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Popularity of the baby name Martina


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Popular baby names in Italy, 2023

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In 2023, the Southern European country of Italy welcomed 379,890 babies — 184,514 girls and 195,376 boys.

What were the most popular names among these babies? Sofia and Leonardo, yet again.

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

Girl names

  1. Sofia, 4,971 baby girls
  2. Aurora, 4,648
  3. Ginevra, 4,274
  4. Vittoria, 4,194
  5. Giulia, 3,732
  6. Beatrice, 3,425 – pronounced beh-a-TREE-cheh
  7. Ludovica, 3,157
  8. Alice, 3,014 – pronounced a-LEE-cheh
  9. Emma, 2,529
  10. Matilde, 2,465
  11. Anna, 2,128
  12. Camilla, 2,091
  13. Bianca, 1,992
  14. Azzurra, 1,922
  15. Chiara, 1,914 – pronounced KYAH-rah
  16. Nicole, 1,792
  17. Giorgia, 1,780
  18. Isabel, 1,667
  19. Greta, 1,635
  20. Noemi, 1,439
  21. Martina, 1,392
  22. Arianna, 1,389
  23. Gaia, 1,370
  24. Sara, 1,368
  25. Rebecca, 1,328
  26. Viola, 1,325
  27. Elena, 1,270
  28. Ambra, 1,257
  29. Chloe, 1,196 (tie)
  30. Diana, 1,196 (tie)
  31. Adele, 1,194
  32. Mia, 1,192
  33. Margherita, 1,095
  34. Sole, 1,088 – pronounced SOH-leh
  35. Francesca, 1,082
  36. Cecilia, 1,060
  37. Gioia, 1,018
  38. Emily, 1,017
  39. Marta, 964
  40. Elisa, 953
  41. Nina, 929
  42. Lavinia, 912
  43. Anita, 875
  44. Amelia, 870
  45. Eleonora, 853
  46. Carlotta, 833
  47. Maria, 803
  48. Celeste, 788
  49. Eva, 751
  50. Giada, 735

Boy names

  1. Leonardo, 7,096 baby boys
  2. Edoardo, 5,603
  3. Tommaso, 4,687
  4. Francesco, 4,534
  5. Alessandro, 4,383
  6. Mattia, 4,349
  7. Lorenzo, 4,006
  8. Gabriele, 3,954
  9. Riccardo, 3,600
  10. Andrea, 3,333
  11. Diego, 2,722
  12. Giuseppe, 2,661
  13. Matteo, 2,648
  14. Enea, 2,564
  15. Nicolò, 2,444
  16. Antonio, 2,424
  17. Federico, 2,313
  18. Giovanni, 2,093
  19. Filippo, 2,046
  20. Samuele, 2,041
  21. Pietro, 1,993
  22. Giulio, 1,749
  23. Gioele, 1,641 – pronounced jo-EH-leh
  24. Davide, 1,597
  25. Michele, 1,590
  26. Christian, 1,541
  27. Elia, 1,522
  28. Gabriel, 1,497
  29. Noah, 1,386
  30. Marco, 1,353
  31. Salvatore, 1,324
  32. Liam, 1,236
  33. Luca, 1,230
  34. Vincenzo, 1,211
  35. Thomas, 1,146
  36. Emanuele, 1,100
  37. Alessio, 1,056
  38. Nathan, 1,007
  39. Giorgio, 1,006
  40. Samuel, 1,005
  41. Jacopo, 1,002
  42. Giacomo, 1,000
  43. Ettore, 970
  44. Raffael, 900
  45. Daniele, 899
  46. Simone, 892
  47. Luigi, 886
  48. Damiano, 830
  49. Domenico, 818
  50. Santiago, 798

The girls’ top 100 included Anastasia (57th), Sveva (75th), Mariasole (83rd), and Letizia (97th).

The boys’ top 100 included Ludovico (56th), Niccolò (66th), Brando (73rd), and Ciro (94th).

