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Popularity of the baby name Loveday


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Popular baby names in Northern Ireland (UK), 2014

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According to data from the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), the most popular baby names in Northern Ireland in 2014 were Emily and Jack.

Here are NI’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2014:

Girl NamesBoy Names
1. Emily, 261 baby girls
2. Grace, 189
3. Sophie, 180
4. Amelia, 175
5. Ella, 172
6. Olivia, 152
7. Anna, 150
8. Lucy, 149
9. Sophia, 148
10. Eva, 146		1. Jack, 285 baby boys
2. James, 276
3. Daniel, 236
4. Charlie, 224
5. Harry, 193
6. Noah, 190
7. Oliver, 155
8. Ethan, 153
9. Jacob, 148
10. Thomas, 147

Olivia and Eva replaced Aoife and Jessica in the girls’ top 10.

Thomas replaced Matthew in the boys’ top 10.

Two names that made big jumps into the top 100 were Kian (171st to 78th) and Aria (218th to 89th).

Finally, here are some of the unusual names that were given to only 1 or 2 babies in Northern Ireland last year:

Girl NamesBoy Names
Aoifrie, Cobhlaith, Cuisle, Deirbhile, Enfys, Ermioni, Ezraelle, Flossie-Bo, Ionagh, Ionela, Labhaoise, Loveday, Maoiliosa, Maureen-Nevaeh, Narbflaith, Rimgaile, Saorfhlaith, Saylor-Doll, Tsz, Vogue, ZiniferAodh, Benji-Beau, Caoilte, Cavani, Connlaoth, Davog, Dualta, Epaphroditus, Feidhlim, Goldberg, Grantas, Jecstonio, Jeef, Kal-El, Laochra, Laoghaire, Mjtba, Peanut, Seachlann, Stanex, Theo-Thaddeus, Tucgan

Here are the rankings for Northern Ireland for 2013.

Sources: NISRA – Demography, Most popular NI baby names for 2014 are Jack and Emily

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Popular baby names in England and Wales (UK), 2013

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The top baby names in England and Wales were announced last week.

According to data from the Office for National Statistics, the most popular baby names last year were Amelia and Oliver.

Here are England and Wales’ top 20 girl names and top 20 boy names of 2013:

Girl Names

  1. Amelia, 5570 baby girls
  2. Olivia, 4598
  3. Emily, 4049
  4. Ava, 3575
  5. Isla, 3526
  6. Jessica, 3507
  7. Poppy, 3422
  8. Isabella, 3246
  9. Sophie, 3013
  10. Mia, 2993
  11. Ruby, 2948
  12. Lily, 2883
  13. Grace, 2799
  14. Evie, 2767
  15. Sophia, 2764
  16. Ella, 2722
  17. Scarlett, 2643
  18. Chloe, 2401
  19. Isabelle, 2287
  20. Freya, 2266

Boy Names

  1. Oliver, 6,949 baby boys
  2. Jack, 6,212
  3. Harry, 5,888
  4. Jacob, 5,126
  5. Charlie 5,039
  6. Thomas, 4,591
  7. Oscar, 4,511
  8. William, 4,268
  9. James, 4,236
  10. George, 4,202
  11. Alfie, 4,138
  12. Joshua, 3,973
  13. Noah, 3,830
  14. Ethan, 3,572
  15. Muhammad, 3,499
  16. Archie, 3,265
  17. Leo, 3,264
  18. Henry, 3,248
  19. Joseph, 3,225
  20. Samuel, 3,188

There were some big moves on the boys’ side: Oscar rose from 17th to 7th, while Riley plummeted from 8th to 21st. (Here are the biggest moves overall for boy names and girl names.)

New to the top 20 are Scarlett, Archie, Henry and Joseph. They replaced Charlotte, Riley, Daniel and Max.

One thing I found interesting? Freya wasn’t on the England top 20. It also wasn’t on the Wales top 20. And yet still it managed to rank 20th on the combined top 20. Very sneaky, Freya.

