Top 10 names in Europe.

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These are the statistics from 2006/2007.

Germany

Girls:

1. Marie
2. Sophie/Sofie
3. Maria
4. Anna/Anne
5. Leonie
6. Lena
7. Emily
8. Johanna
9. Laura
10. Lea/Leah

Boys:

1. Leon
2. Maximilian
3. Alexander
4. Lucas/Lukas
5. Paul
6. Luca
7. Tim
8. Felix
9. David
10. Elias


Belgium

Girls:

1. Emma
2. Marie
3. Laura
4. Julie
5. Sarah
6. Manon
7. Léa
8. Louise
9. Clara
10. Luna

Boys:

1. Noah
2. Thomas
3. Nathan
4. Lucas
5. Luis
6. Milan
7. Arthur
8. Mohamed
9. Maxime
10. Simon


Denmark

Girls:

1. Anne
2. Kirsten
3. Hanne
4. Mette
5. Anna
6. Helle
7. Susanne
8. Lene
9. Karen
10. Inge

Boys:

1. Jens
2. Peter
3. Lars
4. Michael
5. Henrik
6. Soren
7. Niels
8. Hans
9. Jorgen
10. Thomas


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Comments

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Girls:


1. Marie- Boring.
2. Sophie/Sofie- My name, hmm.. indifferent.
3. Maria- Don't like.
4. Anna/Anne- Like Anna.
5. Leonie- I think of it as rather trashy!
6. Lena- Pretty
7. Emily- Borrrrring.
8. Johanna- Hate.
9. Laura- Very common in my age group. Boring.
10. Lea/Leah- Pretty.


Boys:


1. Leon- Don't like.
2. Maximilian- My brother's name.. how funny we're both number 2 in Germany.
3. Alexander- Good name.
4. Lucas/Lukas- Love
5. Paul- Don't like.
6. Luca- Like.
7. Tim- How odd.. no.
8. Felix- Like.
9. David- Hate.
10. Elias- Like.


Belgium


Girls:


1. Emma- Figures.
2. Marie- Boring
3. Laura- Boring.
4. Julie- Older generation name.
5. Sarah- Hate
6. Manon- French, don't like so much.
7. Léa- pretty
8. Louise- Hate
9. Clara- Pretty
10. Luna- Pretty, surprised it's so popular!


Boys:


1. Noah- like
2. Thomas- Hate
3. Nathan- Hate
4. Lucas- love
5. Luis- Louis? like
6. Milan- Don't like.
7. Arthur- Awww
8. Mohamed- Don't like.
9. Maxime- I know some lovely Frenc guys with this name so I'm partial even though I think i's a bit feminine.
10. Simon- Hate.


Denmark


Girls:


1. Anne- Prefer Anna.
2. Kirsten- Okay
3. Hanne- Don't like
4. Mette- Never heard, not feminine, don't like.
5. Anna- Ahh like.
6. Helle- Hell? gosh no.
7. Susanne- Bit old fashioned, but fine.
8. Lene- Like.
9. Karen- So middle aged!
10. Inge- Dno't like.


Boys:


1. Jens- Don't like.
2. Peter-Hate.
3. Lars- Like, but that would come across as very posh over here!
4. Michael- boring
5. Henrik- don't like.
6. Soren- I know this as a female name, I really like it for both actually.
7. Niels- Okay
8. Hans- Dont like
9. Jorgen- Don't like.
10. Thomas- hate

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Soren is actually spelt 'Søren' and is pronounced like the vowel in 'bird.'

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Denmark


Girls:


1. Anne - Mum's name and old fashioned.
2. Kirsten - I don't like it.
3. Hanne - I prefer Hanna, but I'm not too hype about either.
4. Mette - I don't like it - too old fashioned.
5. Anna - No. Old fashioned.
6. Helle - I've never liked it. Very O
7. Susanne- All right, I guess.
8. Lene - I've always hated this name.
9. Karen - No, horribly old fashioned.
10. Inge - Boys name to me, but I don't like it in either case.


Boys:


1. Jens- Hate it.
2. Peter - I don't like it.
3. Lars - Ugh. No
4. Michael - I like it, but Danish is a not so nice language.
5. Henrik - All right.
6. Soren - Isn't it Søren?
7. Niels- NO!
8. Hans- NO!
9. Jorgen - It's Jørgen, and no.
10. Thomas - It's all right, but so mid 80s.

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germans just aren't using german names anymore...

My favorites:

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8. Johanna
6. Luca
8. Felix
10. Elias
9. Maxime
10. Simon
7. Susanne
10. Inge
3. Lars
5. Henrik
7. Niels
8. Hans
9. Jorgen

I just don't have time to remove the numbers. XD

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I used to have a crush on a boy named Milan

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I'm Belgian, and I have to say the list is a mix of both Walloon and Flemish names. Because Manon and Léa are not that popular in Flanders at all.

Another name that's commonly given, but not on the list, are Luka and Rune (both boys and girls)

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I'm Belgian myself and yes most names in Belgian's top 10 are Walloon. I don't know why that is actually.

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I love:

Sophie/Sofie
Lena
Johanna
Lea/Leah
Emma (I know, trendytrendy, but I've loved it for years and can't help it)
Manon
Luna

Alexander
Elias
Nathan
Soren

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Germany


Girls:


1. Marie-plain, makes me think of filler middle names
2. Sophie/Sofie-cute!
3. Maria-i do really like this name
4. Anna/Anne-yawn
5. Leonie-no
6. Lena-it's okay
7. Emily-pretty, too common now
8. Johanna-it's okay
9. Laura-a pretty name but it kind of boring
10. Lea/Leah-not a fan


Boys:


1. Leon-i like it
2. Maximilian-like
3. Alexander-love!
4. Lucas/Lukas-okay
5. Paul-i don't like this name at all
6. Luca-i like it a lot
7. Tim-boring
8. Felix-like it
9. David-it's okay
10. Elias-i really like this name


Belgium


Girls:


1. Emma-pretty but is too common
2. Marie-plain
3. Laura-meh
4. Julie-meh
5. Sarah-meh
6. Manon-no thankss
7. Léa-it's okay
8. Louise-it's alright
9. Clara-pretty
10. Luna-i love this name, one of my faovrites


Boys:


1. Noah-love this name, so popular though
2. Thomas-well..it's not terrible
3. Nathan-cute name for boys
4. Lucas-okay
5. Luis-i like it
6. Milan-like it
7. Arthur-not a fan
8. Mohamed-it's okay
9. Maxime-i like it
10. Simon-i love this name


Denmark


Girls:


1. Anne-boring
2. Kirsten-no
3. Hanne-it's not bad
4. Mette-same as above
5. Anna-okay
6. Helle-no comment
7. Susanne-meh
8. Lene-meh
9. Karen-meh
10. Inge-it's okay


Boys:


1. Jens-like it
2. Peter-don't like
3. Lars-hate this name
4. Michael-too common
5. Henrik-i like it
6. Soren- i love this name
7. Niels-it's okay
8. Hans-nah
9. Jorgen-no
10. Thomas-okay