The girl name Azzurra (which is associated with Italy’s national soccer team gli Azzurri, “the Blues”) ranked 20th in both 2022 and 2021 before jumping to 12th place last year.

Speaking of soccer…I recently learned that Italian soccer star Francesco Totti (who played for AS Roma from 1993 to 2017) influenced baby names in Italy via the names of his three children:

  • The usage of Cristian rose after his son Cristian was born in November of 2005:
    • 2006: 3,028 boys named Cristian (rank: 25th)
    • 2005: 1,619 boys named Cristian (rank: 39th)
    • 2004: 1,616 boys named Cristian (rank: 38th)
  • The usage of Chanel rose after his daughter Chanel was born in May of 2007:
    • 2008: 158 girls named Chanel (rank: 189th)
    • 2007: 63 girls named Chanel (rank: 314th)
    • 2006: fewer than five girls named Chanel
  • The usage of Isabel rose after his daughter Isabel was born in March of 2016:
    • 2017: 1,218 girls named Isabel (rank: 36th)
    • 2016: 910 girls named Isabel (rank: 50th)
    • 2015: 570 girls named Isabel (rank: 69th)

Sources: Contanomi – Quante bambine e quanti bambini si chiamano…? – Istat, Leonardo e Sofia “tengono”, risale Francesco – Istat (Jan. 2024), IstatData

Image: Adapted from Flag of Italy (public domain)

What brought the baby name Brennley back in 2017?

Singer Brennley Brown

After popping up in the U.S. baby name data several times in the early 2010s, the name Brennley both re-emerged and reached peak usage in 2017:

  • 2019: 14 baby girls named Brennley
  • 2018: 14 baby girls named Brennley
  • 2017: 56 baby girls named Brennley
  • 2016: unlisted
  • 2015: unlisted

The spelling Brenley also peaked that year, and Brenlei was a one-hit wonder in the data.

What was influencing these names?

A 14-year-old country singer named Brennley Brown.

During the first half of 2017, Brennley appeared on the 12th season of reality competition TV series The Voice. She advanced to the top 8, but was eliminated during the semifinals.

In May, three of the songs that Brennley had performed on the show made consecutive single-week appearances on Billboard‘s Hot Country Songs chart. (The songs were “Long, Long Time” by Linda Ronstadt, “River” by Joni Mitchell, and “Anyway” by Martina McBride.)

What are your thoughts on the name Brennley?

Sources: Brennley Brown – Wikipedia, Brennley Brown – Billboard, The Voice (season 12) – Wikipedia, SSA

Image: Screenshot of The Voice

Baby names with ART: Arthur, Hartley, Stuart

paintings, art

Are you an art lover? Interested in baby names that contain the word ART?

If so, you’re in luck!

Below you’ll find hundreds of names that contain the letter sequence “a-r-t.” Most of these names come directly from the U.S. SSA’s baby name data.

