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New Zealand top 100 baby names 2021

January 10, 2022 · Filed under Uncategorized · Tagged , , , , ,

BOYS
Top 10

Oliver retains #1 for the ninth year running! Noah and Jack swap #2 and #3. Leo stays at #4. George and Charlie both move up one. #7 Lucas down two. Theodore leaps up seven to take #8 and place for the first time in top 10 along with Luca taking out #10 and jumping 13 places. William holds #9.

Fastest rising

Niko (+34) and Nikau (+30)

Ari up 23, Joseph 22, Lincoln 21 and Sebastian 20

Freddie climbs 19, River 18, Asher 17 and Grayson 16.

Fastest dropping

Jayden plummets 30 places.

Closely followed by Luke 27.

Ryan falls 22, Austin, Benjamin and Jacob 21.

Harry (-19), Cooper (-18), Jordan (-17) and Ryder (-16).

Holds Steady

Oliver #1, Leo #4, William #9, Elijah #11.

Finn #25, Hugo #26, Samuel #50 and Oakley #71.

Returning

Beauden & Gabriel 2018

Isaiah, Leon & Tyler 2019

NEW

Nico #66

Freddie #81

Otis #88

Miles #91

Tobias #98

BYE

Xavier, Flynn, Angus, Dylan & David

Kingston, Patrick, Manaia, Ashton & Matthew.

GIRLS

Top 10

Charlotte wrestles the crown back off Isla to take #1 for the sixth time, the first being 2006. Amelia and Olivia keep #3 and #4 respectively. Ava, Willow and Lily remain within the top 10. Isabella and Mila up four from outside the top 10 to take #8 and #9. Ella keeps the last spot.

Fastest rising

Daisy rockets 39 places from #88 to take #49 just within the top 50!

Sienna hot on her heels up 36 to take the same place she held in 2019 #35.

Kaia +18, Nevaeh +17, Billie +16, Freya +15 and Eloise +14.

Eliza, Elsie, Luna and Maeve gain 12.

Fastest dropping

Stella loses 35 to #67

Scarlett also down 30 to outside the top 50.

Zara 24, Charlie 23, Holly 22

Bella & Heidi fall 17

Eden, Molly, Poppy, Rosie and Sadie (-14)

Holds steady

Amelia #3, Olivia #4, Ella #10, Mia #11.

Emily #15, Lucy #16, Zoe #21.

Amaia #63, Eleanor #69 and Phoebe #79.

Returning

Nevaeh, Pippa #2015

Kaia 2018

Anna, Marley, Nina 2019

NEW

Eloise #86

Cleo #91

Amara #95

Kora #96

Bonnie #100

BYE

Charlie, Holly, Heidi, Molly,

Isabel, Rose, Athena, Delilah,

Esther, Annabelle and Iris.

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TOP 100 baby names New Zealand- BOYS Oliver retains #1, Fastest rising Grayson.

March 9, 2020 · Filed under boys names, Names, statistics · Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Top 10

Oliver retains #1 for sixth year in a row, looking to follow in Joshua’s footsteps #1 (1995-2004)

Noah and Leo up 1 to #2 and #3

Jack falls 2 to #4, Lucas up 3 to #5 and James up 1 to #8.

George stays at #6 and William also keeps #7.

Thomas and Charlie return to the top 10, up five and two spots respectively to take #9 & #10.

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Biggest risers

Grayson +40

Arthur +29

Caleb +27

Felix +24

Theodore +21

John & Roman +16, Louie +15 and Matthew +14.

Also up 10+; Harvey, Hudson, Levi, Angus and Beau

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Biggest loses 

Irish boys lose out and er endings starting to fall?

Charles -24

Connor -23

Sebastian -20

Gabriel & Louis -17

Adam, Aiden & Harry -16

Blake, Flynn & Michael -15

Also down 10+; Archer, Braxton, Jaxon, Ryder, Edward and Tyler.

