Switzerland - Most popular names 2009

[soph-posh.livejournal.com]

The official list for 2009 for Switzerland came out today...I figured I'd share with the community :)

German-speaking areas:
Boys:
1. Luca
2. Leon
3. Nico
4. Noah
5. David
6. Tim
7. Levin
8. Jonas
9. Lukas
10. Jan
10. Julian
12. Gian
13. Elias
13. Leandro
15. Simon
16. Matteo
17. Dario
18. Andrin
19. Janis
20. Fabio

Girls:
1. Lara
2. Laura
3. Mia
4. Leonie
5. Sara
6. Lea
7. Lena
8. Anna
8. Julia
10. Nina
11. Alina
12. Elena
13. Livia
14. Chiara
15. Sophie
16. Jana
17. Lia
18. Sarah
19. Lina
20. Alessia


French-speaking areas:
Boys:
1.Nathan
2. Luca
3. Noah
4. Gabriel
5. Matteo
6. Alexandre
7. Lucas
8. Maxime
9. Arthur
9. Théo
11. Thomas
12. David
13. Evan
14. Louis
14. Samuel
16. Nolan
17. Ethan
18. Diego
19. Hugo
20. Benjamin

Girls:
1. Emma
2. Lara
3. Chloé
4. Zoé
5. Camille
6. Léa
7. Eva
8. Manon
9. Elisa
10. Clara
10. Sara
12. Nora
13. Alice
13. Anaïs
13. Julie
13. Laura
17. Mathilde
18. Jade
19. Emilie
19. Lisa


Italian-speaking areas:
1. Leonardo
2. Matteo
3. Mattia
4. Alessandro
5. Gabriel
6. Elia
7. Enea
8. Simone
9. Samuele
10. Davide
10. Francesco
12. Andrea
12. Gioele
14. Noah
15. Christian
15. Frederico
15. Lorenzo
15. Nathan
19. Alessio
19. Diego
19. Luca
19. Nicolò

Girls:
1. Giulia
2. Sofia
3. Martina
4. Alice
5. Emma
6. Elisa
7. Alessia
7. Giada
9. Sara
10. Nicole
11. Greta
11. Matilde
13. Asia
13. Aurora
15. Ambra
15. Anna
15. Lia
18. Chiara
18. Eleonora
18. Melissa
18. Noemi
18. Valentina


Romansh-speaking areas (It’s a very small area/group of people...so that explains the ties)
Boys:
1. Leandro
1. Livio
1. Nando
1. Nico
5. Andri
5. Fabian
5. Fabio
5. Flurin
5. Fynn
5. Jon
5. Julian
5. Leon
5. Noah
5. Rafael
5. Raphael

Girls:
1. Lara
2. Lea
2. Romina
4. Alina
4. Flavia
4. Jana
4. Janina
4. Laura
4. Lina
4. Lorena
4. Paula

I think overall, I really like most of the names. Nothing terribly exciting, but also nothing completely awful.
I thought it was interesting that Luca, despite being an Italian name, is actually much more popular in the German/French speaking areas.
The names ‚Nando’ and ‚Asia’ surprised me...I’ve certainly never met anyone with those names.

So...wdyt?
Which ones are your favorites?
Which ones do you not like at all?
Any names that surprise you or that you hadn’t heard before?
If you had to name a child using names from these lists, what would first name/middle name combination would you come up with?

Source , for those who want to look at the complete list (pdf named "Vornamen-Hitparade 2007-2009" at the bottom of the page)

Comments

[skittles22088.livejournal.com]

I like:
Nico
Elias
Lara
Leonie
Sophie
Gabriel
Thomas
Evan
Benjamin
Emma
Nora
Alice
Julie
Noemi
Valentina

[spaceandclouds.livejournal.com]

Ah, I always love seeing names from Switzerland, because there are so many good ones and they're so diverse!

