The quirkiest baby name blog this side of Nevaeh.
How popular is the baby name Saskia in the United States right now? How popular was it historically? Find out using the graph below! Plus, check out all the blog posts that mention the name Saskia.
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According to Eesti Rahvusringhääling (Estonian Public Broadcasting), the most popular baby names in Estonia in 2019 were Mia and Robin.
Here are the country’s top 10 girl names and top 11 boy names of 2019:
Girl Names
Boy Names
The last set of rankings I posted for Estonia was the 2014 rankings, which had Sofia and Rasmus at the top.
According to data from British Columbia’s Vital Statistics Agency, the most popular baby names in the Canadian province in 2014 were Olivia and Ethan.
Here are B.C.’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2014:
| Girl Names | Boy Names |
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1. Olivia, 292 baby girls 2. Emma, 240 3. Sophia, 183 4. Emily, 181 5. Chloe, 175 6. Ava, 169 7. Charlotte, 159 8. Lily, 141 9. Amelia, 136 10. Abigail, 134 |
1. Ethan, 256 baby boys 2. Liam, 254 3. Lucas, 226 4. Oliver, 198 5. Mason, 197 6. Benjamin, 187 7. William, 183 8. Jacob, 179 9. Noah, 177 10. Logan, 175 |
Lily, Amelia and Abigail replace Ella, Avery and Hannah in the girls’ top 10, and Jacob replaces Alexander in the boys’ top 10.
Other girl names used 5-or-more times in 2014, in order of popularity, include: Mannat, Juniper, Yuna, Avleen, Bria, Acacia, Ember, Isis, Juno, Japji, Jovie, Neve, Saskia, Asees, Harveen, Khaleesi, Queena, Ria, Sehaj, Winnie.
And other boy names used 5-or-more times in 2014, in order of popularity, include: Arlo, Bodhi, Angus, Atlas, Sage, Enoch, Huxley, Nikola, Daya, Kesler, Kyan, Jairus, Jujhar, Kaito, Koa, Rocky, Seamus, Terry, Tejas, Thorin.
Here are the 2013, 2012 and 2009 rankings for B.C.
Sources: Baby’s Most Chosen Names in British Columbia, 2014, Most popular B.C. baby names for 2014 are Ethan and Olivia
I don’t normally watch television, but I’m visiting my Dad right now and he’s got his TV on all the time, so I haven’t been able to help it lately. :)
Who were these people? Where did they get such interesting names?
Turns out it was a reality show called Alaska: The Last Frontier, and the cast members were part of the locally famous Kilcher family.
Atz and Otto are the sons of homesteaders Yule Farenorth Kilcher (b. 1913) and Ruth Kilcher (b. 1920). Yule and Ruth left Switzerland for Alaska in the early 1940s. Yule went on to serve in the Alaska State Senate during the 1960s.
Yule wasn’t born “Yule Farenorth.” He was originally Julius Jakob [YOO-lee-us YAH-kob] but he changed his first and middle names after immigrating.
Yule and Ruth had a total of eight children — two boys and six girls. Here are the names:
Many of the above also gave their own children distinctive names, such as Cornelius, Davin, Ecaterina, Gawan, Olga and Saskia.
One of Atz’s children is pop singer Jewel Kilcher, a.k.a. Jewel. Her popularity in the mid-1990s helped push the baby name Jewel back into the U.S. top 1,000 in 1997:
And, moving forward another generation, one of Wurzy’s grandchildren is actress Q’orianka Kilcher, whose appearance in the movie The New World (2005) made Qorianka a one-hit wonder on the baby name charts in 2006.
(Q’orianka told the press that her name means “golden eagle” in Quechua, and it does seem to be based on the Quechua words for “gold,” quri, and “eagle,” anca, but I’m not sure whether it’s a legit Quechua name or a modern invention.)
So do any of you guys watch Alaska: The Last Frontier regularly? Have I missed any other good Kilcher names?
Reader Leanne is looking for a name for her baby girl. She says:
Names that have been shortlisted to date are Eliana Heidi and Melanie Jacinta. However, my nieces are Ariana and Stephanie so I would like [a name] that doesn’t sound too similar.
She liked the combination Hayley Melissa at one time as well, but the “-ley” ending doesn’t work with her married name, and she’d like to stay away from an alliterative pairing.
Other favourite names such as “Anneliesa” and “Shay-Lisa” seem to blend awkwardly with [my] surname and almost make it sound like the surname is “Sleazeman”.
That’s not good. Finally, she loves the name Heidi, though she’s “more inclined to use it as a middle name.”
There is German heritage in my husband’s family and whilst it would be nice to reflect that, it isn’t essential.
My first thought was to look for a few feminine-sounding German names. Nadya, Ottilie, Saskia and Tatiana fit the bill, but none of these are as modern-sounding as the names Leanne mentioned, so they may not be of interest.
Other possibilities include:
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Alexia Alyssa Amelia Bethany Bianca Candace Cassandra Chelsea Cynthia |
Delia Gabriella Giselle Jillian Julissa Kiara Lillian Linnea Malia |
Mia Michaela Milena Olivia Sabrina Sierra Sydney Tabitha Trista |
What ideas do you guys have? (Please feel free to suggest combinations as well.)
Looking for baby names with something in common? Perhaps for a set of twins or triplets? I’ve collected hundreds of anagram baby names for you.
If you like the idea of anagrams but want to avoid sound-alike sets, I recommend anagrams with different numbers of syllables. Pairs like “Etta and Tate” and “Clay and Lacy” are a far more subtle than pairs like “Enzo and Zeno” and “Mary and Myra.”
(Here are some palindromic names from last month.)