Name Nerds Blog: June 2012

Friday, June 29, 2012

Give Your House a Welsh Name

Here's a guide to giving a Welsh name to your House.

Thursday, June 28, 2012

A Whole Lotta Love in 2011

2011 seemed to be full of "Love" names, more so than 2010, anyway. Here are some love-filled girls' names, followed by the number of babies given that name:

Love 69
Loveah 11
Loveleen 6
Lovella 13
Lovely 55
Lovelee 8
Lovelynn 8
Lovette 8
Lovie 7
Lovey 5
Lovina 13
Milove 5

If English love isn't enough, there were a number of variations on amor and amour as well:

Amor 61
Amour 15
Amora 141
Amorah 12
Amoura 10
Amore 46
Amorette 14
Miamor 15
Jetaime 6
Jadore 47

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

2011 Names From Scotland

Since I'm on this Google Docs kick, here's the 2011 top names in Scotland, grouped by spelling.
2011 Top Names, Scotland: Girls (grouped by spelling)

2011 Top Names, Scotland: Boys (grouped by spelling)

Ever since the SSA released all the baby names down to 5 instances, the top 7,000 has gotten much, much larger. It's way too huge to put into HTML pages, so I'm trying posting it as a Google Doc. Let me know if this is annoying; I can try it as a .pdf (which my computer takes forever to open). Top 7000 Boys' Names of 2011 grouped by spelling

Top 100 Girls' names of 2011

Here are the top 100 girls' names, grouped by spelling for 2011. The most popular spelling is listed.

Sophia ( - )
Isabella ( - )
Olivia ( - )
Emma (+1)
Chloe(-1)
Emily ( - )
Ava (+2)
Abigail (-1)
Madison (-1)
Kaylee (+1)
Zoey (+4)
Mia (+5)
Madelyn ( - )
Addison (-4)
Hailey (-3)
Lily ( - )
Aubrey (+25)
Riley (-4)
Aaliyah (+5)
Layla (+8)
Natalie (-2)
Arianna (-2)
Elizabeth ( - )
Brooklyn (+8)
Kaitlyn (-4)
Ella (-1)
Makayla (-9)
Allison (-1)
Mackenzie (+1)
Peyton (-4)
Kylie (-2)
Brianna (-10)
Lillian (+1)
Avery (+10)
Leah (+1)
Maya (+3)
Alyssa (+4)
Amelia (+12)
Gabriella (+1)
Sarah (-9)
Katherine (+7)
Evelyn (+9)
Jocelyn (-6)
Grace (+2)
Hannah ( - )
Jasmine (-11)
Samantha (-9)
Alaina (+5)
Anna (-6)
Nevaeh (-3)
Victoria (+6)
Alexis (-19)
Camila (+6)
Savannah ( - )
Charlotte (+11)
Lilliana (+4)
Ashley (-8)
Isabelle (-3)
Kaelyn (-3)
Lyla (+2)
Kayla (-9)
Audrey (+5)
Claire (+1)
Taylor (-6)
Adalyn (+26)
Bailey (-5)
Juliana (-4)
Sophie (+10)
London (+16)
Sydney (-5)
Jordyn (-3)
Kennedy (+9)
Gianna ( - )
Lauren (-5)
Scarlett (+29)
Amaya (+6)
Harper (+77)
Alexa (-8)
Keira (+7)
Maci (+15)
Annabelle (+3)
Julia (-8)
Melanie (-5)
Aniyah (-4)
Adriana (-13)
Carly (-12)
Reagan ( - )
Bella (-17)
Destiny (-15)
Kendall (+48)
Serenity (+12)
Molly (+5)
Kaydence (-10)
Kimberly (-5)
Callie (+11)
Eliana (+21)
Trinity (-4)
Genesis (+10)
Lucy (-1)
Autumn (+12)

Falling out of the top 100 this year are:

Alexandra
Giselle
Jacqueline
Jada
Jaelyn
Malia
Morgan
Natalia

Monday, June 25, 2012

Top Boys' names for 2011

I've been working on grouping the names in the top 7000 by spelling. I'm pretty much done! Here are the preliminary results:
BOYS:

Aiden (-)
Jayden (-)
Jacob (-)
Jackson (+2)
Mason (+9)
Kayden (-2)
Michael (-)
William (+1)
Ethan (-4)
Noah (-)
Alexander (-3)
Daniel (-)
Elijah (+3)
Matthew (+3)
Anthony (-4)
Christopher (-3)
Caleb (+1)
Joshua (-3)
Liam (+19)
Brayden (-1)
James (+4)
Andrew (-2)
David (-1)
Benjamin (+6)
Joseph (-2)
Logan (-5)
Christian (-3)
Jonathan (-2)
Gabriel (-)
Landon (-2)
Nicholas (-4)
Lucas (+1)
Ryan (-1)
John (-)
Samuel (-)
Dylan (-5)
Isaac (+2)
Cameron (+2)
Nathan (-3)
Connor (-3)
Isaiah (+1)
Gavin (+1)
Carter (+7)
Jordan (+1)
Tyler (-4)
Evan (-2)
Luke (-)
Owen (+7)
Aaron (+4)
Julian (+4)
Jeremiah (-)
Brandon (-6)
Zachary (-5)
Jack (-2)
Colton (+9)
Adrian (+1)
Wyatt (+9)
Dominic (+7)
Angel (-10)
Eli (+14)
Austin (+7)
Hunter (+5)
Justin (-7)
Henry (+15)
Jason (-6)
Robert (-3)
Charles (+5)
Sebastian (+7)
Thomas (+1)
Brian (-12)
Eric (-10)
Tristan (-3)
José (-13)
Kevin (-12)
Chase (-4)
Levi (+4)
Josiah (+9)
Bentley (+27)
Grayson (+9)
Giovanni (-2)
Carson (-5)
Xavier (-9)
Ian (-1)
Jace (+22)
Brody (-1)
Colin (-9)
Blake (+8)
Nathaniel (-5)
Oliver (+9)
Bryson (+11)
Damian (-10)
Cooper (-5)
Parker (+4)
Adam (-2)
Hayden (-1)
Sean (-11)
Miles (+10)
Steven (-9)
Luis (-8)
Juan (-10)

Falling out of the top 100 this year are:

Carlos
Cole
Devin
Diego

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Game of Thrones names

Literary works have been adding names to the name pool for hundreds of years. Shakespeare alone has given us the names Olivia, Jessica, Miranda, Cordelia & Imogen! In the 20th century, movies added to the mix of fictional character names. It also began the rise of names from fantasy novels. Along with the Arwens, Eowyns and Theodens (the only names to be used with any regularity in the USA, always showing up in the top 7000) are names like Raistlin (from the Dragonlance series) and Lestat (from Interview With a Vampire et. al.). Most recently are named from George R.R. Martin's Song of Ice and Fire books which was made into a television series on HBO. The series debuted in 2011 and already some names have experienced an uptick. The most notable name is: Khaleesi (27 girls named this) and 7 named Kaleesi, which I'm assuming is an alternate spelling. This is interesting because Khaleesi isn't actually a name in the series; it's a title. Girls: Arya 386 up from 276 in 2010 Asha 197 up from 169 in 2010 Both of these names have been in the top 7000 for decades, but last year they experienced a popularity surge. It may have been in part because of the books. Boys: Ned 15 in 2011, up from 0 in 2010 Bran 7 in 2011, up from 0 in 2010 There haven't been any Sansas or Cerseis yet, but I'm sure it's just a matter of time!

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