How popular is the baby name Aerith in the United States right now? How popular was it historically? Use the popularity graph and data table below to find out! Plus, see all the blog posts that mention the name Aerith.
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According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the most popular baby names in England and Wales last year — for the fifth year in a row — were Olivia and Oliver.
Here are the top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2020:
Girl Names
Olivia, 3,640 baby girls
Amelia, 3,319
Isla, 2,749
Ava, 2,679
Mia, 2,303
Ivy, 2,166
Lily, 2,150
Isabella, 2,052
Rosie, 2,035
Sophia, 2,028
Boy Names
Oliver, 4,225 baby boys
George, 4,100
Arthur, 4,052
Noah, 4,042
Muhammad, 3,710
Leo, 3,314
Oscar, 3,268
Harry, 3,209
Archie, 2,944
Jack, 2,900
In the girls’ top 10, Ivy and Rosie replaced Grace and Freya.
In the boys’ top 10, Archie replaced Charlie. (No doubt Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s decision to name their first child Archie in 2019 gave the name a boost, but Archie was on the rise in England and Wales long before it became a royal baby name.)
The fastest-rising names within the top 100 were…
Arabella, Mabel, Lyra, and Maeve (for girls)
Roman, Milo, Otis, and Myles (for boys)
(The popular British TV series Sex Education features main characters named Otis and Maeve.)
Here are the top 10 lists for England and Wales separately:
Liliwen comes from lili wen, one of the Welsh words for snowdrop (a small, white flower that blooms during the winter). The hyphenated variant Lili-wen was also given to three baby girls last year, bringing the grand total to six.
Also given to six baby girls last year? The name Eirlys, from eirlys, another Welsh word for snowdrop. :)
If you’re on the hunt for baby names with a numerological value of 7, you’re in luck! Because today’s post features hundreds of 7-names.
Before we get to the names, though — how do we know that they’re “sevens” in numerology?
Turning names into numbers
Here’s how to calculate the numerological value of a name.
First, for each letter, come up with a number to represent that letter’s position in the alphabet. (Letter A would be number 1, letter B would be number 2, and so forth.) Then, add all the numbers together. If the sum has two or more digits, add the digits together recursively until the result is a single digit. That single digit is the name’s numerological value.
For instance, the letters in the name Victoria correspond to the numbers 22, 9, 3, 20, 15, 18, 9, and 1. The sum of these numbers is 97. The digits of 97 added together equal 16, and the digits of 16 added together equal 7 — the numerological value of Victoria.
Baby names with a value of 7
Below you’ll find the most popular 7-names per gender, according to the latest U.S. baby name data. I’ve further sub-categorized them by total sums — just in case any of those larger numbers are significant to anyone.
7 via 16
The letters in the following baby names add up to 16, which reduces to seven (1+6=7).
Girl names (7 via 16)
Boy names (7 via 16)
Ana, Jada, Alba, Adaia, Fia
Cal, Chad, Jae, Dak, Efe
7 via 25
The letters in the following baby names add up to 25, which reduces to seven (2+5=7).
There’s no definitive answer, unfortunately, because various numerological systems exist, and each one has its own interpretation of the number seven. That said, if we look at a couple of modern numerology/astrology websites, we see 7 being described as “truth-seeking,” “introspective,” “intellectual,” “reserved,” and “unusual.”
We can also look at associations, which are a bit more concrete. Here are some things that are associated with the number 7:
The curious name Aeris first appeared in the U.S. baby name data in 1998:
2000: 26 baby girls named Aeris
1999: 22 baby girls named Aeris
1998: 23 baby girls named Aeris [debut]
1997: unlisted
1996: unlisted
Where did it come from?
The role-playing video game Final Fantasy VII, which was released in early 1997 for PlayStation and later for other platforms.
The game was set on a nameless planet whose future was up for grabs. The antagonist, Sephiroth, was out to destroy the planet, whereas the protagonist, Cloud Strife, sought to save the planet from destruction.
Aeris was one of Cloud’s friends. (In fact, he had a bit of a crush on her.) She was the last surviving member of one of the planet’s oldest races, the Cetra, and thereby had access to planet-protecting magical powers.
In a now-infamous plot twist, Aeris was unexpectedly killed by Sephiroth. (Aeris was kneeling and praying, eyes closed, when Sephiroth descended from the sky and ran her through with a sword — all right in front of Cloud.)
And here’s another twist: the character’s English name was never supposed to be “Aeris” — even if it does sound like the word “heiress,” which is fitting, given her racial status.
FFVII was created in Japan, and the character’s Japanese name is Earisu. The official English transliteration of her name is Aerith, based on the English words “air” and “earth.” But, somehow, Aeris is what ended up in the game.
The transliteration was corrected in later Final Fantasy games and in the Kingdom Hearts series (which combined FF characters with Disney characters). In fact, the first Kingdom Hearts game was released in 2002, and official spelling Aerith debuted in the U.S. baby name data the very next year:
2007: 11 baby girls named Aerith
2006: 10 baby girls named Aerith
2005: unlisted
2004: unlisted
2003: 5 baby girls named Aerith [debut]
2002: unlisted
2001: unlisted
What are your thoughts on the baby names Aeris and Aerith? I’d especially love to hear the opinions of any gamers out there!
Some of the fastest-climbing names within the top 50 were Leo, Brodie, Harrison, Georgia, and Rosie.
And now for the fun part! Here are some of the baby names that were bestowed just once last year in Scotland. Ladies first:
Aara
Aerith
Albatool
Aneu
Aragon
Aria-Denver
Arracah
Avana-Solaris
Awesome
Beatrix-Gwendoline
Bebe-Rose
Bexlie
Caledonia – Caledonia was what the ancient Romans called the region that became Scotland. It’s now used as a poetic name for Scotland.
Calypso
Christine-Smart – I’ve seen “smart” used as a name before, but all the examples I know of are historical.
Ciorstaidh
Csenge
Debsther
Duoduo
Dzeiviana
Elenaria
Ersjola
Esme-May
Ginijane
Glencora
Iphigenia
Izzy-Mary-Bel
Juveria
Lithisha
Littlest
Lohasna
Midelle
Mirrany
Ndack
Nettle
Peryl
Piali
Ptarmigan – A bird name I almost never see used as a baby name. Ironically, the word “ptarmigan” happens to be based on a Scottish Gaelic word (tàrmachan).
Corryvreckan – The Gulf of Corryvreckan (from the Gaelic Coire Bhreacain) is a narrow strait off Scotland’s west coast famous for its large whirlpool. Corryvreckan’s father, a whisky expert, also admits that “we may have joked with the name while I was sipping on some of the peat-astic Ardbeg Corryvreckan.” (Source: Why Corryvreckan is a dram fine name for my baby says whisky expert Andy Bell)
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