Message: "2011 birth announcements A, B & C"

[Opinions] 2011 birth announcements A, B & C

by Sofia

1/13/2012, 1:48 PM

I've compiled a list of all birth announcements from my local newspapers in 2011 (I think I've posted most of them here during the past year). The popularity is in accordance with national statistics, but there are some interesting ones among one-offers.

Here are A, B & C girls' names:

Adela
Agata
Ajša
Aleksandra 2×
Alisa
Aljenka
Ana 31×
Ana Maria 6×
Anabela
Analia
Anamarija 3×
Anastasia 2×
Anastazija 3×
Anđela 2×
Anđelina
Andjela
Andrea 9×
Andrijana
Angelina
Anita
Anja 5×
Anja Amalija
Antea 3×
Anthea
Antonela 2×
Antonia 3×
Antonija
Ariana 2×
Arijana 3×
Astrid
Athea Lilth
Ava
Barbara 10×
Beatricia
Berislava Srna
Bojana 3×
Brigita 2×
Bruna 4×
Buga
Carla

*since we don't use middle names, they're grouped as double first names

#BAs

This message was edited 1/13/2012, 1:55 PM

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- Julia (JuliaF) +2

1/13/2012, 9:45 PM

Is Ajša pronounced as EYE-shah or AY-shah (like the letter A)? Or something else all together, that's possible too. :P

I love Aleksandra, Alisa, Anastasia, Anastazija, Anja, Antonia, and Ava (I love the Croatian pronunciation but am kind of meh on the English pronunciation).

- Sofia

1/14/2012, 12:56 PM

All As (including the one in Ajša) are pronounced AH, so it's AHY-shah.

- ena-nana (enchy)

1/14/2012, 8:02 AM

It's EYE-shah.

- Pie +1

1/13/2012, 2:13 PM

I guess Ajša = Aisha? I like that spelling.
Interesting to see Ava and Astrid.
What's Aljenka from?
And whoa, lots of Barbaras and Andreas.

- Sofia

1/13/2012, 3:13 PM

Yes, Ajša is a phonetic spelling of Aisha, influenced by the Turkish Ayşe.

Aljenka is from Alenka.

Barbara is moderately popular here and while Andrea is more 1980s/90s name, it's still used.

This message was edited 1/13/2012, 3:15 PM

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