Here are some of last year’s rare baby names, each given to between 3 and 10 babies (inclusive):

Rare Girl NamesRare Boy Names
Akvile, Alaska, Alphonsa, Andromeda, Arena, Arizona, Atlantis, Belinay, Bellatrix, Blousey, Boadicea, Boglarka, Bonnie-Blue, Boo, Boux, Charm, Cressida, Crystal-Rose, Daenerys, Delphie, Disney, Duru, Edwina, Ellery, Eloghosa, Enfys, Enlli*, Eos, Ernestine, Esila, Evan, Frayer, Freshta, Fausta, Garance, Gelila, Gemini, Gerda, Glorious, Halo, Honour, Io, Iole, Ionie, Iseult, Isla-Belle, Izna, Lava, Lleucu, Llinos, Llio, Loveday, Loxy, Mafalda, Man, Maple, Miami, Migle, Milda, Misk, Mirabella, Mirren, Myfi, Myrtle, Nandi, Nephele, Nma, Ottoline, Pebbles, Popi, Purity, Quorra, Quratulain, Rory, Ruby-Tuesday, Salsabeel, Sehrish, Sequoia, Sibel, Sobia, Solveig, Sundus, Tiggi, Tiggy, Tirion, Tulsi, Vespa, Vogue, YiyiAlaric, Bramwell, Cavalli, Ceirion, Denley, Diesel, Diggory, Drin, Eesaa, Eyoel, Fiachra, Finlo, Fyfe, Ghyll, Greatness, Gruff, Hanzala, Haoyu, Heathcliff, Henley-John, Ho, Hocine, Innis, Iori, J, Jai-Jai, Jay-J, Jaygo, Johnboy, Jonjoe, Kebba, Kelly, Khizr, King-David, Klevis, Lebron, Liutaruas, Llyr, Lochie, Messi, Mortimer, Nebi, Nimrod, Noman, Olti, Omarion, Orpheus, Osgar, Oska, Perseus, Ptolemy, Qi, Rhythm, Rozh, Rhon, Sandor, Shady, Shaquille, Sheriff, Shko, Soul, Swayley, T, Tiger, Tirath, Tobenna, Toprak, Tuguldur, Tylah, Tyrion, Ugnius, Viggo, Wentworth, Winter, Wolf, Wolfgang, Wren, Yanky, Yug, Zeus, Zsombor

*Enlli, which debuted last year, comes from the name of the Welsh island Ynys Enlli (called Bardsey Island in English). The island name is usually translated as “island of the current,” with ynys meaning “island,” and enlli meaning “current.” You can hear the proper pronunciation of Ynys Enlli at Forvo.

Finally, all of my previous posts on the popular (and unique) baby names in England and Wales: 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, and 2008.

Source: Baby Names, England and Wales, 2013 – ONS

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Baby names with LOVE: Lovella, Lovelyn, Clover

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Happy Valentine’s Day!

Looking for a baby name that makes you think of love? Here’s a list of names with LOVE — that is, names that contain the letter sequence “l-o-v-e”:

  • Beloved
  • Clove
  • Clover, Klover
  • Glover
  • Love
    • Did you know that “Love” is the Swedish form of Louis?
  • Lovea, Loveah
  • Loveaya
  • Loveda
  • Lovee
  • Loveday
  • Lovelace
  • Lovel, Lovell, Lovelle
  • Loveleen
  • Loveless
  • Lovelia
  • Lovella
  • Lovely, Lovelee, Loveli
  • Lovelyn, Lovelynn
  • Lovena
  • Lovene
  • Lovenia
  • Lovensky
  • Lovera
  • Lovern, Loverne
  • Lovesta
  • Lovett, Lovette, Loveth
  • Lovetta, Loveta
  • Lovey
  • Loveya
  • Milove
  • Mylove

Do you “love” any of the above? :)

And, just to give you some extra options to choose from, here are two more sets of names. First, names that contain all the letters of LOVE (though they’re not necessarily together and/or in the correct order):

  • Avelino
  • Avonlea
  • Benvolio
  • Clevon
  • Clovie
  • Dalevon
  • Delvon
  • Delvonta
  • Delvonte, Delvontae
  • Devlon
  • Devola
  • Edvaldo
  • Elovie
  • Elvio
  • Elvon
  • Evangelos
  • Evola
  • Evolet, Evolett, Evolette, Evoleth
  • Jovel, Jovell
  • Jovelyn
  • Kelveon
  • Kelvon
  • Kelvonte, Kelvontae
  • Lavonne
  • Lavrentios
  • Leovanni, Leovani, Leovonni
  • Leovardo
  • Leovigildo
  • Levolia
  • Levon, Levonne
  • Levona, Levonna
  • Levonda
  • Levonia
  • Levonta
  • Levonte, Levontae
  • Levora
  • Levorn
  • Levoy
  • Lovice
  • Lovie
  • Lovine
  • Lovonne
  • Marvelous
  • Melvon
  • Melvonia
  • Novelia
  • Noveline
  • Novella
  • Novelle
  • Oleva
  • Olevia
  • Olive
  • Oliver
  • Olivera
  • Olivette, Olivet
  • Olivier
  • Oliviero
  • Orville
  • Ovel, Ovell
  • Ovelia
  • Oveline
  • Ovella
  • Roosevelt
  • Rovella
  • Salvatore
  • Silvestro
  • Solveig, Solvei, Solvej, Solveigh
  • Valentino
  • Valeriano
  • Valerio
  • Valero
  • Valorie, Vallorie
  • Velora
  • Veloria
  • Velouria
  • Violet, Violette
  • Violetta
  • Volena
  • Voleta
  • Vsevolod
  • Yovela