I like:
German:
Luca
David
Julian
Elias
Simon (one of my top favorites)
Matteo

Lara
Mia
Lea
Lena
Anna
Elena
Sophie
Lina

French
Nathan
Hugo

Nora
Alice
Mathilde
Emilie

Italian
Mattia
Elia
Lorenzo
Nicolò

Sofia
Noemi

I left out repeats. I also left out the Romansh names too, because I only liked the ones I'd already mentioned before!

Never heard of Levin. I don't hate it, but I don't particularly like it either. And weird to see Simone on a boy! I understand it in an Italian context, but it'll always be a girl's name to me.

[soph-posh.livejournal.com]

I feel the same way about Simone...

Levin seems like a bit of a trendy name to me. I had never heard it until a couple of years ago, when all of a sudden it started to pop up everywhere. It's a legit name though as far as I know.

[ohhvelocitygirl.livejournal.com]

I like more or less all of them.

weird seeing levin, though. that's my friend's son's name.

[duckduckcaboose.livejournal.com]

I actually like a lot of these. I am kind of surprised to see my name (Melissa) on the list at all.

[skudge.livejournal.com]

I like:
Luca
Nico
Julian
Elias
Sara
Lea

Nathan
Lucas
Arthur
Benjamin
Zoé
Camille
Alice

first/middle combinations: Nathan Luca, Sara Alice, Zoé Camille.

[lind-saay.livejournal.com]

I know a couple people named Nando, but they use it as a nn for Fernando. Maybe it's like John/Jack where it's becoming more popular as a given name? I kind of like it. I also know a couple girls named Asia; not a huge fan.

I like:
Nico
Noah
David
Jonas
Julian
Elias
Lara
Mia
Sara
Lena
Anna
Nina
Elena
Sophie
Nathan
Gabriel
Arthur
Theo
Evan
Louis
Samuel
Nolan
Ethan
Diego
Benjamin
Zoe
Camille
Clara
Alice
Sofia
Greta

[frost.livejournal.com]

I like: Nico, Noah, Sophie, Samuel, Nolan, Benjamin, Alessandro, Sofia.
I kind of like: Luca, Simon, Matteo, Anna, Arthur, Evan, Ethan, Emma, Chloe, Eva, Nicolo, Valentina, Fynn, Rafael/Raphael, Alexandre.
I don't like (in varying degrees): Dario, Janis, Fabio, Lara, Laura, Leonie, Sara, Lea, Lena, Julia, Alina, Elena, Livia, Jana, Lia, Sarah, Lina, Diego, Hugo, Zoe, Camille, Clara, Julie, Lisa, Elia, Davide, Francesco, Frederico, Giulia, Martina, Elisa, Giada, Nicole, Greta, Asia, Aurora, Eleonora, Melissa, Flurin, Jon, Leon, Romina, Flavia, Janina, Lina, Lorena, Paula.

[chillinbabejodi.livejournal.com]

I LIKE:
Lucas
Théo
Evan
Louis
Ethan
Eva
Emilie
Luca
Alice
Julian
Noah

[quitmyscene.livejournal.com]

LOVE:
Luca
Jonas
Lukas/Lucas
Julian
Elias
Simon
Nathan
Gabriel
Maxime
Théo - I might like this more than "Theo" ... I hadn't considered it before!
Evan
Nolan - still number 1 for me!
Ethan

LIKE:
Nico
Noah
Matteo
Samuel
Benjamin
Leonardo (I love just Leo..)
Christian

LOVE:
Elena
Chiara - one of my absolute favorites.
Eva
Elisa - my "favorite" since I was 6. I've gotten new favorites but it's still in the top..
Clara - one of those "new favorites"
Alice

LIKE:
Anna
Julia
Sophie
Alessia - might love this..
Emma
Zoé
Camille
Nora
Julie
Emilie - is it weird that I only like this name with this spelling? Probably. Which is why I could never use it.
Nicole
Noemi (I think)



Lots of good names.