Australian Baby Names

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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

[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!