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[Opinions] Second lowest names on the England and Wales top 1000
What do you think of these names- the second lowest names ranked in the England and Wales top 1000 for 2022? Feel free to comment on as many or as few as you’d like. I made a post on the lowest ranked a couple of weeks ago.
Boys (each given to 31 babies):
Ziyad
Younes
Torin
Timur
Sydney
Saleh
Oren
Nuh
Maximillian
Mateusz
Luciano
Leif
Knox
Kaylan
Jadon
Francisco
Enoch
Cobie
Bradie
Bodhi
Ayrton
Ayoub
Aras
Aneurin
Akim
Affan Girls (each given to 36 babies):
Trixie
Roxy
Renesmee
Patricia
Nura
Nevaeh-Rose
Myla-Mae
Miruna
Luna-Rose
Lilah-Rose
Iga
Hadiya
Gracie-May
Freja
Elsie-Rose
Dulcie
Bea
Ariadne
Abiha

I’m always surprised by the sudden rise in hyphenated names as you go further down the girls names in England and Wales!

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I like Ziyad and Torin for boys; I enjoy Patricia, Gracie, Dulcie, Elsie, Hadiya, Miruna, Nura, and Nevaeh for girls.
For boys, I love Timur, Younes, Luciano, Francisco, Ayoub, and Aneurin. Ayrton, Aras, Enoch, Leif, and Mateusz are also quite nice.For girls, I love Iga. I also like Roxy, Bea, Patricia, and Dulcie. Miruna FEELS like a name I should like but I just can't quite get there.

This message was edited 8/18/2024, 9:59 AM

I like/loveMaximillian - prefer the spelling Maximilian
Mateusz - lots of Polish people live in England
Luciano - makes me think of the late great Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti.
Leif - One of the great Scandinavian male names.
Francisco - a great Hispanic name
Enoch - an underused Biblical name
Aneurin - a Welsh nameTrixie (as a nickname for Beatrix only)
Roxy (as a nickname for Roxana or Roxanne only)
Patricia - retro
Hadiya - an Arabic gem
Freja (it's also spelled Freya and Freyja)
Dulcie - sweet
Ariadne - gorgeous
I like...Boys: Torin, Leif, Bodhi, Luciano, OrenGirls: Trixie, Renesmee, Bea, Gracie-May
Affan is really handsome! I also like Oren, Timur, Enoch, Trixie and Roxy as nicknames, Miruna, Iga (SO cute), Dulcie, and Ariadne.

This message was edited 8/17/2024, 7:47 AM

Sydney, Enoch and Aneurin seem to be the only British names in the boy list. It's possible, since alternative spellings are listed separately, that Maximillian might be less often used than Maximilian; understandably enough. And the lnfns don't strike me as family names - could be very wrong - in which case they'd represent an American influence.
On the girl list, Renesmee could be called literary, and others like Nevaeh-Rose seem to aspire to the status of American names. Iga is probably more tennis than Polish, but Nura, Miruna, Hadiya, Freja and Abiha are clearly not British. I'm delighted to see 36 little Patricia people appearing. Four hyphenated Roses and two May/Maes ... not as original as the parents probably hoped. Interesting that Trixie and Bea both appear: no doubt Beatrice/Beatrix feature higher up the charts.