International Faves: Top names across the globe.

aimee1899

Today's Nameberry Blog:

As we eagerly await the revelation of what the top names were in the US last year, we thought it might be fun to see what international faves were heading the lists in other parts of the world. Which American favorites were also among the three preferred choices in other countries (Jacob in Argentina, Noah in Belgium)? And which names shone internationally in their local variations (eg Lucas, Lukas, Luka). Are there some less familiar names worthy of importing (Florencia? Zuzanna? Noam?).

We?ve taken a look at the three highest-ranking names across the globe in the last year counted and here are the most interesting results, with the American rankings for comparison.

Girls

Alice?#2 in Sweden (Number 172 in the US)

Ana?#2 in Brazil

Ava?#3 in Scotland (Number 5 in the US)

Aya?top name in Libya

Camila?#3 in Puerto Rico

Catalina, #3 in Chile

Chloe?# 3 in Australia (Number 9 in the US)

Constanza, #2 in Chile

Emily?#2 in Ireland (Number 6 in the US)

Emma?top name in France, Belgium and Norway, #3 in Netherlands and Ireland (Number 3 in the US)

Florencia?top name in Uruguay, #3 in Chile

Giulia?top name in Italy

Isabella?top name in Denmark and Australia (top name in the US)

Jazmin?#3 in Argentina

Julia?top name in Poland, #2 in Netherlands, #3 in Brazil and Sweden (Number 55 in the US)

Juliette?#3 in Quebec

Kamila?#2 in Puerto Rico

L?a?top name in Quebec, #3 in Belgium

Louise?#2 in Belgium

Lucia?top name in Spain

Maja?top name in Sweden (Number 67 in the US)

Maria?top name in Brazil (Number 86 in the US)

Maria Fernanda?#1 in Mexico

Mariam?#3 in Tunisia

Martina?top name in Chile

Maya?# 3 in Israel (Number 67 in the US)

Mia?#1 in Puerto Rico (Number 10 in the US)

Morena?#2 in Argentina

Noa?top name in Israel

Nora?# 3 in Norway (Number 159 in the US)

Olivia?top name in England and Ontario, #2 in Scotland (Number 4 in the US)

Ruby?# 2 in Australia (Number 113 in the US)

Shira?#2 in Israel

Sophie? top name in Scotland, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, #2 in Norway (Sophie is 59 in the US, Sophia #2)

Valentina? top name in Argentina (Number 152 in the US)

Valeria?#2 in Mexico

Ximena?#3 in Mexico

Zuzanna?#3 in Poland

Boys

Angel?#2 in Puerto Rico

Azia?top name in Tunisia

Ben?top name in Germany

Benjamin?top name in Chile (Number 22 in the US)

Diego?#2 in Mexico

Dimitrios?#3 in Greece

Elias?top name in Finland

Emil?top name in Norway

Gabriel?#3 in Brazil (Number 21 in the US)

Giorgios?top name in Greece

Harry?#3 in the UK (Number 658 in the US)

Ian?#3 in Puerto Rico

Itai?#2 in Israel

Jack?#2 in the UK and Australia (Number 44 in the US)

Jacob?#2 in Argentina (top name in the US)

Jakob?top name in Czech Republic

Joaquin?#3 in Argentina

Jo?o?top name in Brazil

Jules?#3 in France

Konstantinos?#2 in Greece

Leon?#2 in Germany

Lucas?(#2 in Netherlands, Belgium and France; Lucas/Lukas?#3 in Germany and Sweden (Number 35 in the US),

Luis ?top name in Mexico

Luka?top name in Croatia

Lukas?#2 in Austria

Marko?#3 in Croatia

Mathias?#2 in Norway

Mat?as?#3 in Chile

Maximilian?top name in Austria

Miguel Angel? top name in Mexico (Michael is Number 3 in the US)

Nathan?top name in France, #3 in Belgium (Number 27 in the US)

Nicol?s?# 3 in Uruguay (Nicholas is Number 38 in the US)

Noah?top name in Belgium (Number 7 in the US)

Noam?#1 in Israel

Oliver-top name in the UK, #3 in Australia (Number 88 in the US)

Oscar?top name in Sweden (Number 147 in the US)

Pedro?#2 in Brazil

Ren?top name in Japan

Santiago?#2 in Uruguay

Sem?top name in Netherlands

Tobias?#3 in Austria (Number 519 in the US)

Tom?s?# 3 in the Czech Republic (Thomas is Number 62 in the US)

Uri?#3 in Israel

Vicente?#2 in Chile

William?top name in Australia and Denmark, #2 in Sweden, #3 in Norway (Number 5 in the US)

aimee1899

MandJS:

Cool. Apparently a derivative of my DD's name (Shira instead of Shirya) is a top name in Israel. And I love Noam (another top Israeli name). Guess we're doing good keeping to Hebrew/Biblical names in my house.

Would you pronounce Noam like Noam Chomsky and Gnome or No-am?

 

evaazalea

I like how Quebec and Ontario are their own counties now. Interesting list though!

aimee1899

MandJS:

aimee1899:

MandJS:

Cool. Apparently a derivative of my DD's name (Shira instead of Shirya) is a top name in Israel. And I love Noam (another top Israeli name). Guess we're doing good keeping to Hebrew/Biblical names in my house.

Would you pronounce Noam like Noam Chomsky and Gnome or No-am?

 

No-am. Which is also how I pronounce Noam Chomsky's name... Is that wrong?

I majored in Linguistics in college and my professors always pronounced Chomsky's (father of modern linguistics) name like Gnome.

But, then I've seen threads on a different forum that say it's said like No-am.

blush64

MandJS:

TysMomPlusOne:

I like how Quebec and Ontario are their own counties now. Interesting list though!

Ontario should be part of Canada as a whole, but if you've ever really paid attention to Quebecois politics... yeah. They're a whole separate species. (I was born in Montreal for full disclosure here...) 

Like it or not they are still in the same country.

EDIT I would like to say if you look hard enough there is "special culture" in every province not only Quebec. (and traditionally french speaking areas outside of Quebec as well)

Aamazing

TysMomPlusOne:

I like how Quebec and Ontario are their own counties now. Interesting list though!

 My thoughts exactly.  Sigh.

I thought I would give them the benefit of the doubt with Quebec, thinking maybe they were giving it special status because it has quite a different culture - but then I saw Ontario listed.   

blush64

MandJS:

blush64:

MandJS:

TysMomPlusOne:

I like how Quebec and Ontario are their own counties now. Interesting list though!

Oh I know. My post on the topic was primarily tongue in cheek. 

Sorry

I love the list though. I find it interesting to see the differences and honestly how certain names are just so popular everywhere.

KittyMarie219

Really like the name Ren (listed as the top boys' name in Japan), but I feel like if I used it for a boy here in America, he'd get made fun of.

On the guilty pleasure list it goes.

U_U