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Popular baby names in Slovenia, 2023

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Flag of Slovenia

Last year, the Central European country of Slovenia (not to be confused with the Central European country of Slovakia) welcomed 16,989 babies: 8,312 girls and 8,677 boys.

What were the most popular names among these babies? Ema and Luka.

Here are Slovenia’s top 50+ girl names and top 50 boy names of 2023:

Girl names

  1. Ema, 180 baby girls
  2. Hana, 179
  3. Zala, 177
  4. Mia, 156
  5. Julija, 147
  6. Sofija, 144
  7. Ela, 134
  8. Ajda, 125 – means “buckwheat” in Slovene.
  9. Vita, 123
  10. Mila, 118
  11. Lina, 117
  12. Eva, 114
  13. Lana, 113
  14. Zoja, 109
  15. Lara, 103
  16. Neža, 99 (tie)
  17. Nika, 99 (tie)
  18. Maša, 96
  19. Ana, 95
  20. Sofia, 92
  21. Sara, 91
  22. Zarja, 86
  23. Gaja, 81
  24. Iva, 79
  25. Brina, 77
  26. Pika, 74 – means “dot” in Slovene. In Slovenia, Pippi Longstocking’s first name is Pika.
  27. Klara, 69
  28. Lucija, 67
  29. Lia, 61
  30. Lili, 58
  31. Alina, 57 (tie)
  32. Ula, 57 (tie)
  33. Tinkara, 55
  34. Olivija, 51 (3-way tie)
  35. Ota, 51 (3-way tie)
  36. Tara, 51 (3-way tie)
  37. Olivia, 48
  38. Aurora, 47 (4-way tie)
  39. Iza, 47 (4-way tie)
  40. Maja, 47 (4-way tie)
  41. Zara, 47 (4-way tie)
  42. Naja, 46
  43. Asja, 45
  44. Kaja, 44
  45. Nina, 43
  46. Elena, 42 (tie)
  47. Manca, 42 (tie)
  48. Ava, 41
  49. Živa, 40
  50. Aria, 38 (tie)
  51. Mija, 38 (tie)

Boy names

  1. Luka, 198 baby boys
  2. Nik, 195
  3. Filip, 185
  4. Jakob, 175
  5. Mark, 173
  6. Lovro, 145
  7. Liam, 134
  8. Tim, 132
  9. Lan, 129 (tie)
  10. Oskar, 129 (tie)
  11. Oliver, 124
  12. Maj, 114
  13. Maks, 101 (tie)
  14. Žan, 101 (tie)
  15. Teo, 100
  16. Jan, 94
  17. Vid, 92
  18. Gal, 89
  19. Bine, 84
  20. Jaka, 80
  21. Leo, 77
  22. David, 75 (tie)
  23. Nace, 75 (tie)
  24. Leon, 74
  25. Izak, 71
  26. Aleks, 69
  27. Brin, 67
  28. Anže, 59 (3-way tie)
  29. Val, 59 (3-way tie)
  30. Vito, 59 (3-way tie)
  31. Lukas, 58
  32. Adam, 54 (3-way tie)
  33. Tine, 54 (3-way tie)
  34. Žiga, 54 (3-way tie)
  35. Anej, 53
  36. Svit, 50 – means “dawn” in Slovene.
  37. Nejc, 49
  38. Bor, 48 (4-way tie) – means “pine tree” in Slovene. It’s also a short form of bor- names, like Boris.
  39. Erik, 48 (4-way tie)
  40. Mateo, 48 (4-way tie)
  41. Matic, 48 (4-way tie)
  42. Aleksej, 47 (tie)
  43. Jon, 47 (tie)
  44. Lenart, 46 (tie)
  45. Matija, 46 (tie)
  46. Lev, 44
  47. Benjamin, 42
  48. Erazem, 41
  49. Tian, 40
  50. Teodor, 39

The girls’ top 100 included Loti (60th), Nuša (86th), Nikolina (90th), and Inja (94th).

The boys’ top 100 included Ožbej (70th), Tilen (73rd), Nai (95th), and the vowelless Crt (97th) — though that “C” should have a caron (which signifies a ch sound).

I didn’t post about Slovenia’s top baby names of 2022, but here are Slovenia’s 2021 rankings.

