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Biggest risers, NZ top 100, boys

babynamelover — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 02:36:33 +0000

Felix (+38)- Is it the hot x-factor? or is it the quirky old fashioned feel, surely its not the cat?

Mason (+37)- My guess is its strong sound similar feel to Jack & Liam.

Eli (+24) & Ben (+20)- nicknames are hot Sam also rises 12. Is this a more modern trend giving children nicknames as full names as they will be using that most of the time anyway? I think I still would prefer having the more formal fuller form

Louis (+22), I wonder which pronounciation people are using, if its Lou-ee it fits well with Archie & Charlie.

Elijah (+19)- the latest hot biblical choice!

Aiden (+18)- An alternative spelling of Aidan perhaps thinking it would be more unique like Jaxon/Jackson

ive been thinking about- week 9th January

babynamelover — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 22:53:09 +0000

Pippi- singing a song in Te Reo Maori to my daughter about sea animals one line goes ”Pipi pipi, paua paua.” Then I realised the correct way to say it was Pee-peee not so flash, then I thought of Pippi but is the association with Pippi Longstocking still to fresh? Pippi just sounds so sprightly and fun.

Eveline-seen on a documenty, preety sounding.

Willa- seen in a photo comp, Willa Mae and brothers Oblio +Gus.

Biggest risers NZ top 100, girls

babynamelover — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 22:46:23 +0000

Mila (+53) Mila is a short, sweet girls name which seems to be gaining in popularity super quick! It has a similar feel to favoured Mia & Isla almost a meshing of the two!

Pippa (+32), Middleton need I say more, interesting though that parents are choosing the nickname and more modern Pippa over Phillippa.

Mackenzie (+31), is it the unisex appeal or the cute Kenzie that is seeing Mackenzie take off.

Faith (+28), Perhaps instilling a virtue name on your child will see them grow up with a strong sense of religious values or just a resilient nature, why has Faith bounded up?

Hazel (+27), oh the lovely Hazel such a beautiful old gem! Was wondering when it would be redisovered the botanical nature also fits well with the rising Willow and friendly Olive & Poppy.

Anna (+26), my own name! What is the reason behind its recent jump? the popular A initial or the a ending perhaps or just the short, sweet nature and lovely meaning.

Willow (+22), did Pink help to knock this one up the chart a few numbers? I suspect though it was already on the rise.

New to top 100 GIRLS

babynamelover — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 02:49:52 +0000

Returning

Brooklyn, entered at #87 in 2001, hovered in the 80′s until 2004 where it leapt to #61, then disappeared for 7 years!

Violet, #94 in 2009

Manaia, #95 in 2007, #72 in 2008 & #87 in 2009.

Alexandra, #41 in 1999, highest in 2001 at #31, dropped through 40′s and then 55 before plumeting to the 80′s in 07, 08 & 09.

Angel, #83 in 1999, in the early 60′s for the early 2000′s dropped to #74 in 2005, and stayed there until leaving in 2009.

Maria, present since 1999, slowly dropping back to #97 in 2006, gained in 07 back to #77 but then fell again last placed at #96 in 2009.

Lauren, highest placing was #34 in 2000, since then has been falling with the exception of #37 in 2002, in 2008 it dropped to #90 slight gain back to #81 in 2009.

Ariana, #98 in 2001, #85 in 2002, #97 in 2004 & #99 in 2009.

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New

Evelyn

Ellie

Elise

Nina

Sasha

Khloe

Isobel

New to top 100 NZ- BOYS

babynamelover — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 23:57:03 +0000

BOYS

Back again

Austin,#96 in 2007 & #95 in 2009

Andrew, #36 in 1999, hovered between #42-#55 years 2000-2005, Then dropped back to #75 in 2006 kept falling and nearly left in 2009 on #92.

Nathaniel, #98 in 2004, #99 in 2003 & #91 in 2005.

Zion, #89 in 2009

Jamie, #59 in 1999, then stayed between #48-62, last placed #53 in 2009.

Christopher, #35 in 1999 then fell and hovered in the mid 60′s-early 70′s before plummeting to #96 in 2009.

Roman, #93 in 2009.

New

Jaxon

Zac

Cruz

Declan

Brooklyn goes to the girls! NZ top 100, 2011

babynamelover — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 06:17:56 +0000

Top Ten

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Girls

Ruby swaps places with Sophie (#3) becoming #1 and Olivia keeps her second spot.

Grace jumps nine spots to sixth place which bumps Chloe out of the top ten.

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Boys

Liam holds top spot for the second year running.

Noah leaps seven to #6 and Lucas follows, up 6 spaces to take the 4th spot.

Jacob leaves the top ten.

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Top 100

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Girls-

Mila gains the most spots whilst Tayla takes a downward turn.

