Baby names-CSO

borderlinemeath

Pixel Eater wrote: »

Fair enough but there is definitely a lot less Irish names there than even 10 years ago.

But I can see what you mean but if every person in whatever nation starts to dumb down or even discard their own native names for something they perceive as more 'international' the world will lose a lot of names thus, ironically, a lot of diversity.

It's not about discarding native names. Honestly, some versions that people bestow on their kids of Irish names are the most uncommon spellings, just to try and be original, and that causes statistical lists like this to get diluted. And like I said, as somebody who has a fairly straightforward and phonetically correct name, it still gets spelled incorrectly due to versions of it - it gets weary having to spell out your name, and I'm grateful that it's easy to pronounce for other nationalities.

I still hear loads of Irish names. Out of all children I know that are my daughters age or younger, the majority have Irish names - Roisin, Tadgh, Oisin, Saoirse, Saidbh, Caoimhe, Niamh - are all children I know in my daughters "circle". And honestly sometimes I roll my eyes when I get told an Irish name, knowing myself that I'll probably spell it ar$eways on a party or birthday invite!

_Dara_

Ted Plain wrote: »

Just looking at the name 'Noah'. Not one single child by that name in 1995 and then it really took off in popularity. Anyone know why that was?

ER was absolutely huge in the mid to late 90s so that has to have something to do with it. And it’s a lovely name so I’m not surprised that it has stayed popular since then.

Ragnar Lothbrok

Ipso wrote: »

Looks like Setanta started getting popular in 2003, with a hefty 8 being named in 2008.
No Ragnars, though.

If only I was young enough to sire another son :mad:

Grayson

elefant wrote: »

And 6 Khaleesi in 2014. It's not even a name in a fictional universe.

Some people must hate their children.

Just imagine that pronounced in a northside accent

There's a feck load of Rhianna's there too.

Grayson

There were three Lexi-Mae's and three Lacey-Mae's in 2016. Are people giving their kids porn star names?

There's also these .....Ella-Mae, Ellie May, Ellie-Mae, Ellie-Mai

If you pick a year and jump to the last page you can see the least unpopular names. there's some weird ones. There were three Destiny's last year.

Sabre0001

On a downward spiral

Pixel Eater

borderlinemeath wrote: »

It's not about discarding native names. Honestly, some versions that people bestow on their kids of Irish names are the most uncommon spellings, just to try and be original, and that causes statistical lists like this to get diluted. And like I said, as somebody who has a fairly straightforward and phonetically correct name, it still gets spelled incorrectly due to versions of it - it gets weary having to spell out your name, and I'm grateful that it's easy to pronounce for other nationalities.

I still hear loads of Irish names. Out of all children I know that are my daughters age or younger, the majority have Irish names - Roisin, Tadgh, Oisin, Saoirse, Saidbh, Caoimhe, Niamh - are all children I know in my daughters "circle". And honestly sometimes I roll my eyes when I get told an Irish name, knowing myself that I'll probably spell it ar$eways on a party or birthday invite!

We're not unique in hard to spell names, look at some the Polish ones! There is some obscure Irish names plucked from mythology that baffle even most Irish people but I don't think these are that common now.

I'm glad to hear your daughter's friends have Irish names. I have the opposite reaction: I'm glad to hear Irish names and shake my head in despair when I hear the likes of Cody, Madison or Finley or other such awful names.

mariaalice

Its mildly interesting, my name is steady all way the way along but took a dip in 1998 but is rising in popularity again. It is the sort of name that is not either fashionable or unfashionable it just bobs along.

RhubarbCrumble

Grayson wrote: »

There were three Lexi-Mae's and three Lacey-Mae's in 2016. Are people giving their kids porn star names?

There's also these .....Ella-Mae, Ellie May, Ellie-Mae, Ellie-Mai

If you pick a year and jump to the last page you can see the least unpopular names. there's some weird ones. There were three Destiny's last year.

I know someone with a Daisy Mai and a Lily Sue. Not my cup of tea.

sbsquarepants

Least popular names in 2016,

For a boy - Enda - OK I can see why that might be, odious little git that he is.

For a girl - Natasha. I'm quite surprised by that I have to say.

NollagShona

sbsquarepants wrote: »

Least popular names in 2016,

For a boy - Enda - OK I can see why that might be, odious little git that he is.

For a girl - Natasha. I'm quite surprised by that I have to say.

Enda is first on the 3’s for some reason.

Those not on the list would be less popular of corse

sbsquarepants

NollagShona wrote: »

Enda is first on the 3’s for some reason.

It's probably cos he's a wankbag?

Jimbob1977

Jayden - what a name!

Sounds like a limescale remover or detergent.

Might as well call your son Cillit Bang.

HalloweenJack

One of 23 Finbarrs born in '88.

Apart from '89 when there was 30, it's been a sharp decrease ever since. Just the three in 2016.