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Stable= Same placing

Oliver, George, William, Finn, Ryan and Daniel.  (all placed top #50)

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New is Ezekiel and others return

Biblical theme

Zion #81 (2009 #89, 2012 & 16 # 96)

Isaiah #85 ( 2000 #94, 2013 #93 and 2015 #93)

Ezekiel #86 NEW

Micah #91 (2016 #98)

Reuben #95 ( 1982 #100, 1984 #99, 2003 #44 2010 #86 and 2017 #87)

Elliot #97 (1995 #98)

Nikau #98 (2015 #96)

Leon #99 (1973 #99, 1982 #75, 1983, 1986 and 2008 #99, 2016 +17 #85)

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Gone

Quinn, Nixon, Beauden, Kingston,

Fletcher, Alex, Kayden & Patrick.

 

 

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New Zealand top 100 boys 2018, trifecta retains. Quinn hottest rising Irish boy!

January 12, 2019 · Filed under Uncategorized · Tagged , , , , , , ,

Top ten 

Top three boys names stay the same,

Oliver, Jack and Noah.

#4 Leo, rises seven and enters the top 10 for the first time ever.

Arlo drops out to #18 but all other names from 2017 remain.

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TOP 100 

Biggest gains

Quinn (returns) 33+

Louis (returns, princely crown) 32+

Jasper +31, also returns last seen 2016 #69)

Jaxon +27, Hudson +22 and Sebastian +21

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Biggest loses

Austin -28

Grayson 20 below and Ashton falls 18.

Biblical boys; Zachary -24, Caleb -20, Joshua – 18, Daniel and Michael 17 apiece.

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RETURNS/ NEW both Lou sounds perhaps linking to the royal birth

#77 Quinn

#86 Louie (Louis is #58)

#88 Luka (Luca is #34)

#93 Harley (seen in late 80’s and 2014-15)

#95 Fletcher (hovered near bottom of list 2000’s)

#96 Alex (last featured 2016)

#97 Kayden (seen 2012 + 2015)

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FAREWELL

Leon, Angus, Owen, Jake, Spencer, Jesse & Cohen,

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Australian top 100 baby names 2017, Oliver and Charlotte reign across the ditch too!

January 2, 2019 · Filed under Uncategorized · Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

New Zealand and Australia top 100 baby names are very similar.

In fact, in the top ten of the boys, six names are shared including Oliver in #1, both also feature Jack, William, Noah, James and Lucas. Thomas, Ethan, Jackson (and variants) and Lachlan round out the Australian ten whilst New Zealand holds Hunter, George, Mason and Arlo.

Charlotte is number #1 in both Australia and New Zealand, Olivia, Mia, Ava, Amelia, Isla and Emily all sit within the top 10 across islands. It’s not until you reach #29 in the NZ line up that you find Indie, not in the AUS list and #39 Audrey in the Australian lineup.

There are 19 boys names and 20 girls that differ between the neighbouring countries although it equates to slightly less in the New Zealand list as the Australian statistics count all variants under the one name i/e Darcey, Darcie and Darci are recorded as one whereas in New Zealand they are three separate monikers.

Boys feature Australian top 100 but not NZ: Nate and longer form Nathaniel, Kai, Hamish, Nicholas, Chase, Muhammad, Sonny, Darcy, Dominic, Christian, Fletcher, Ali, Lewis, Maxwell, Marcus, Hayden, Vincent & Parker. Many of these names have featured in the NZ list in years gone by.

NZ only: Theo, Ezra, Braxton, Asher, Arthur, Bauden, Bodhi, Grayson, David, Leon, Kingston, Reuben, Phoenix, Wyatt, Roman, Nixon, Jesse & Cohen (quite a biblical heavy group!)

Girls feature only Australian top 100 but not NZ: Audrey, Savannah, Imogen, Alexis, Chelsea, Claire, Indiana (NZ has Indie), Billie, Eloise, Elsie, Eliza, Daisy, Ariana, Bonnie, Alyssa, Hayley, Eve, Aisha, Lara & Alexandra.

Nz only: Indie, Millie, Riley, Zoey, (all very ee), Maia, Freya, Pippa, Luna, Leah, Keira, Amaia, Nina, Amber, Arabella, Skylar, Clara (NZ are very keen on the soft uh sounding for girls names) and Faith.

