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Old 21-09-2018, 04:12 PM #1
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Default Top baby name for boys in London revealed!
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 )

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/201...-name-fashion/
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Douglas hasn't been in the top 100 boys names for over 50 years.
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its depressing that a name associated with a backward bronze age woman hating superstition is number one in 2018
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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?
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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?
I like to put my own spin on things otherwise just go and read the Telegraph


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I like to put my own spin on things otherwise just go and read the Telegraph


Propaganda more like
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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?
He gets notifications to his phone "Foreign Sounding Words".
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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?
I hate both names sorry but they are bloody awful.
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My nephew's name is Oliver and he's 10 now.
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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?
Urgh Olivia Attwood's impact knows no bonds
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My name floats around the 100s
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It's Islamic tradition to name your firstborn son Mohammed, so, not overly surprising tbh
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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
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I love my name, everyone knows how to pronounce and spell it and it's almost the same in every language.
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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.
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