Posted by Norah
on 6/26/2008, 10:39 pm
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I found a place where you can download a spreadsheet of the most popular names in the UK for 2007. For some odd reason, I was always under the impression that British people were far less tacky than Americans when it came to names... but I found some real shockers!
14 different ways to spell "Alisha" (the most common spelling)
Amiee (as if Amy isn't bad enough! Believe me, I know
)
Bracken ?!?! For a girl (and I thought Nettle was bad)
A bunch of names I consider distinctly "American" seem to have infected the UK:
Montana, Savanna(h), Demi + 3 different spellings of Demi-Lee, Nevaeh, Tatum, Lexus
And some cool stuff:
Cosima (#1838)
Elektra (#1327)
Elodie (#453)
Bryony/Briony (#446/#785)
Lavinia (#1146)
Livvy (#1795)
Lorna (#700)
Zoya (#472)
Una (#1773)
Celyn (#1201)
Leonie/Leoni (#442/#789)
And some puzzling things:
Kornelia #1423 (but no Cornelia)
Beca #1360 (but no Becca)
Devon & Jersey - is this like naming American kids Austin and Dallas?
Beau and Bo for a girl...
And while I'm at it... in the UK, people use a lot more pet names as full names (Ellie, Millie, Maisie, Tilly, Emmy, Nell), whereas in the USA, people tend to make up long-forms of names that are already short, like Brandisha, Aliana, etc.
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