: Maria, Carolina, Ana, Carla, Diana, Cristina. Jessica-

[Rogerlz]

[Cristi]

I like this thread a lot!

It's true what Roger says, though there's this phenomena of naming the girls Camila and Ana Mar�a and boys, Carlos and Jos�... it's really nuts!
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[ekognozi]

hi,
I am writing from Turkey and the most common names in Turkey:

boys / girls
-ahmet / ayse
-ali / fatma
-hasan / gul

see you.

[Oriani]

[naomi-7]

Hi! I'm a college student in Japan.

To tell the truth,I don't konw about common names in detail,
but I can guess about them.

Formerly,there are some common names,
though popular names are changed as times change,
while these days,parents often name their children uncommon names.
(but common names still exist around me)

So,the occurrence that I can't pronounce the names will be increase in the near future,
and I will name my child uniqe name too,if I have a baby.