Sources: Top 100 baby names in 2023 – Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia, Births, 2023 – Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia, Behind the Name

Image: Adapted from Flag of Slovenia (public domain)

Popular and unique baby names in Austria, 2023

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Flag of Austria

Last year, the European country of Austria welcomed 77,605 babies — 37,596 girls and 40,009 boys.

What were the most popular names among these babies? Emilia and Paul.

Here are Austria’s top 50 girl names and top 50 boy names of 2023:

Girl names

  1. Emilia, 638 baby girls
  2. Marie, 554
  3. Emma, 517
  4. Anna, 514
  5. Mia, 509
  6. Sophia, 471
  7. Valentina, 446
  8. Lena, 434
  9. Lea, 427
  10. Laura, 420
  11. Johanna, 413
  12. Lina, 412
  13. Leonie, 387
  14. Sophie, 381
  15. Hannah, 363
  16. Luisa, 362
  17. Ella, 345
  18. Olivia, 334
  19. Lara, 332
  20. Elena, 318
  21. Nora, 312
  22. Magdalena, 273
  23. Amelie, 268
  24. Mila, 264
  25. Antonia, 262
  26. Helena, 260
  27. Hanna, 252
  28. Lia, 240
  29. Valerie, 236
  30. Isabella, 223
  31. Katharina, 215 (tie)
  32. Sarah, 215 (tie)
  33. Sara, 209
  34. Klara, 207
  35. Theresa, 199
  36. Ida, 195 (tie)
  37. Miriam, 195 (tie)
  38. Elisa, 193
  39. Rosa, 191 (tie)
  40. Sofia, 191 (tie)
  41. Julia, 190
  42. Alina, 186
  43. Elina, 182
  44. Marlene, 181 (tie)
  45. Paula, 181 (tie)
  46. Paulina, 180
  47. Livia, 179
  48. Emily, 176
  49. Clara, 173
  50. Rosalie, 162

Boy names

  1. Paul, 687 baby boys
  2. Jakob, 660
  3. Elias, 625
  4. Maximilian, 620
  5. Felix, 596
  6. Noah, 577
  7. Leon, 572
  8. David, 535
  9. Tobias, 528
  10. Jonas, 520
  11. Leo, 506
  12. Lukas, 484
  13. Moritz, 447
  14. Matteo, 411
  15. Alexander, 406
  16. Theo, 397
  17. Anton, 389
  18. Fabian, 385
  19. Liam, 374
  20. Julian, 369
  21. Simon, 363
  22. Emil, 350
  23. Valentin, 337
  24. Luca, 320
  25. Florian, 315
  26. Matthias, 313
  27. Samuel, 308
  28. Johannes, 283
  29. Gabriel, 279 (tie)
  30. Raphael, 279 (tie)
  31. Lorenz, 272 (tie)
  32. Luis, 272 (tie)
  33. Theodor, 263
  34. Benjamin, 251
  35. Sebastian, 222
  36. Oskar, 216
  37. Niklas, 215
  38. Levi, 213
  39. Finn, 209
  40. Emilio, 207 (tie)
  41. Jonathan, 207 (tie)
  42. Adam, 206 (tie)
  43. Michael, 206 (tie)
  44. Ben, 201
  45. Oliver, 200
  46. Fabio, 193
  47. Mateo, 191
  48. Konstantin, 189 (tie)
  49. Max, 189 (tie)
  50. Luka, 183

In the boys’ top 100 were Ferdinand (60th), Erik (75th), Clemens (84th), and Muhammed (95th).

In the girls’ top 100 were Aurelia (61st), Frida (78th), Mathea (83rd), and Lotta (92nd).

Lower down in the rankings I spotted…

  • Girl names:
    • Finja (53 babies)
    • Dunja (22) – means “quince” in several South Slavic languages
    • Florentine (10)
    • Pelin (8) – means “wormwood” in Turkish
    • Neele (6)
    • Hannelore (4)
    • Philia (3)
  • Boy names:
    • Fridolin (184 babies)
    • Nepomuk (6) – refers to St. John of Nepomuk
    • Amadeus (4)
    • Thorin (4)
    • Atdhe (3) – means “fatherland” in Albanian
    • Pirmin (3) – refers to St. Pirmin
    • Toprak (2) – means “earth, soil,” “land,” or “country” in Turkish

Thousands of other names were given to a single baby each in Austria last year. Here’s a selection of the names that were bestowed just once:

Unique girl namesUnique boy names
Aristhea, Berivan, Cleophea, Diola, Elfriede, Fancy, Filianore, Galia, Helly, Irmlind, Julita, Katalia, Lysithea, Mitravinda, Nihira, Orbita, Priska, Qunut, Rudolfina, Silke, Thabea, Uresa, Valina, Weiyu, Xena, Ylenia, ZilliAnadin, Bendix, Crown, Dastan, Elino, Frowin, Guntram, Hannan, Itgelt, Jaryl, Kordian, Lambert, Medardus, Metatron, Nainoa, Oswald, Pim, Qibin, Reinhold, Siegfried, Torger, Uriel, Volodymyr, Willibald, Xichen, Yuzuru, Zinar

Some possible influences/associations for a few of the above:

  • Filianore is a character in the video game Dark Souls III (2016) — specifically, in the downloadable content pack Dark Souls III: The Ringed City (2017).
  • St. Frowin of Engelberg was a 12th-century Swiss German abbot.
  • Itgelt is likely based on the Mongolian word itgel, meaning “faith, belief.”
  • Kordian is the main character of the Polish drama Kordian (1834) by Juliusz Slowacki.
  • Lysithea refers to several figures in Greek mythology, as well as to a character in the video game Fire Emblem: Three Houses (2019).
  • Metatron is an archangel mentioned in Jewish folklore.
  • Volodymyr Zelenskyy is the president of Ukraine.
  • St. Willibald was an 8th-century Englishman who became a bishop in Bavaria.

Finally, here’s a link to Austria’s 2022 rankings, if you’d like to compare last year to the year before.

Sources: First names of newborns – Statistics Austria (in German), Atlas der Vornamen – Statistics Austria, Demographic characteristics of newborns – Statistics Austria, Behind the Name, Wiktionary

Image: Adapted from Flag of Austria (public domain)

Popular baby names in Denmark, 2023

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Flag of Denmark

Last year, the Nordic country of Denmark welcomed 57,469 babies.

What were the most popular names among these babies? Frida and Carl.

Here are Denmark’s top 50 girl names and top 50 boy names of 2023:

Girl names

  1. Frida, 425 baby girls
  2. Luna, 412
  3. Ella, 410
  4. Alma, 409
  5. Emma, 402
  6. Sofia, 397
  7. Olivia, 395
  8. Agnes, 392
  9. Ida, 391
  10. Karla, 381
  11. Ellie, 380
  12. Clara, 379
  13. Freja, 343
  14. Nora, 331
  15. Lily, 326
  16. Alberte, 316 (tie)
  17. Esther, 316 (tie)
  18. Asta, 296
  19. Ellen, 284
  20. Anna, 282
  21. Aya, 246
  22. Isabella, 228
  23. Lærke, 213 – the Danish word for “lark” (the type of bird)
  24. Astrid, 212
  25. Saga, 210
  26. Hannah, 209
  27. Mathilde, 207
  28. Josefine, 205
  29. Laura, 203
  30. Vilma, 200
  31. Emily, 197 (tie)
  32. Liva, 197 (tie)
  33. Maja, 196
  34. Vera, 187
  35. Marie, 181
  36. Leonora, 178 (tie)
  37. Mille, 178 (tie)
  38. Andrea, 173
  39. Solveig, 166
  40. Molly, 164
  41. Victoria, 163
  42. Merle, 149
  43. Lea, 148
  44. Liv, 146
  45. Eva, 140 (tie)
  46. Ingrid, 140 (tie)
  47. Elina, 137 (tie)
  48. Rosa, 137 (tie)
  49. Gry, 130
  50. Sofie, 125

Boy names

  1. Carl, 477 baby boys
  2. William, 458
  3. Oscar, 452
  4. Alfred, 449 (tie)
  5. Noah, 449 (tie)
  6. Aksel, 441
  7. Emil, 430
  8. Oliver, 423
  9. Malthe, 403
  10. Valdemar, 392
  11. August, 377
  12. Elliot, 370
  13. Theo, 351
  14. Arthur, 346
  15. Lucas, 335
  16. Elias, 324
  17. Lauge, 323
  18. Otto, 319
  19. Hugo, 309
  20. Felix, 285
  21. Magnus, 279
  22. Viggo, 270
  23. Victor, 269
  24. Theodor, 257
  25. Loui, 255
  26. Holger, 249
  27. Anker, 245 (tie)
  28. Liam, 245 (tie)
  29. Anton, 243
  30. Matheo, 230
  31. Konrad, 227
  32. Erik, 214
  33. Pelle, 202
  34. Luca, 198
  35. Asger, 197
  36. Ebbe, 195
  37. Nohr, 194 (tie)
  38. Vincent, 194 (tie)
  39. Kalle, 190
  40. Adam, 181
  41. Johan, 173
  42. Frederik, 165 (tie)
  43. Storm, 165 (tie)
  44. Albert, 159
  45. Walter, 156
  46. Alexander, 154
  47. Christian, 151
  48. Villads, 146
  49. Leo, 142
  50. Marius, 138

The top names of 2022, Ella and William, are now in third place and second place, respectively.

