swiss baby names
Feb. 10th, 2008 03:53 amso i came across this article on international baby names and thought the 'ethnic' angle may interest some of you, too. i'm swiss+german and like some of these. for those who don't know: switzerland has 4 parts, divided by language -- german, french, romansch, and italian -- so for the first batch, the most popular names are listed that way.
german:
Lea, Anna, Laura
Luca, Noah, David
french:
Emma, Lea
Nicolas, Thomas
romansch:
Anna
Fadri
italian:
Guilia, Sara
Matteo, Alessandro
another list from switzerland (girls / boys)
1 Leonie, Leoni / Leon
2 Anne, Anna / Lukas, Lucas
3 Pia / Luis, Louis
4 Lilly, Lili / Luca, Luka
5 Lisa / Tim, Timm
6 Julia / Maximilian
7 Marie / Jonas
8 Sofie, Sophia / Finn, Fynn
9 Louise, Luisa / Paul
10 Jasmine, Jasmin / Niclas, Niklas
11 Clara, Claire / Erik, Eric
12 Catharina, Catherine / Noah
13 Annika, Annica, Anika / Phillip
14 Emelie, Emely / Justin
15 Lucie, Lucy / Daniel
wdyt? any favorites?
german:
Lea, Anna, Laura
Luca, Noah, David
french:
Emma, Lea
Nicolas, Thomas
romansch:
Anna
Fadri
italian:
Guilia, Sara
Matteo, Alessandro
another list from switzerland (girls / boys)
1 Leonie, Leoni / Leon
2 Anne, Anna / Lukas, Lucas
3 Pia / Luis, Louis
4 Lilly, Lili / Luca, Luka
5 Lisa / Tim, Timm
6 Julia / Maximilian
7 Marie / Jonas
8 Sofie, Sophia / Finn, Fynn
9 Louise, Luisa / Paul
10 Jasmine, Jasmin / Niclas, Niklas
11 Clara, Claire / Erik, Eric
12 Catharina, Catherine / Noah
13 Annika, Annica, Anika / Phillip
14 Emelie, Emely / Justin
15 Lucie, Lucy / Daniel
wdyt? any favorites?