The Statistical Service of Cyprus conducted a population census in late 2011. According to the data collected at that time, the most common female and male names in the Mediterranean island nation were Maria and Andreas.
The other common names are ranked below. (Several were transcribed differently by my two sources, so in those cases I included both spellings.)
Female Names
- Maria (39,883 females)
- Eleni (29,393 females)
- Androula/Androulla
- Georgia
- Panagiota/Panayiota
- Anna
- Christina
Male Names
- Andreas (36,682 males)
- Giorgos/Yiorgos (26,284 males)
- Costas/Kostas
- Christos
- Nicholas/Nikolas
- Michalis
- Panagiotis/Panayiotis
Some of the rarer names that appeared on the census just 10 times each included the female names Chrysalia, Dalia, Felicia, Isidora, Loreta and Mariliza; and the male names Memnon, Merkouris, Morfakis and Rodotheos.
Sources:
- “Maria and Andreas most popular baby names.” Cyprus Mail 2 Sept. 2015.
- “Maria and Andreas the most common names in Cyprus.” Parikiaki 3 Sept. 2015.
Image: Adapted from Flag of Cyprus (public domain)
