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[amai-amaya.livejournal.com]

So... I read the newspaper today and there were lots of names in it.
Names of children who have their first day of school today; and I noticed something:

Out of 135 names there were:

7 Michelles
4 Celines
3 Jeromes
3 Yannicks
3 Louisas
3 Tims
3 Lenas
3 Lisas
3 Hannahs
2 Toms
2 Annas
2 Moritzs
2 Alinas
2 Leons
2 Maxs
2 Justins
2 Nicks
2 Maurices
2 Lauras
2 Kevins
and 2 Lucas'

I'm especially surprised that there are seven Michelles... I've never met anyone with that name, although I knew it was there.

Also, names that I think are extraordinary:

Tabea, Kira, Mandana, Leandra, Frauke, Miguel, Canel, Delyna, Edwin, Saskia, Berke, Marwa

So... opinions? ^.^

Comments

[christhiane.livejournal.com]

My best friend has a friend named Frauke.

[fruhlings.livejournal.com]

whoa...three louisas? what part of the country are you in? I'm a louisa (born in 1988), and I've only met one other (and she was a lot older).

[amai-amaya.livejournal.com]

I'm from Germany, that might explain it... but I've never ever met a Louisa in my life, seems it's becoming a quite popular name :>

[fruhlings.livejournal.com]

ahh, yeah, Louisa is an old German name. I'm in America, and here it's a really rare name.

[coolteamblt.livejournal.com]

I'm really surprised by Yannick, Maurice, and Moritz. I think of those names as either old-fashioned, or odd.

I like Leandra, too. It's old fashioned, but pretty.

[amai-amaya.livejournal.com]

Exactly what I was thinking XD

[godmod.livejournal.com]

Where the heck do you live?

I have never heard alot of those names on kids.

[amai-amaya.livejournal.com]

Well...Germany :P

And even I think most of those names are really odd :>

[aquilinum.livejournal.com]

I think the Germany part explains a lot of the "Wha...?" comments in an English-speaking LJ community, especially since you didn't mention it in your post. Heh.


German was my first language (German family by way of Brazil), but I've never lived in Germany or Austria (or Switzerland, etc.)... so the names do still feel funny to me, sometimes.

[amai-amaya.livejournal.com]

Well... I just didn't expect it would make such a difference ^.^
I've posted before, and people didn't think "Wha..?" then
However, as I said before... even to me most of those names are odd :>

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

My cousin's are in Germany.
One of them has two sons named Julian and Philip and the other has two sons named Marius and Severin

[eleanorgrace.livejournal.com]

Question: in Germany, my friend James's name was always pronounced "YAH-mez" and Jessica was "YESS-ick-uh," so with names like Jerome and Justin becoming, apparently, popular, are people actually pronouncing the "J" the English way?

When I worked at a German day camp last year I had two kids named Konstantin. And also a Titus. I was surprised by those names.

[amai-amaya.livejournal.com]

They are pronounced the English way by people around my age, but people like teachers and grandmas and granddads don't really get it sometimes ;X

One of my best friend's name is Jessica and she rarely gets called Yessicka ^^

[eleanorgrace.livejournal.com]

Usually teachers/older adults would start to say my name they'd say it the German way, and then they'd notice that it's an English name and start over. Ha. And after a while I just introduced myself as Ellie-ah-nor.

[aquilinum.livejournal.com]

My grandmother can NOT pronounced my sister's name correctly. Instead of Wendy, she goes "VENDY VENDY! VENDYLEIN!" and we groan a little on the inside, because she's been told how to say it, and obviously her mouth is capable, but she's obstinate.

And she's had plenty of time, given that my sister is now married with a 3 year old.

[fruhlings.livejournal.com]

LOL, aww.

[alexandria-skye.livejournal.com]

i like jerome and hannah.

(ps- germany=cool :] i'm taking german in school)

[http://users.livejournal.com/_x_blackroses_x/]

Michelle is my name...it's pretty common and ho-hum. I mean, I like it, but...