From my years of looking at names, I  think that Australia is generally a little behind New Zealand in picking up the latest naming trends which often lead from the USA. It will be interesting to see whether Arlo will rise to the same popularity (now inside NZ top 10) and whether Luna will enter the girl’s list.

 

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Theodore- the rising stars of New Zealand Top 100 baby names 2017 (Boys)

January 31, 2018 · Filed under boys names · Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Boys

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Oliver and Jack hold steady in first and second for the fifth year in a row!

George moves up five paces from #12 to enter the top 10, #7.

Arlo sneaks in at #10, with his first entry to the top 10, (+13)

William, Hunter, James and Lucas move up/down one place each.

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Theodore makes the biggest gain up 27 places to #32.

Harvey up 23 along with new entry Bodhi who sits at #77.

Beauden continues up after entering last year at #95, now sits at #75.

Oscar is close behind gaining 19 spots.

Other notable movers all over ten places; Jordan, Caleb, Hudson, Beau, Zachary, Theo & Arthur.

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Falling far is Matthew down 37, also down 30 spots is Tyler.

Roman (-27), Connor (-25), Ryan (-23) and Jasper (-23) plummet.

Down wards go; Quinn, Nathan, Jaxon, Angus, Blake and Brother Jake.

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New to the top 100

Bodhi #77, Wyatt #93 and Spencer #98.

Returning are;

Reuben #87, First seen in 1982 and last seen in 2010

Owen #91, debuted in 1954 and #91 in 1960

Jesse #99, entered in 1988 #38, highest spot #18 in 1990 and in 2015 was #98

Cohen squeezes in at #100 its  second entry to top 100, previously #97 in 2014.

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Ka kite;

Aaron, Alex, Fletcher, Harley, Micah, Quinn & Zion.

 

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New Zealand top 100 baby names 2015

January 24, 2016 · Filed under Uncategorized · Tagged , ,

Girls

top ten 

Olivia is crowned as New Zealander’s favourite girls name she wrangled her crown back after Charlotte’s two year reign, she was last top in 2012.  Charlotte steps into her shadow. Harper jumps from 8th to narrowly missing runner up by one baby!

1.Olivia (+1)

2. Charlotte (-1)

3.Harper (+5)

4. Sophie (+1)

5. Emily (-1)

6. Ella (+1)

7. Isla (-4)

8. Mia (+6)

9. Amelia (-3)

10. Isabella (+1)

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top 100

Biggest risers

Victoria re-enters #57 (last placed at #73 in 2013)

Quinn NEW #59

Riley re-enters #61 (last placed #91 in 2013)

Matilda up 36 places to #41

Zoey NEW #66

Frankie NEW #74

Penelope re-enters at #79 (last featured in 1978!)

Annabelle, Skyla (enters at #82, last seen 2012) and Ellie up 18 spots

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Falling fast

Bella (-44) Amber (-37) and  Alexis + Pippa (-36).

Followed by

Aaliyah (-31), Imogen + Brooklyn (-27) and Molly (-25)

tagging along

Eden (-22) and Aurora (-19)

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Hello

Victoria #57, Quinn #59 (NEW), Riley #61, Charlie #69 + Zoey #66 (NEW)

Frankie #74 (NEW), Penelope #79, Skyla #82, Jade #83, Elsie #88 (NEW)

Emilia #89 (NEW), Eleanor #90 (NEW), Daisy #93, Lydia #99 + Lola #100

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Goodbye

Hayley, Naomi, Maria, Caitlin + Katie

 Isabel, Kayla, Isobel, Natalie + Alexandra

Brooke, Kate, Savannah, Brooklyn + Pippa.

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Unisex

Three names feature in both the boys and girls top 100

Charlie, Quinn + Riley.

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Boys

Top ten

Oliver retains #1 for 3rd year running. Jack remains in runner up spot. William moves up three places to #3.

1.Oliver (=)

2. Jack (=)

3. William (+3)

4. James (-1)

5. Benjamin (+4)

6. Mason (-2)

7. Hunter (+5)

8. Charlie (+7)

9. Liam (-4)

10. Jacob (=)

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Top 100

Biggest risers

Beau up 33 places to #40

Ezra up 27 taking # 61

Theo #66 (+23)

Finn jumps 21 to #37

Hugo + Asher up 18 spots

Lincoln + 16

Carter moves 13, Angus 12 and Phoenix 11.