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Biggest climbers:

Mila (+53),

Pippa (+32),

Mackenzie (+31),

Faith (+28),

Hazel (+27),

Anna (+26),

Willow (+22).

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Biggest fallers:

Tayla (-41)

Keira (-36),

Hayley (-33),

Jasmine (-28),

Katie + Peyton (-24),

Brooke (-21).

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Entering and leaving

Brooklyn leaves the top 100 for boys but enters the girls at a whooping #60!

The bloom is over for Rose, Daisy & Ivy.

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Newbies:

Brooklyn #64

Violet #70

Manaia #79

Evelyn #81

Ellie #83

Alexandra #84

Elise #88

Angel #91

Nina #94

Sasha #95

Maria #96

Lauren #97

Khloe #98

Isobel #99

Ariana #100

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Farewell:

Riley, Rose, Ashley, Danielle, Harmony,

Matilda, Katelyn, Daisy, Lola, Maya,

Piper, Payton, Tessa, Imogen & Ivy.

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Boys

Kingston falls whilst Felix rockets up.

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Biggest climbers:

Felix (+38),

Mason (+37),

Eli (+24),

Louis (+22),

Ben (+20),

Elijah (+19),

Aiden (+18).

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Biggest fallers:

Kingston (-24),

Nicholas (-19),

Quinn (-17),

Chase (-16),

Edward & Seth (-15),

Patrick (-14).

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Entering & Leaving:

A real mix for the boys, 11 new names for 2011.

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Newbies:

Jaxon (#59),

Austin (#64)

Andrew (#76),

Nathaniel (#81),

Zac (#90),

Zion (#91),

Jamie (#93),

Cruz (#95),

Christopher (#97),

Declan (#98),

Roman (#100).

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Farewell:

Aaron, Brooklyn, Joel, Dominic, Reuben,

Taylor, Sione, Mitchell, Gabriel, Leon & Lewis.

Christchurch weekend Press- top names 2011

babynamelover — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 06:21:27 +0000

BOYS

#1 Benjamin (17)

#2 James (14)

#3 George & William (13)

#5 Charlie (12)

#6 Joshua, Liam, Samuel & Thomas (10)

#10 Jack, Lucas & Luke (8)

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GIRLS

#1 Lucy & Ruby (14)

#3 Sophie (13)

#4 Olivia (12)

#5 Ava, Emma & Lily (11)

#8 Charlotte (10)

#9 Amelia & Emily (9)

Hi all

babynamelover — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 18:31:29 +0000

Sorry little time for blogging hope to squeeze some in soon

Junebug is 3weeks old!

babynamelover — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 21:19:51 +0000

Juno I can’t believe 3weeks has gone by so fast! Mummy loves that you have worked out that night time is for sleeping . I love you lots and lots!

Haven’t had much time for blogging but when I have a spare minute I love to catch up with what is happening in the name world

What names are you loving this week?

Comparing the NZ top 100

babynamelover — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 21:11:45 +0000

The day before I went into labour I had a lot of fun with this! Hope you enjoy these musings too.

I compared the NZ top 100 for 2010 with the Irish, Scottish, American and Welsh & English counterparts and here is what I found!

England & Wales + New Zealand top 100

There are 35 names in the English & Welsh top 100 that don’t feature in the NZ and 39 in the girls. Of the boys 12 were shared in the Scottish top 100, 3 in the Scottish and Irish, 2 in the USA, 1 in the USA, Scottish and Irish which was Evan and 1 in the USA and Scottish. Of the girls 14 were in the Scottish, 5 in the Scottish & Irish, 3 in all 4 which were Lauren, Julia & Maria, 1 in the USA which was Evelyn and 1 in the USA and Ireland which was Alexandra.

Cutsie Names- Evie, Maisie/Maisy, Ellie, Lexi/Lexie, Lacey, Gracie, Rosie, Hollie, Tilly and Libby.

Old fashioned- Florence, Eleanor, Emilia, Isobel, Esme, Martha, Harriet, Evelyn, Eliza and Maryam.

Modern- Tia, Freya, Amelie, Skye, Laila and Aisha.

Traditional- Megan, Erin, Bethany, Lauren, Julia, Niamh, Aimee, Maria, Nicole, Heidi and Alexandra.

3 spellings-Mohammed, Muhammad and Mohammad.

Feminine ending- Finley/ Finlay, Alfie, Freddie, Jamie, Ollie, Louie, Harvey, Bailey, Bobby, Stanley, Harley & Bradley.

Modern spelling- Kian & Kieran.

Scottish/Irish- Callum, Owen, Rhys/Reece & Evan,

Old fashioned-Theo, Arthur, Jude, & Frederick,

Traditional-Hayden, Elliot, Brandon & Kyle.

Modern- Jenson, Kai & Dexter.

