Most popular Dutch names 2009

[spaceandclouds.livejournal.com]

The post about the names of 2009 (SSA) made me wonder which names were the most popular in my country (The Netherlands) in 2009. So I did some googling, and here is the top 20 for each sex!

Boys Girls
1. Daan 1. Emma
2. Sem 2. Sophie
3. Lucas 3. Julia
4. Ruben 4. Lieke
5. Jayden 5. Lotte
6. Thomas 6. Sanne
7. Tim 7. Lisa
8. Milan 8. Eva
9. Lars 9. Anna
10. Jesse 10. Noa

11. Thijs 11. Tess
12. Finn 12. Fleur
13. Stijn 13. Anne
14. Bram 14. Sara
15. Luuk 15. Isa
16. Levi 16. Jasmijn
17. Sven 17. Femke
18. Julian 18. Roos
19. Noah 19. Lynn
20. Max 20. Maud


Yes. Jayden became popular here too.
Just some pronunciation stuff: "ij" sounds kind of like the English "I", and double vowels just sound like...drawn out vowels. It's hard to explain phonetically. Also...short names are common here, so we don't really do nicknames!

Comments

[patsfan610.livejournal.com]

i like:
Emma
Lucas
Lieke (how do you pronounce this?)
Thomas
Finn
Fleur
Levi
Julian
Noah
Max

[spaceandclouds.livejournal.com]

Lieke is pronounced like LEE-que. The "que" sounds like it's pronounced in Spanish.

[nimnod.livejournal.com]

Guessing at "lee-kah"?

[spaceandclouds.livejournal.com]

Well...almost. Very close to that! =)

[how-obscure.livejournal.com]

Emma
Sophie
Lotte
Tess
maybe Femke
Julian

[skittles22088.livejournal.com]

I like:
Emma
Sophie
Eva
Bram
Levi
Max

[babyjess8.livejournal.com]

Like:
Lucas, Ruben, Thomas, Finn, Bram, Noah
Eva, Anna