The word-name Storm has ranked inside the boys’ top 50 since 2010. (In the U.S., Storm is given to both boys and girls, but has never come close to top-50 status for either gender.)

Sources: Baby names – Statistics Denmark, Births – Statistics Denmark

Image: Adapted from Flag of Denmark (public domain)

Popular baby names in Iceland, 2023

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Flag of Iceland

Last year, the island nation of Iceland welcomed over 4,200 babies.

What were the most popular names among these babies? Emilía and Birnir.

Below are Iceland’s top 50+ girl names and top 50+ boy names of 2023. (Please note that I created these two gendered sets of rankings from the single non-gendered set of rankings that Iceland released.)

Girl names

  1. Emilía, 23 baby girls
  2. Sara, 22
  3. Aþena, 21 (3-way tie)
  4. Embla, 21 (3-way tie)
  5. Sóley, 21 (3-way tie)
  6. Emma, 20
  7. Katla, 19
  8. Eva, 18 (4-way tie)
  9. Lilja, 18 (4-way tie)
  10. Una, 18 (4-way tie)
  11. Viktoría, 18 (4-way tie)
  12. Anna, 16 (3-way tie)
  13. Bríet, 16 (3-way tie)
  14. Hekla, 16 (3-way tie) – inspired by Hekla, the name of one of Iceland’s most active volcanoes.
  15. Matthildur, 15 (tie)
  16. Salka, 15 (tie)
  17. Birta, 14 (3-way tie)
  18. Hafdís, 14 (3-way tie)
  19. Katrín, 14 (3-way tie)
  20. Andrea, 13 (3-way tie)
  21. Freyja, 13 (3-way tie)
  22. Natalía, 13 (3-way tie)
  23. Íris, 12 (4-way tie)
  24. Iðunn, 12 (4-way tie)
  25. Kristín, 12 (4-way tie)
  26. Móeiður, 12 (4-way tie)
  27. Ástrós, 11 (5-way tie)
  28. Fanney, 11 (5-way tie) – modern coinage created from elements meaning “snowdrift” and “island.”
  29. Hrafntinna, 11 (5-way tie)
  30. Saga, 11 (5-way tie)
  31. Ylfa, 11 (5-way tie)
  32. Elín, 10 (5-way tie)
  33. Heiðdís, 10 (5-way tie)
  34. Hildur, 10 (5-way tie)
  35. Júlía, 10 (5-way tie)
  36. Laufey, 10 (5-way tie)
  37. Amelía, 9 (12-way tie)
  38. Aría, 9 (12-way tie)
  39. Dagbjört, 9 (12-way tie)
  40. Glódís, 9 (12-way tie) – modern coinage created from elements meaning “to shine” and “goddess.”
  41. Helena, 9 (12-way tie)
  42. Ísabella, 9 (12-way tie)
  43. Karítas, 9 (12-way tie)
  44. Klara, 9 (12-way tie)
  45. Máney, 9 (12-way tie)
  46. María, 9 (12-way tie)
  47. Sigrún, 9 (12-way tie)
  48. Sóldís, 9 (12-way tie)
  49. Alexandra, 8 (9-way tie)
  50. Edda, 8 (9-way tie)
  51. Eldey, 8 (9-way tie)
  52. Harpa, 8 (9-way tie)
  53. Írena, 8 (9-way tie)
  54. Margrét, 8 (9-way tie)
  55. Rakel, 8 (9-way tie)
  56. Ronja, 8 (9-way tie)
  57. Þórdís, 8 (9-way tie)

