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Popularity of the baby name Fraser


Posts that mention the name Fraser

Popular baby names in Orkney (Scotland), 2024

Flag of Orkney
Flag of Orkney

Last year, the archipelago of Orkney (located about 10 miles off the north coast of Scotland) welcomed 146 babies — 64 girls and 82 boys.

What were the most popular names among these babies? Una and Zara were tied at #1 for girls, while “Harry was the most popular name for a peedie boy,” according to data released by the Orkney Islands Council’s Registrar Service.

Here are Orkney’s top girl names and top boy names of 2024:

Girl names

  1. Una, 3 baby girls (tie)
  2. Zara, 3 (tie)
  3. Alba, 2 (tie) – the Scottish-Gaelic name for Scotland.
  4. Ella, 2 (tie)

Boy names

  1. Harry, 3 baby boys
  2. Charlie, 2 (10-way tie)
  3. Ernie, 2 (10-way tie)
  4. Finn, 2 (10-way tie)
  5. Fraser, 2 (10-way tie)
  6. Finlay, 2 (10-way tie)
  7. Harris, 2 (10-way tie)
  8. Noah, 2 (10-way tie)
  9. Ollie, 2 (10-way tie)
  10. Ruben, 2 (10-way tie)
  11. Ronnie, 2 (10-way tie)

I’ve never posted rankings for Orkney before, but here are the most recent rankings for Scotland (2023). Nationally, Zara sits at 35th, Harry at 42nd, and Una at 322nd.

Sources: Orkney’s most popular baby names of 2024 revealed – Orkney Islands Council, Orkney – Wikipedia

Image: Adapted from Flag of Orkney (public domain)

Baby name story: Harrison

Fish & chip shop

Emma and James Kennedy of West Bromwich, England, welcomed a baby boy about six weeks ago. They’d “been toying with a couple of names including Fraser and Harrison,” said Emma, but didn’t have a name chosen on the day she went into labor.

So it was fortuitous that her contractions began inside a Harry Ramsden’s fish and chip restaurant. They took that as a sign and named their son Harrison, nickname Harry.

This is the second fish and chip baby I’ve come across. The first one, Taylor, was named for Taylor’s Fish and Chip Shop in Stockport — just 90 miles south of the Harry Ramsden’s in Brierley Hill.

Source: “Baby’s name inspired after Harry Ramsden’s drama.” Express & Star 17 Sept. 2010.

Image: Adapted from Mobile Fish and Chips by Stefan Schäfer under CC BY-SA 3.0.

Baby names you can type with one hand: Carter, Tessa, John, Poppy

computer keyboard

When you sign your first name, you use one hand. But when you type it, chances are you need to use both hands — even if your name is a short as Emma, Gus or Ty.

Have you ever wondered which names can be touch-typed on the standard QWERTY keyboard with one hand only? Me too, so I came up with some lists…

Left-handed baby names

  • Ace, Ada, Adar, Adeva, Aeta, Afra, Agra, Aqsa, Ara, Arda, Ardra, Artra, Asa, Asees, Astra, Astraea, Astrea, Atef, Ava, Awa, Aza, Azeeza, Azza
  • Babette, Barbara, Barrett, Baxter, Bess, Bette, Brad, Brett
  • Cade, Caesar, Cara, Carter, Casara, Case, Cass, Castara, Cedar, Ceres, Cesar, Cresta
  • Dara, Dart, Dasza, Dave, Dawes, Dax, Deatra, Debra, Dee, Dessa, Devara, Dexter, Drew
  • Ece, Ed, Edgar, Edvards, Edward, Eevee, Efe, Egas, Erva, Esta, Estes, Etta, Eva, Evart, Eve, Everard, Everett, Everts, Evette, Ewart, Eze, Ezra
  • Faraz, Fedde, Fraser, Frazer, Freeda, Fred, Fredda
  • Gage, Garret, Garrett, Gerard, Grace, Greg, Greta, Grete, Gretta
  • Rafer, Rasa, Rava, Rebeca, Rebecca, Reece, Reed, Reese, Retta, Reva, Rever, Rewa, Rex
  • Sabra, Sada, Sadaf, Sade, Safaa, Sagar, Sage, Sara, Saras, Sardar, Sava, Savva, Sea, Stassa, Steve, Stewart, Svea, Sverre, Sveva
  • Tad, Tage, Taggart, Tara, Tate, Ted, Tera, Teresa, Terrea, Tess, Tessa, Tex, Trace, Tracee, Trava
  • Vada, Varda, Varvara, Vera, Verree, Vesta, Vester
  • Wade, Wafa, Ward, Warre, Wes
  • Xara, Xerra, Xerxes
  • Zada, Zara, Zed, Zedd, Zera

How funny is it that Dexter, which comes directly from the Latin word for “right,” is typed with the left hand only?

Right-handed baby names

  • Hoku, Holli, Holly
  • Io, Ioli
  • Jill, Ji-Min, Jim, Jimi, Jimmy, Jin, Jo, John, Johnny, Jon, Joni, Joy, Juho, Juli, Julio, Jun, Juni, Juno
  • Kiki, Kiko, Kilik, Kim, Kimi, Kimiko, Kimmy, Kimo, Kin, Kip, Kipp, Kippy, Kiyoko, Kiyomi, Kojo, Kollin, Kumiko, Kuno, Kuuipo, Kyou
  • Lili, Lilikoi, Lilio, Lilly, Lilou, Lily, Lin, Lino, Loki, Loni, Lonny, Lou, Lulu, Lumi, Lyn, Lynn
  • Miki, Mikki, Mikko, Milly, Milo, Mimi, Min, Minh, Minokimin, Miyu, Molly, Momoko
  • Nik, Nikhil, Niki, Nikki, Niko, Nikol, Nikon, Nikunj, Niilo, Ninon, Nipin, Nolon, Nuno
  • Olli, Olujimi, Om, Onno
  • Phil, Philip, Phillip, Philo, Pio, Pliny, Plum, Pol, Polly, Pono, Poppy
  • Umiko, Ummul, Umu, Union
  • Yoko, Yuko, Yumi, Yumiko

I realize that QWERTY “handedness” is not a major baby-naming factor for most people, but I do think it would be cute to pair a one-handed name with another one-handed name — maybe a surname (Teresa Garza, Phillip Hill) or a twin name (Edward & John, Grace & Lily, Zara & Milo). What do you think?

Image: Adapted from Apple Macintosh Plus Extended Keyboard by MagicTom13 under CC BY-SA 3.0.