Scotland’s General Register Office has just released its latest list of baby names. A total of 4,086 girl names and 2,999 boy names were registered in Scotland in 2010. Here are the top five names for each gender:
| Boy Names | Girl Names |
|---|---|
| 1. Jack 2. Lewis 3. James 4. Logan 5. Daniel & Ryan (tie) | 1. Sophie 2. Olivia 3. Ava 4. Emily 5. Isla |
If different spellings of the same name had been combined instead of counted separately, “Callum/Calum would be in fifth place as would Aimee/Amy.”
An article about Scotland’s strangest baby names didn’t deliver (Unique? Romeo? Come on…) so I decided to throw my own list together:
| Boy Names | Girl Names |
|---|---|
| Alexandreau-Le-Prince Amiogho Anamol Bourdieu Cezary Clivejakson Deejay Deco Gizzy Halcro Riley-Boy Slessor | Bagryana Beenie-Ann Bindi Chalcedony Demi-Debbie Felicity-Cecily Grazielli Lhlyaijana Mhyrnn Snædis Winkie Zvikomborero |
A few possible sources of inspiration: French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu, Bulgarian poet Elisaveta Bagryana and Brazilian reality TV star Grazielli Massafera.
Finally, just one Avery was born in Scotland this year. Care to guess the gender of baby Avery?
Sources: Babies’ First Names 2010 and Table 4 (the full list of names)
Image: Adapted from Flag of the United Kingdom (public domain)