Boy names

  1. Birnir, 30 baby boys
  2. Emil, 28
  3. Elmar, 25 (tie)
  4. Jón, 25 (tie)
  5. Óliver 24
  6. Aron, 23
  7. Viktor, 22
  8. Jökull, 21
  9. Alexander, 20
  10. Atlas, 19
  11. Gunnar, 18
  12. Baldur, 17 (tie)
  13. Mikael, 17 (tie)
  14. Breki, 16 (3-way tie) – derived from an Old Norse word meaning “breaker.”
  15. Styrmir, 16 (3-way tie)
  16. Theodór, 16 (3-way tie)
  17. Arnar, 15 (3-way tie)
  18. Kári, 15 (3-way tie)
  19. Óðinn, 15 (3-way tie)
  20. Baltasar, 14 (3-way tie)
  21. Elías, 14 (3-way tie)
  22. Huginn, 14 (3-way tie)
  23. Daníel, 13 (4-way tie)
  24. Hilmir, 13 (4-way tie)
  25. Ísak, 13 (4-way tie)
  26. Úlfur, 13 (4-way tie)
  27. Gabríel, 12 (4-way tie)
  28. Guðmundur, 12 (4-way tie)
  29. Ólafur, 12 (4-way tie)
  30. Tómas, 12 (4-way tie)
  31. Ari, 11 (11-way tie)
  32. Benedikt, 11 (11-way tie)
  33. Benjamín, 11 (11-way tie)
  34. Björn, 11 (11-way tie)
  35. Brynjar, 11 (11-way tie)
  36. Dagur, 11 (11-way tie)
  37. Erik, 11 (11-way tie)
  38. Kristján, 11 (11-way tie)
  39. Kristófer, 11 (11-way tie)
  40. Matthías, 11 (11-way tie)
  41. Sigurður, 11 (11-way tie)
  42. Anton, 10 (7-way tie)
  43. Atli, 10 (7-way tie)
  44. Ágúst, 10 (7-way tie)
  45. Hinrik, 10 (7-way tie)
  46. Jóhann, 10 (7-way tie)
  47. Magnús, 10 (7-way tie)
  48. Stefán, 10 (7-way tie)
  49. Adam, 9 (8-way tie)
  50. Bergur, 9 (8-way tie)
  51. Birkir, 9 (8-way tie)
  52. Leó, 9 (8-way tie)
  53. Máni, 9 (8-way tie)
  54. Óskar, 9 (8-way tie)
  55. Stormur, 9 (8-way tie)
  56. Tristan, 9 (8-way tie)

Interesting names from outside the top 50 include…

  • Rökkvi (masculine name, given to 8 babies), which may mean “twilight.”
  • Kolbrá (fem., 5 babies), a modern coinage created from elements meaning “black, dark” and “eyelash.”
  • Hrafnkatla (fem., 3 babies), the feminine form of Hrafnkell, which is made up of elements meaning “raven” and “cauldron.”
  • Tindur (masc., 3 babies), derived from an Old Norse word meaning “spike,” “tooth,” “mountain peak.”
  • Þráinn (masc., 3 babies), based on an Old Norse word meaning “obstinacy.”
  • Krummi (masc., 2 babies), which could mean either “bent, crooked” or “raven.”

And what about the single-use names?

Over 980 names were bestowed just once in Iceland last year. Here’s a sampling of Iceland’s unique baby names of 2023:

Apolonia, Broteva, Dofri, Esjar, Friðþjófur, Gígja, Gíslason, Hlín, Indriði, Jóvin, Kjalar, Myrkár, Náttey, Ösp, Possible, Röskva, Spói, Torfi, Undína, Völundur, Yndís, Zebbý

Here are simplified definitions for a few of the above…

  • Friðþjófur (masc.), made up of elements meaning “peace” and “thief”
    • A name that means “peace thief” seems very appropriate for a newborn baby. :)
  • Gígja (fem.), meaning “fiddle.”
  • Ösp (fem.), meaning “aspen tree.”
  • Röskva (fem.), meaning “vigorous,” “brave.”
  • Spói (masc.), from the Icelandic word spói, which refers to the whimbrel (a type of bird).

Gíslason — a surname that was likely used as a masculine forename (given that -son ending) — may have been inspired by Icelandic soccer player Rúrik Gíslason.

I didn’t post about Iceland’s top baby names of 2022, but here are Iceland’s 2021 rankings.

Sources: Vinsælustu nöfnin 2023 – Þjóðskrá, Births – Statistics Iceland, Nordic Names, Wiktionary

Image: Adapted from Flag of Iceland (public domain)