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Falling down

Jordan plunges 38

Louis down 22, Levi 21 and Matthew 20.

Also Ryder 18,

David & Edward 15,

Xavier & Alex 14

and Cameron 12.

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Hello

Kayden re-enters at #88 (last placed in 2012 @ 77)

Kingston back #92 (2013 was #86)

Isaiah takes #93 same as when he was last placed  in 2013

Gabriel #94 (last seen late 90’s in 2013)

Nikau NEW at 97

Jesse last seen in 2013 returns #98

Harvey NEW and lucky last!

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Ka kite

Jasper, Marcus, Nathaniel & Vincent

Cohen, Aidan + Lewis.

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Will Oliver reign in 2015

January 3, 2016 · Filed under Uncategorized · Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

With the Top 100 baby names for New Zealand in 2015 set to be released any day its interesting to wonder who will take out the top spots.

I suspect that Oliver will retain #1 and that Charlotte will remain his Queen especially with the birth of the royal Princess but its hard to say with Olivia hot on her heels.

I predict small movements within the top 10 of either gender but no big movers and shakers. Especially with the boys I suspect Oliver, Jack and James will stay in their trifecta of classic cool.

According to the 100 year rule new entries from 2014 old fashioned gems such as Theo and sister Thea, Arthur, Lewis, Harriet and Evie (also Evelyn) will continue to rise.

Set to continue to head up will be Millie, Evelyn, Alice, Matilda, Theodore, Alexander and Jasper.

New entry possibilities include; Elsie, Greta, Polly, Willa  and brothers Alfred, Frederic (k), Hugh and Jude.

Will it be the fall of Madison, Summer, Brooklyn, Savannah and Kayla or perhaps Jayden, Tyler, Jordan and Ashton.

Say goodbye to Caitlin and farewell Jake?

What do you think? what are you predictions for New Zealand or your home country? I’d love to hear from you 🙂

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New Zealand VS Australia popular baby names 2014

June 10, 2015 · Filed under Uncategorized · Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

How close are we with our favourite names to our neighbours?

What names could inspire us from the Australian top 100 which don’t feature in our own.

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New Zealand & Australia top names for girls and boys are the same

Charlotte & Oliver

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Girls top 10

NZ & Aus

Charlotte #1, Olivia #2 Emily #4 & Amelia #6.

share also; Sophie, Sophia/Sofia * & Ruby

NZ only; Isla (vs #17), Ella (vs #13) and Harper (vs #27)

Aus only; Ava (vs #12), Mia (vs #14) and Chloe (vs #15)

Boys top 10

NZ & Aus share Oliver as #1

Both share; Jack, James, William, Noah and Lucas

NZ only; Mason (vs #13), Liam (vs #14), Benjamin (vs #20) and Jacob (vs #18)

Aus only; Jackson (vs #21)/Jaxon* , Thomas (vs #18), Ethan (vs #11) and Cooper (vs#19)

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Feature in Australian top 100 only

Girls

Chelsea

Audrey

Alyssa

                           Indiana (NZ has Indie)

Maya

Lola

Eliza

Eloise

Charlie

Claire

Lara

Victoria

Amelie

Penelope

Lillian

Jade

Eve

Mikayla

Heidi

Daisy

Elsie

Skye

Indigo

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Boys

                                                 Nate (NZ has Nathaniel & Nathan)

Nicholas

Chase

Mitchell

Hayden

Owen

Kai

Toby

Bailey

Christian

Jesse

Darcy

Hamish

Dominic

Jett

Seth

Parker

Anthony

Jonathan

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Perhaps NZ is a little ahead of the Australia trends considering names that left last year (2013) Ones in italic still feature in 2014 in Australian top 100

Boys

Dominic, Tyson, Gabriel, Christian, Isaiah,

Jonathan, Kingston, Declan, Sam, Maxwell,

Joel, Jesse & Andrew.