Don't really care, tbh. If anything, it helps me feel all smug and hipsterish that I've such a rare name. :cool:

Grayson

Jimbob1977 wrote: »

Jayden - what a name!

Sounds like a limescale remover or detergent.

Might as well call your son Cillit Bang.

I don't know if it's been mentioned already but there were three Thors last year.

Don Kiddick

HalloweenJack wrote: »

One of 23 Finbarrs born in '88.

Apart from '89 when there was 30, it's been a sharp decrease ever since. Just the three in 2016.

Don't really care, tbh. If anything, it helps me feel all smug and hipsterish that I've such a rare name. :cool:

I had 2 in my class at school ..same first, middle and surname...had to refer to their confirmation names in school literature...

andekwarhola

andekwarhola wrote: »

The little certificate thing is nice.

My name has declined by about 75% since I was born but it's still popular.

My kids names are still relatively uncommon but not rare enough to suggest I'm pretentious, thankfully.

I was named because my mum had a night out at a West End show when she was expecting me, and because she has delusions of grandeur. It totally doesn't suit me, but it's alright I suppose. If you like that kind of thing.

Crea

My name was number 53 in the year if my birth. Since 2008 it's pretty much consistently in the top 20.

mariaalice

HalloweenJack wrote: »

One of 23 Finbarrs born in '88.

Apart from '89 when there was 30, it's been a sharp decrease ever since. Just the three in 2016.

Don't really care, tbh. If anything, it helps me feel all smug and hipsterish that I've such a rare name. :cool:

But the interesting point about that is that other versions of the name are popular for example Fionn in 2016 is ranked 21 yet does not appear at all until the 1970s and becomes very popular from the 1990s onward.

borderlinemeath

Pixel Eater wrote: »

We're not unique in hard to spell names, look at some the Polish ones! There is some obscure Irish names plucked from mythology that baffle even most Irish people but I don't think these are that common now.

I'm glad to hear your daughter's friends have Irish names. I have the opposite reaction: I'm glad to hear Irish names and shake my head in despair when I hear the likes of Cody, Madison or Finley or other such awful names.

Don't get me started on the awful names! I don't want to say some of the kids names that I know for fear they may read boards! I congratulated one Daddy on the birth of their child by asking what they called the baby and when he said the name I couldn't even tell whether it was a boy or girl and didn't want to insult him by asking. Some of the American inspired names are just rank.

Billy86

The Williams are on the slide but the Billys and Liams are on the rise... feck I don't know what to make of this!

Billy86

mcmoustache wrote: »

Yes! Top 10 bitches! I made it!

Although I don't count Seán. That's another one of those mispronounced biblical names if I'm not mistaken.

I kind of love the spelling Shaun/Shawn, if for no other reason than it's the English version of an Irish name, that's the Irish version of an English name (John). :pac:

retro:electro

My actual birth name was ranked 168 in the year I was born- only 28 babies were registered with the name that year. The derivative of my name which I actually go by was ranked 69th..
Cool times.

Badly Drunk Boy

mariaalice wrote: »

Its mildly interesting, my name is steady all way the way along but took a dip in 1998 but is rising in popularity again. It is the sort of name that is not either fashionable or unfashionable it just bobs along.

Mine is fairly steady too. The lowest it was ever at was in the 70s, on the years at each side of the year I was born. :pac: Now it's one of the most popular.

I was looking elsewhere of the site, on the 'How popular is your birthday' page. The most common birthday to have is October the 1st, 9 months after New Year's Day. February the 29th is obviously the least common, followed by Christmas Day and Stephen's Day.

Beanntraigheach

Billy86 wrote: »

I kind of love the spelling Shaun/Shawn, if for no other reason than it's the English version of an Irish name, that's the Irish version of an English name (John). :pac:

It's actually from Norman French Jehan.

Frigating

My name was no. 1 in 2016. Goddamn you people, just let me be special!

cantdecide

There were 13 Spencers in 2015

Morto

KKkitty

I can safely say my name will most definitely die out given time.

Duckworth_Luas

Billy86 wrote: »

mcmoustache wrote: »

Yes! Top 10 bitches! I made it!

Although I don't count Seán. That's another one of those mispronounced biblical names if I'm not mistaken.

I kind of love the spelling Shaun/Shawn, if for no other reason than it's the English version of an Irish name, that's the Irish version of an English name (John). :pac:

Sean is actually the Irish version of the French name Jean. Imported by the French speaking Normans it became trendy. The name Shane is simply Sean as spoken in Ulster dialect Irish. The original Irish version of the name John is Eoghan or Eoin.

NollagShona

Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »

Mine is fairly steady too. The lowest it was ever at was in the 70s, on the years at each side of the year I was born. :pac: Now it's one of the most popular.

