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Help[Opinions] Irish baby names 2009
http://www.cso.ie/
This is a link to the Central Statistics Office - there are links to a pdf and a press release about the top 100 baby names in Ireland last year.
This is a link to the Central Statistics Office - there are links to a pdf and a press release about the top 100 baby names in Ireland last year.
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Oisin is my absolute fave. I hope it doesn't become popular here! I hate when I like something fairly original and then it ctaches like wildfire!
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I love Oisín - one of my favourites (it was my fave for a while) - I was sad to see it become so popular.
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Has Ireland had an invasion of Poles?
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Very interesting! I knew that there has been some migration from Poland to Ireland but it still surprised me how many Polish names there are on the list.
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Thanks for posting this! It was an interesting read. I was surprised to see Maja in the top 100 in Ireland. Maya doesn't really surprise me, but Maja does.
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It surprised me too till I realised that Maja is the Polish spelling...
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Cool, thanks!
I must say I'm disappointed that the top five are so similar to popular names here in the U.S. This is one of the down-sides of globalization, to me.
I must say I'm disappointed that the top five are so similar to popular names here in the U.S. This is one of the down-sides of globalization, to me.
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I am also surprised by all the polish names! I am also surprised by Maja. O thought Maya would be more popular than Maja (which is #2 in Sweden right now) and that there is quite a few dated names - Bobby, Ross, Hugh, Jennifer, Shannon, Brian, Scott, Jason etc
Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for sharing!
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Maja being more popular than Maya surprised me too.
Shannon was never popular here in the 70s and 80s - it has only become popular recently along with Erin and Katelyn recently via TV from the US I would guess.
Brian never really went out of fashion here, same with Ross.
Jennifer and Jason puzzle me too - they are such 70s & 80s names here.
Hugh is part of the "old is good again" thing I think.
Shannon was never popular here in the 70s and 80s - it has only become popular recently along with Erin and Katelyn recently via TV from the US I would guess.
Brian never really went out of fashion here, same with Ross.
Jennifer and Jason puzzle me too - they are such 70s & 80s names here.
Hugh is part of the "old is good again" thing I think.
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I think Tara must be making a come-back - it's quite dated here as well.
It was popular in the 70s. There are a lot of Poles in Ireland(not as many as during the boom years but still a lot - I think they are the biggest group of non-nationals). A fair amount of Russians, Latvians, Lithuanians, Ukrainians as well but a lot of Poles. It's common to see Polish goods in supermarkets in even small towns and also Polish shops are all over the place. I think it's only in the last year or two that Polish names started showing up in the top 100 baby names.
It was popular in the 70s. There are a lot of Poles in Ireland(not as many as during the boom years but still a lot - I think they are the biggest group of non-nationals). A fair amount of Russians, Latvians, Lithuanians, Ukrainians as well but a lot of Poles. It's common to see Polish goods in supermarkets in even small towns and also Polish shops are all over the place. I think it's only in the last year or two that Polish names started showing up in the top 100 baby names.
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double post.
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