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Girls

Indi, Mikayla, Faith, Claire,

Esther, Taylor, Jade, Lola,

Charlie, Alyssa & Victoria

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Perhaps Australians should consider one of these from the NZ top 100;

Freya, Florence, Thea, Aurora or Olive

Vincent, Asher, Grayson, Ezra, Theo or Nixon

* the Australian statistics combine names with same pronounciation but different spelling as one ie Sophia/Sofia is one name but in New Zealand they would be counted seperately.

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New Zealand Top 100 baby names 2013

January 3, 2014 · Filed under Uncategorized · Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

GIRLS
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Top ten

1 Charlotte (+3) NEW to #1 was last #1 in 2006

2. Emily (+1)

3. Ruby (+2)

4. Sophie (-2)

5. Olivia (-4)

6. Isla (+6) – NEW to top 10/ Sophia leaves

7. Amelia (+1)

8. Ava (+2)

9. Isabella (-3)

10. Ella (-3)

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Biggest risers

Mackenzie (+33)

Violet (+28)

Poppy (+23)

Evelyn & Anna (+19)

Alexandra & Sofia (+17)

Keira (+16)

Ivy (+15)

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Biggest fallers

Jade (-44)

Sarah (-33)

Hayley & Taylor (-27)

Stella (-26)

Mikayla (-20)

Holly, Molly,Millie & Brooke  (19)

Alice (-18)

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NEW top top 100

Caitlin re-enters at #61

Natalie re-enters  # 71

Victoria re-enters #72

Charlie NEW #77

Florence NEW #89

Imogen re-enters #91

Esther NEW #92

Aurora NEW #93

Madeleine re-enters #94

Claire NEW #96

Indi NEW #100 (Indie & Indi now)

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Bye to 

Ashley, Amy, Khloe, Evie, Skyla, Daisy

Riley, Lucia, Lauren, Maria & Maya.

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BOYS

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1. Oliver (+1) NEW to #1

2. Jack (-1)

3. James (+8) NEW top top 10/ Jacob gone

4. William (-4)

5. Mason (same)

6. Liam (-2)

7.Samuel (-1)

8. Lucas (same)

9. Noah (+1)

10. Thomas (+8)  NEW to top 10/ Ethan gone

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Biggest risers

Sebastian (+32)

Fletcher (+21)

Patrick (+17)

Jaxon (+14)

Henry (+13)

Louis, Adam & Flynn (+12)

Hunter (+11)

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Biggest fallers

Angus (-29)

Phoenix (-26)

Matthew (-17)

Xavier (-16)

Tyson & Dominic (-14)

Ryder (-13)

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New top 100

Jesse re-enters #74

Andrew re-enters #75

Maxwell re-enters #78

Declan re-enters #84

Arlo NEW #85

Theodore NEW #87

Jonathan  re-enters #88

Isaiah re-enters #93

Roman re-enters # 94

Archer NEW #95

Christian re-enters #96

Gabriel re-enters #97

Vincent re-enters #98

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Bye to

Quinn, Kayden, Nathaniel, Robert, Jasper, Zac

Hayden, Israel, Asher, Zion, Leon, Christopher

& Nate

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Christchurch Press Weekend Births- February- Lilabelle Te Aroha Violet

June 3, 2012 · Filed under Birth Announcements, boys names, girls names · Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

BOYS

Joe Richard

Maxim Kiefer- Elise

George Justin Albie

Fletcher Jack- Samirah & Meila

Fletcher Mark- Constance

Marco

Joel Alex John

Oliver Jack- Finn & Ronan

James Xavier- Alexander

Baxter Charles- Toby & Oscar

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GIRLS

 Aria Ellen

Annie Isabel- Cameron

Ava Nita- Thomas

Zara Azami- Julia, Monica & Kyra

Indeya Samantha- Brylee & Jasmine

Alice Grace- Emma

Elle Ruve- Sian

Lilabelle Te Aroha Violet- Charli-Rose

Beth Susan- Emily

Amiya Eloise

Cadie Lynnell

Esther Helena- Olive

Eden Bettina

Sylvia Bell- Leo

Mila Poppy- Gianna

Estella Margaret Rose

Edy Grace- Ella & Cooper

Grace Olive

Zoe Amelia- Finn

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What’s your favourite?

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