I was looking elsewhere of the site, on the 'How popular is your birthday' page. The most common birthday to have is October the 1st, 9 months after New Year's Day. February the 29th is obviously the least common, followed by Christmas Day and Stephen's Day.

Stephens Day is the least common day recurring annually

Beanntraigheach

Duckworth_Luas wrote: »

Sean is actually the Irish version of the French name Jean. Imported by the French speaking Normans it became trendy. The name Shane is simply Sean as spoken in Ulster dialect Irish. The original Irish version of the name John is Eoghan or Eoin.

Eoin and Eoghan are actually two different names.
Eoin is from the Latin Io(h)annes (John) .
Eoghan is an ancient Irish name, cognate with the Greek Eugene.

Lia_lia

Had a proper look at the graph there and my name was the at either number 1 or number 2 for a good few years. Funny considering I have to explain the pronunciation at least once a day at work to people I'd be on the phone to in the UK. So common here but unheard of anywhere else... my future kids will not be getting an Irish name!

riffmongous

I'd guess some of the stranger ones would belong to kids from immigrant backgrounds, from what I've heard from a teacher working in Dublin the african childer can have very unusual names.

I found an oddity, in 1975 there were 3 boys named 'Mc'

Ryan Reynolds called his daughter James. I think that's a strange name for a girl.

riffmongous

Deleted User wrote: »

Ryan Reynolds called his daughter James. I think that's a strange name for a girl.

Maybe it's supposed to be pronounced differently? Although Ryan Reynolds doesn't really have the language excuse..

I was talking to a Dutch friend of mine recently and she told me that some friends of hers had called their baby after an Irish name, but she had just seen through the whatsapp group so didnt know how to pronounce it and asked me. N-I-A-M-H, ah Nee-ev says I which confused the Dutch girl a bit, so I explained that Irish doesn't use English pronunciation, which was a surprise to her.. and also her friends it seems who are calling the baby Nee-am..

Old Perry

"There are no records for *****

* Due to confidentiality reasons, only names with 3 or more instances in the relevant year are included."

Well i dont know how to feel about that now.

Ipso

That's to protect your identity, Joey Joe Joe Junior Shabadu.

riffmongous

riffmongous wrote: »

Maybe it's supposed to be pronounced differently? Although Ryan Reynolds doesn't really have the language excuse..

I was talking to a Dutch friend of mine recently and she told me that some friends of hers had called their baby after an Irish name, but she had just seen through the whatsapp group so didnt know how to pronounce it and asked me. N-I-A-M-H, ah Nee-ev says I which confused the Dutch girl a bit, so I explained that Irish doesn't use English pronunciation, which was a surprise to her.. and also her friends it seems who are calling the baby Nee-am..

Ja-mees?

Neeave.

Don Kiddick

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Ja-mees?

Neeave.

Hey-Zeus?

Don Kiddick

Don Kiddick wrote: »

Hey-Zeus?

Erm is this a trick name like yours?

LadyMacBeth_

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Ja-mees?

Neeave.

Jammies

LadyMacBeth_

LadyMacBeth_ wrote: »

Jammies

Yes!

retro:electro

LadyMacBeth_ wrote: »

Jammies

The best word ever

borderlinemeath

Apparently it's because his wife Blake also has a gender neutral name and wanted to continue it with her children.

For celebs and their offspring it's grand. For your average working Joe/Joanne, I can see issues. Imagine emailing a work colleague with the name James, you assume you are conversing with a male colleague. Imagine your surprise when you meet at a work event or even a telephone conversation, and the way things are now in work environments, first thing I would think is "has James transitioned? " rather than her daft parents gave her a male name.:o

riffmongous

Gems?

Blake is pretty cool, sounds like a power name. Did no one point out to her though that James isn't gender neutral?

borderlinemeath

riffmongous wrote: »

Gems?

Blake is pretty cool, sounds like a power name. Did no one point out to her though that James isn't gender neutral?

I didn't think Blake was either.

riffmongous

borderlinemeath wrote: »

I didn't think Blake was either.

Actually yeah, I thought it was more ambiguous but that's only because of her in the first place, I never heard of any other female Blakes

Badly Drunk Boy

Deleted User wrote: »

Ja-mees?

Or Ham-ez if it's Spanish, like the footballer James Rodrigez..

Chrongen

There a few spells of Kylie in the mid 80's, mid 90's and later 2000's doubtless coinciding with Ms. Minogue's chart popularity at the time.

The Assumpta/Concepta/Attracta abomination was popular until the mid to late 80's and then became virtually extinct.

rainbow kirby

NollagShona wrote: »

Stephens Day is the least common day recurring annually

Nobody will schedule an elective C-section or induction for that day or Christmas Day so it's only really people who spontaneously go into labour who will be born on that day, also unlikely that a scheduled induction from the previous few days will have gone on that long.

My son was born on Easter Monday and the postnatal ward was surprisingly quiet!