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Ireland + New Zealand top 100

There are 56 boys’ names in the Irish top 100 that do not make the New Zealand and similar 53 girls’ names this is the most of all the four countries I looked at!

Of the 56 boys 11 were shared with Scotland, 3 with Scotland & USA and 4 with the USA- and for the girls 16 with Scotland, 4 with Scotland & USA and 2 with USA; Natalia and Alexandra.

Irish names: Sean, Conor, Cian, Darragh, Oisin, Patrick/Patryk, Cillian/Killian, Eoin, Fionn, Tadhg, Cathal, Ronan, Ciaran, Eoghan, Rory, Cormac, Dara, Senan, Oran, Shay, Odhran, Niall, Daithi, Lorcan and Daire.

Welsh/Scottish names: Evan, Callum/Calum, Kyle, Rhys, Ruairi.

Common: Shane, Mark, Andrew, Kevin, Alan, Christopher, Scott, Jason, Brian, Lee, Martin, Peter, Anthony, Stephen and Paul.

Spelling: Rian, Jakub, Tomas and Filip.

Nickname: Bobby, Tom, Josh and Alfie,

Irish names: Orlaith, Aoife, Ciara, Saoirse, Caoimhe, Niamh, Roisin, Erin, Clodagh, Aisling, Eabha, Sinead, Aine, Sadhbh, Aoibhinn, Aoibheann, Eimear, Aoibhe & Orla,

Common: Jennifer, Lauren, Rachel, Julia, Megan, Laura, Nicole, Robyn, Ellen, Cara, Maria, Aimee, Eve, Tara, Natalia, Shauna, Sara, Alexandra & Alicia.

Older fashioned: Clara, Faye, Ruth, Mary, Isobel & Emilia.

Modern/Cultured: Maja, Freya, Alannah, Zuzanna, Lena & Kayleigh,

Nickname/Cutesy: Ellie, Abbie & Hollie.

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USA + New Zealand top 100

There are 42 boys’ names in the USA top 100 that don’t feature in the NZ list and 49 girl’s names.

Spanish influenced: Angel, Jose, Juan, Luis, Diego, Carlos & Jesus.

Cowboy names: Landon, Brandon, Justin, Wyatt, Austin, Jason, Colton, Carson, Brody, Tristan, Parker, Cole & Hayden,

Alternative spelling: Ayden, Jaden & Jaxon.

Dated: Ian, Eric & Brian/Bryan

Common: Anthony, Christopher, Andrew, Jonathan, Evan, Gavin, Owen, Julian, Adrian & Kevin.

Trendy: Brayden.

Biblical: Isaiah, Jeremiah, Josiah & Nathaniel.

Alternative spelling: Hailey, Khloe, Makayla, Zoey, Madelyn & Kaitlyn.

Unisex: Avery, Brooklyn, Aubrey, Sydney, Morgan, Jocelyn & Bailey.

Old fashioned: Lillian, Evelyn, Audrey & Caroline,

Simply sweet: Claire, Julia, Lauren, Alexandra, Katherine, Madeline & Angelina.

Virtues etc: Destiny, Trinity, Autumn, Serenity & Genesis.

Dated: Allison, Kylie, Kimberly, Andrea & Melanie.

Common: Brianna, Gabriella, Kaylee, Arianna/Ariana, Maria, Gabrielle, Naomi, Mariah & Rachel.

More exotic: Camila, Alexa, Gianna, Valeria & Natalia

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Scotland + New Zealand top 100

Scotland has 45 different boys’ names and close 46 girls names not in the NZ line up, 5 boys are the same as the USA and 6 of the girls.

Nickname: Alfie, Josh, Robbie, Ollie & Zak.

K names: Kai, Kayden, Kian, Kenzie & Kaiden,

Scottish/Irish: Jamie, Finlay, Kyle, Callum/Calum, Rory, Ross, Fraser, Owen, Euan, Scott, Murray, Sean, Kieran, Brodie, Ewan, Blair, Declan & Ciaran.

Welsh: Rhys/Reece, Evan & Craig.

Common: Andrew, Cole, Jay, Christopher, Corey & Mark.

Different: Harris, Arran, Muhammad/Mohammed, Calvin & Jude.

Y ending/sound: Hailey, Lacey, Hollie, Lucie, Carly, Macy & Gracie.

Nickname: Ellie, Evie, Abbie, Lexi/Lexie & Rosie.

Scottish: Eilidh, Maisie & Iona.

Irish/Welsh: Niamh/Neve/Nieve, Orla & Cerys.

Dated: Beth & Robyn.

Modern: Freya, Skye, Mya, Amelie, Emilia & Kayleigh.

Common: Megan, Aimee, Lauren, Eve, Cara/Kara, Rachel, Nicole, Julia, Bethany, Alicia, Courtney, Morgan, Naomi, Maria, Elise & Melissa.