Second, names that simply contain the letter sequence “l-o-v” (without the final “e”):

  • Clova
  • Clovia
  • Clovis
  • Dilovan
  • Dilovar
  • Llovani
  • Lova
  • Lovada
  • Loval
  • Lovanda
  • Lovann
  • Lovanna
  • Lovi
  • Lovia
  • Lovic
  • Lovick
  • Lovida
  • Lovilla
  • Lovina
  • Lovinia
  • Lovis
  • Lovisa
  • Lovita
  • Lovonda
  • Lovonia
  • Lovorka
  • Maclovia
  • Maclovio
  • Milovan
  • Olov
  • Olova

Most of the names above come directly from the U.S. SSA’s baby name data.

Finally, here are two real-life Valentine’s Day babies for you: Valerie Valentine (born in 1951) & Val N. Tines (b. 1953).

Image: Adapted from Emojione1 2764 by Emoji One under CC BY-SA 4.0.

[Latest update: April 2023]

Popular baby names in England and Wales (UK), 2012

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The most popular baby names in England and Wales were announced last week.

According to the Office for National Statistics, the region’s top names were Harry for boys and Amelia for girls.

Here are the top 20 girl names and top 20 boy names of 2012:

Top Girl NamesTop Boy Names
1. Amelia
2. Olivia
3. Jessica
4. Emily
5. Lily
6. Ava
7. Mia
8. Isla
9. Sophie
10. Isabella
11. Evie
12. Ruby
13. Poppy
14. Grace
15. Sophia
16. Chloe
17. Isabelle
18. Ella
19. Freya
20. Charlotte		1. Harry
2. Oliver
3. Jack
4. Charlie
5. Jacob
6. Thomas
7. Alfie
8. Riley
9. William
10. James
11. Joshua
12. George
13. Ethan
14. Noah
15. Samuel
16. Daniel
17. Oscar
18. Max
19. Muhammad
20. Leo

The England-only top 20 included all of the above except for Archie (not Leo) on the boys’ side.

The Wales-only top 20 included Dylan, Mason, Logan, Tyler and Isaac (not Samuel, Daniel, Oscar, Max or Muhammad) for boys and Seren, Megan, Ffion and Layla (not Isla, Chloe, Freya or Charlotte) for girls.

Newbies to the England and Wales top 100 are…

  • Hugo, Sonny, Seth, Elliott, Theodore, Rory and Ellis for boys. (Out are Joel, Hayden, John, Ashton, Jackson, Ben and Reece.)
  • Mollie, Ivy, Darcey, Tilly, Sara and Violet for girls. (Out are Lexie, Lauren, Rebecca, Tia, Nicola and Kayla.)

Here’s a selection of names from the other end of the list (each given to 10 babies or fewer):

Rare Girl NamesRare Boy Names
Ambreen, Anest, Arrietty, Arzoo, Bowie, Charvi, Cressida, Csenge, Delyth, Devoiry, Eveie, Flourish, Gwenno, Liepa, Llio, Lliwen, Loveday, Mayameen, Mazvita, Migle, Makanaka, Ocean-Blu, Pip, Senuli, Strawberry, Testimony, Tiggy, TulsiAlieu, Atreyu, Bede, Betzalel, Boston, Cavalli, Celt, Cem, Connah, Croyde, Dacre, Exodus, His, Huckleberry, James-Dean, Jools, Jovi, Louix, MD., Messiah, Motty, Neyo, Nuh, Nuno, Papa, Peregrine, Platon, Reco, Rhome, Soul, Ting, Tirth, Ugnius, Wing, Winner

Finally, here are some older posts with the 2011, 2010, 2009, and 2008 lists of most popular names in England & Wales.

Source: Baby Names, England and Wales, 2012 (ONS)

Image: Adapted from Flag of the United Kingdom (public domain)