The mountainous microstate of Andorra is located in the Pyrenees, sandwiched between France and Spain.
Andorra has a population of fewer than 100,000 people — making it more populous than Monaco and Liechtenstein, but less populous than Malta.
The country’s official language is Catalan, but other languages (like French and Spanish) are also spoken.
Though I haven’t been able to find up-to-date baby name rankings for Andorra, I did recently come across four sets of rankings that were slightly older. So here are Andorra’s most popular baby names of 2015, 2013, 2012, and 2011:
2015
In 2015, a total of 602 babies (304 girls and 298 boys) were born in Andorra.
| Girl names, 2015 | Boy names, 2015 |
| 1. Alba 2. Janna 3. Lia 4. Aina 5. Ainoa 6. Júlia 7. Laia 8. Lara 9. Maria 10. Martina | 1. Lucas 2. Nil 3. Martí 4. Eric 5. Adrià 6. Enzo 7. Liam 8. Rodrigo 9. Alex 10. Biel |
Some explanations…
- Aina, Martí, and Adrià are the Catalan forms of Anna, Martin, and Adrian.
- Ainoa is based on the Basque name Ainhoa.
- Laia and Biel are the Catalan diminutives of Eulalia and Gabriel.
- Nil is derived from Neilos, the name of the Greek god of the Nile river (and also the ancient Greek name of the river itself).
- Enzo could be short for any of the Italian –enzo names, such as Lorenzo.
2013
In 2013, Andorra welcomed a total of 588 babies (297 girls and 291 boys).
| Girl names, 2013 | Boy names, 2013 |
| 1. Laia 2. Carlota 3. Emma 4. Lara 5. Martina 6. Aina 7. Maria 8. Blanca 9. Laura 10. Valentina | 1. Marc 2. Eric 3. Jan 4. Daniel 5. Enzo 6. Ian 7. Pol 8. Àlex 9. Jordi 10. Martí |
Pol and Jordi are the Catalan forms of Paul and George.
This was the only set of rankings to feature “Àlex,” the Catalan short form of Alexander, as opposed to accent-less “Alex” (which is likely a typo).
2012
In 2012, a total of 661 babies (332 girls and 329 boys) were born in Andorra.
| Girl names, 2012 | Boy names, 2012 |
| 1. Júlia 2. Noa 3. Maria 4. Lara 5. Alba 6. Abril 7. Aina 8. Ona 9. Clara 10. Emma | 1. Alex 2. Marc 3. Martí 4. Iker 5. Arnau 6. Biel 7. Gabriel 8. Jan 9. Nil 10. Pol |
Some explanations…
- Ona is a short form of Mariona, the Catalan diminutive of Maria.
- Iker is a Basque name.
- Arnau is the Catalan form of Arnold.
2011
In 2011, Andorra welcomed a total of 720 babies (353 girls and 367 boys).
| Girl names, 2011 | Boy names, 2011 |
| 1. Laia 2. Abril 3. Aina 4. Luana 5. Lara 6. Noa 7. Júlia | 1. Daniel 2. Iker 3. Eric 4. Martí 5. Pol 6. Jan 7. Biel |
Which of all the above names do you like most?
Sources:
- Govern d’Andorra:
- Andorra – Wikipedia
- Behind the Name
Image: Adapted from Flag of Andorra (public domain)
