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Crimson Dynamo
21-09-2018, 04:12 PM
Muhammad was the top boys' name in London
also in Yorkshire and the Humber and the West Midlands
Oliver and Olivia have been crowned the most popular baby names in England and Wales for the second year running. Oliver has been the most popular boys' name since 2013 while Olivia replaced Amelia in top place in 2016.
you can find out how popular your own name is at the link below (my name is on the up :hee:)
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/09/21/top-baby-names-england-wales-revealed-name-fashion/
DouglasS
21-09-2018, 04:14 PM
Douglas hasn't been in the top 100 boys names for over 50 years.
Underscore
21-09-2018, 04:17 PM
My name was #1 in the 30s but then left the top 100s in the mid 90s :(
Crimson Dynamo
21-09-2018, 04:24 PM
How very exotic.
its depressing that a name associated with a backward bronze age woman hating superstition is number one in 2018 :sad:
Smithy
21-09-2018, 04:28 PM
Oliver and Olivia have been crowned the most popular baby names in England and Wales for the second year running. Oliver has been the most popular boys' name since 2013 while Olivia replaced Amelia in top place in 2016.
So Oliver was the most popular name in England and Wales, but you only focused on London, why is that? Especially as the article is orientated around the UK as apposed to London? :conf2:
Crimson Dynamo
21-09-2018, 04:29 PM
Oliver and Olivia have been crowned the most popular baby names in England and Wales for the second year running. Oliver has been the most popular boys' name since 2013 while Olivia replaced Amelia in top place in 2016.
So Oliver was the most popular name in England and Wales, but you only focused on London, why is that? Especially as the article is orientated around the UK as apposed to London? :conf2:
I like to put my own spin on things otherwise just go and read the Telegraph
:spin:
thesheriff443
21-09-2018, 04:34 PM
I like to put my own spin on things otherwise just go and read the Telegraph
:spin:
Propaganda more like
RileyH
21-09-2018, 04:45 PM
My name floats around the 100s :hugesmile:
Oliver_W
21-09-2018, 06:40 PM
I need to check that link, pronto!
JoshBB
21-09-2018, 07:09 PM
It's Islamic tradition to name your firstborn son Mohammed, so, not overly surprising tbh
Marsh.
21-09-2018, 07:12 PM
Oliver and Olivia have been crowned the most popular baby names in England and Wales for the second year running. Oliver has been the most popular boys' name since 2013 while Olivia replaced Amelia in top place in 2016.
So Oliver was the most popular name in England and Wales, but you only focused on London, why is that? Especially as the article is orientated around the UK as apposed to London? :conf2:
He gets notifications to his phone "Foreign Sounding Words".
y.winter
21-09-2018, 08:16 PM
So it made it to the UK as well...
Jessica.
21-09-2018, 08:20 PM
Timber :flutter:
http://puu.sh/ByMmx/9da8fef238.png
AnnieK
21-09-2018, 08:28 PM
Timber :flutter:
http://puu.sh/ByMmx/9da8fef238.png
If my son had been a girl I was going to have the name Jessica. I liked Jessie for a boy too....but everyone put me off it :sad:
Jessica.
21-09-2018, 08:35 PM
If my son had been a girl I was going to have the name Jessica. I liked Jessie for a boy too....but everyone put me off it :sad:
I love my name, everyone knows how to pronounce and spell it and it's almost the same in every language.
hijaxers
21-09-2018, 08:43 PM
Douglas hasn't been in the top 100 boys names for over 50 years.
Not a surprise sorry :hehe:
hijaxers
21-09-2018, 08:45 PM
Oliver and Olivia have been crowned the most popular baby names in England and Wales for the second year running. Oliver has been the most popular boys' name since 2013 while Olivia replaced Amelia in top place in 2016.
So Oliver was the most popular name in England and Wales, but you only focused on London, why is that? Especially as the article is orientated around the UK as apposed to London? :conf2:
I hate both names sorry but they are bloody awful.
hijaxers
21-09-2018, 08:49 PM
I love my name, everyone knows how to pronounce and spell it and it's almost the same in every language.
You are lucky , i've hated mine since i was a child and when i questioned my mother she said your brother picked it !
Well that was a success mother cos he bullied me all his life.
smudgie
21-09-2018, 09:30 PM
My name was number one when I was born.:hehe:
Withano
21-09-2018, 09:44 PM
Beautiful British name
Oliver_W
21-09-2018, 10:24 PM
I hate both names sorry but they are bloody awful.
KYS
Nancy.
22-09-2018, 10:50 AM
My nephew's name is Oliver and he's 10 now.
armand.kay
22-09-2018, 11:01 AM
Oliver and Olivia have been crowned the most popular baby names in England and Wales for the second year running. Oliver has been the most popular boys' name since 2013 while Olivia replaced Amelia in top place in 2016.
So Oliver was the most popular name in England and Wales, but you only focused on London, why is that? Especially as the article is orientated around the UK as apposed to London? :conf2:
Urgh Olivia Attwood's impact knows no bonds
Kazanne
22-09-2018, 11:38 AM
My nephew is called Oliver,it's my fave boys name has been for a long time,would have loved it for one of my boys but couldn't really as my brother nicked it for his boy so we settled for it as a middle name for Jude,like Olivia too but my fave girls name is Abigail and of course Maia.
smudgie
22-09-2018, 12:20 PM
My nephew is called Oliver,it's my fave boys name has been for a long time,would have loved it for one of my boys but couldn't really as my brother nicked it for his boy so we settled for it as a middle name for Jude,like Olivia too but my fave girls name is Abigail and of course Maia.
I have a niece called Olivia, she is an aspiring young actress.
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