Most popular name

Olivier · Post by **Olivier** » Sun Jul 07, 2002 6:28 pm

Hi!

In France, the most commonly used name is MARTIN.
The most used first name for the men is Michel and for the women Nathalie. There are thousands and thousands of Michel Martin and Nathalie Martin in France.

What is the most commonly used name in your country?

O.

airis · Post by **airis** » Sun Jul 07, 2002 7:03 pm

In Finland the most common surname is Virtanen.
All time favorite names are Juhani for men and Maria for women.
For babies born 2001 the most popular first names are Eetu for boys and Laura for girls.

smh · Post by **smh** » Sun Jul 07, 2002 7:06 pm

My second name is Martin (thats what the M in my name is for)

The most used names in the Netherlands (for last year):

Girls: Sanne
Boys: Thomas

I think the most common surname is "De Vries" but not 100% sure about that.

BTW, that same site gives Léa and Lucas as the most common French names (2000)

Olivier · Post by **Olivier** » Sun Jul 07, 2002 7:12 pm

smh wrote: BTW, that same site gives Léa and Lucas as the most common French names (2000)[/url]

For the babies, it may be.
"Arthur" comes back. "Clara" is also back, for the girls.

BossaNova · Post by **BossaNova** » Sun Jul 07, 2002 7:27 pm

I'm not tottaly sure, but I think the most common surname here is Silva, first name for men José (or maybe António) and for women Maria, like in Finland

PS: for young girls, well from 0 - 21 years old, the most common name is definitly Ana.

avij · Post by **avij** » Sun Jul 07, 2002 9:04 pm

For the record, the most common name in the world is Mohammed.

I don't think we have that many Mohammeds here in Finland, though.

emmem · Post by **emmem** » Sun Jul 07, 2002 9:53 pm

Here in Belgium I think the most common names are Peeters and Jansens. About the first names I don't know.

smh · Post by **smh** » Sun Jul 07, 2002 11:14 pm

Olivier wrote:
smh wrote: BTW, that same site gives Léa and Lucas as the most common French names (2000)[/url]
For the babies, it may be.
"Arthur" comes back. "Clara" is also back, for the girls.

Clara is a very common name for cows in the Netherlands

Olivier · Post by **Olivier** » Mon Jul 08, 2002 11:52 am

smh wrote:Clara is a very common name for cows in the Netherlands

Here the cows' name is Marguerite, Blanchette (if it's white), Noiraude (if black)...

pinguino79 · Post by **pinguino79** » Mon Jul 08, 2002 12:16 pm

Most common surname in Italy is Rossi (which means "reds").
I'll check for some stats and I'll tell you about most common names (have really no idea).

Olivier · Post by **Olivier** » Mon Jul 08, 2002 12:29 pm

pinguino79 wrote:Most common surname in Italy is Rossi (which means "reds").
I'll check for some stats and I'll tell you about most common names (have really no idea).

What about Martin Rossi ? :-a

Tiger · Post by **Tiger** » Mon Jul 08, 2002 1:24 pm

Our cows are usually called Bella like in "Bella de koe".
Well, maybe this is only in comic books

Speukes · Post by **Speukes** » Fri Mar 19, 2004 12:44 pm

It's time to bring this topic alive!

Because most users of this forum are addicted to stats, it could be a good idea to give the number that your surname is counted in Belgium and The Netherlands.

For Belgium: www.familienaam.be
For The Netherlands: www.familienaam.nl

Are there simular sites from other countries? I'd be glad to know them!

My surname is counted 3032 times in Belgium and 291 times in Holland.

Ernst · Post by **Ernst** » Fri Mar 19, 2004 1:01 pm

There is a similar site for France:http://www.cartedefrance.tm.fr/, but it counts the number of births for each name. (4714 for me, almost all in Alsace). And there were two participants in the French Revolution with my name (very helpful information!

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Belgium 93
Netherlands 24

Annie_in_exile · Post by **Annie_in_exile** » Fri Mar 19, 2004 1:08 pm

My family name is rather rare, there are currently 11 male and 16 female persons in the whole wide world who carry it (proudly, I hope). None of them participated in the French revolution, though.

Then there's an anecdote with my grandma: she was widowed at the age of 25 when she already had a couple of children. She found herself a virile new husband, 18 years of age, and they had some more children together. The interesting part here is that the whole family kept or took the name of the first husband. I guess my grandma liked the name so much that she didn't want to change it, and the young new husband had nothing to say on this matter.