Australian Baby Names

[wake-tonight.livejournal.com]

These are the top 10 names in Australia for 2006.

1. Chloe
2. Charlotte
3. Ella
4. Emily
5. Olivia
6. Jessica
7. Isabella
8. Mia
9. Sophie
10. Sienna

1. Jack
2. Joshua
3. William
4. Lachlan
5. Thomas
6. James
7. Daniel
8. Noah
9. Ryan
10. Ethan

Top 100 girls and boys and the article.

Thoughts?

Comments

[mommamayer317.livejournal.com]

I read the entire list of the 100 for both boys and girls. Some of them were just really strange..

Girls

Imogen?
Jorja?
Zara?
Gemma?

I've never heard of any of those until now (Well, Jorja just seems like a really weird spelling of Georgia... but idk) What is Imogen?

Boys

Hamish?
Rhys?
Flynn?
Kai?
Jai?
Beau?
Callum?

I have heard of Hammond (baby blues lol) but I've never heard of Hamish... have any of you? And what do you think of these names? They are ... interesting.

[lacuna.livejournal.com]

Imogen is name that first appeared in Shakespeare and is not uncommon in the UK - or Australia, it appears.

The Queen of the UK and Australia has a granddaughter by the name of Zara.

I'm really surprised Gemma isn't familiar, as it's a fairly common name here. I probably come across as many Gemmas as Emmas.

I've only ever heard of Jorja on the actress Jorja Fox (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0289080/). I had read - here, I think - that it might be pronounced Yor-ya, but she pronounces it Georgia and that's the pronunciation behindthename gives.

Hamish and Callum are Scottish, Rhys is Welsh; the last two are also popular in the UK. I've never heard Beau (French for beautiful, attractive) on anyone outside the States - it always seems like a jock name on bad TV films!

[wake-tonight.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the names are (obviously) fairly common here. I know multiple people called Imogen, Gemma, Jorja and Callum.

I actually really like Hamish now - it's grown on me since I first heard it (although there is a cute comedian with the name). I also quite like Flynn - but I prefer Finn.

Rhys is Welsh - pronounced Reese (but masculine)

[xanya.livejournal.com]

A lot of those names (Hamish, Rhys, Flynn, Callum, Imogen) are English/Celtic/Welsh etc. because there are still many families whose ancestors are from those countries in Australia. Hamish is a Scottis name (actually, a form of James) and definitely pretty common in Australia.

I'm surprised you've never heard of the names Imogen and Gemma as they're, yeah, extremely well-known over here. In my year at school alone, I knew at least four Imogens and Gemmas. Gemma means gem/jewel, and Imogen is another Celtic name meaning maiden.

Zara, apart from being the name of one of the Queen's granddaughters, is a varient of Sarah. I know a couple of Zaras. Beau... well, I only know one Beau and he got his name because his mother just liked it, but probably a lot of the younger Beaus are getting their names from an actor called Beau Brady who is/was (have no idea becuase I've never watched it!) on one of the most popular soap operas in Australia.

Hmm... yeah, just expanding your knowledge of Australian names!