  • Aarti, Aarthi, Arthi
  • Amartya
  • Art
  • Arta
  • Artadius
  • Artan
  • Artasia
  • Artavia
  • Artavion
  • Artavis
  • Artavius, Artavious
  • Arteen
  • Artelia
  • Artell
  • Artella
  • Artem
  • Artemas
  • Artemio
  • Artemis
  • Artemisa
  • Artemisia
  • Artemiy, Artemy
  • Artemus
  • Artena
  • Artensia
  • Arteo
  • Arter
  • Arteria
  • Artesha
  • Artesia
  • Artez
  • Arth
  • Artha
  • Arthar
  • Arthas
  • Arthea
  • Arthel, Arthell
  • Arthelia
  • Arthella
  • Arthemise
  • Arthena
  • Arthenia
  • Arther
  • Artherine
  • Arthetta
  • Arthor
  • Arthur
  • Arthuree
  • Arthurene
  • Arthurine
  • Arthuro
  • Arthus
  • Artia
  • Artiana
  • Artice
  • Artie, Arty, Artee
  • Artimas
  • Artimese
  • Artimus
  • Artin
  • Artina
  • Artis
  • Artisha
  • Artishia
  • Artist, Artyst
  • Arto
  • Artorius, Artorias
  • Artrell
  • Artresha
  • Artreus
  • Artrice
  • Artricia
  • Artrina
  • Artturi
  • Artur
  • Artura
  • Arturo
  • Artyom
  • Bart, Bartt
  • Bartek
  • Barth
  • Bartha
  • Bartholomew
  • Bartlett
  • Bartley, Bartly
  • Bartlomiej
  • Bartola
  • Bartolo
  • Bartolome
  • Bartolomeo
  • Barton
  • Bartosz
  • Bartow, Barto
  • Bartu
  • Barty
  • Benhart
  • Bernhart
  • Besart
  • Bogart
  • Cartavious
  • Carter, Cartyr
  • Cartez
  • Cartha
  • Carthel, Carthell
  • Carti
  • Cartier
  • Cartina
  • Cartisha
  • Cartlin
  • Cartney
  • Cartrell
  • Cartrina
  • Charta
  • Chartese
  • Chartez
  • Dalhart
  • Dart
  • Dartagnan, Dartanyan, Dartanian, Dartanyon, Dartanion
  • Dartanya
  • Dartavius, Dartavious
  • Dartez
  • Dartha
  • Darthea
  • Darthia
  • Darthula
  • Darthy
  • Dartisha
  • Dartrell
  • Dharti
  • Duarte
  • Earth
  • Eartha
  • Earther
  • Earthy
  • Erhart
  • Evart
  • Ewart
  • Fartun
  • Garth
  • Gartha
  • Gartrell
  • Gerhart
  • Hart
  • Hartej
  • Hartense
  • Hartford
  • Hartie
  • Hartlen
  • Hartley, Hartlee, Hartleigh, Hartlie, Hartly, Hartli
  • Hartlyn, Hartlynn
  • Hartman
  • Hartsel, Hartsell
  • Hartwell
  • Hartzell
  • Heart
  • Hearther
  • Heartley, Heartlee, Heartly
  • Heartlynn
  • Hobart
  • Hubart
  • Jacarter, Jakarter
  • Jartavis
  • Jartavius, Jartavious
  • Kartar
  • Karter, Kharter, Kartyr
  • Kartez
  • Karthikeyan
  • Karti
  • Kartier
  • Kartik, Karthik
  • Kartika, Karthika
  • Kartikeya, Karthikeya
  • Kartina
  • Kartrina
  • Lamart
  • Lartarsha
  • Lartha
  • Leart
  • Learta
  • Leartis
  • Lennart
  • Leonhart
  • Maarten
  • Macarthur, Mcarthur
  • Mart
  • Marta
  • Martae
  • Martain
  • Martaja, Martajah
  • Martarius
  • Martasia
  • Martavia
  • Martavian
  • Martavion, Martaveon
  • Martavis
  • Martavius, Martavious
  • Martay
  • Martaz
  • Marte
  • Marteen
  • Marteisha
  • Martel, Martell, Martelle
  • Martella
  • Martellis
  • Marten
  • Martena
  • Marterius
  • Marterrion
  • Martes
  • Martese
  • Martesha
  • Martez
  • Marteze
  • Marth
  • Martha
  • Marthalene
  • Marthana
  • Marthann, Marthanne
  • Martharee
  • Marthe
  • Marthel, Marthell
  • Marthella
  • Marthena
  • Marthenia
  • Marther
  • Marthia
  • Marthie, Marthy
  • Martia
  • Martial
  • Martiana
  • Martice
  • Marticia
  • Martiel
  • Martijn
  • Martika, Martica, Marteeka, Marteka
  • Martile
  • Martin
  • Martina
  • Martine
  • Martinez
  • Martini
  • Martiniano
  • Martinique
  • Martinis
  • Martino
  • Martinus
  • Martiqua
  • Martique
  • Martir
  • Martis
  • Martisa
  • Martise
  • Martisha
  • Martita
  • Martiza
  • Martize
  • Marton
  • Martrail
  • Martravious
  • Martrel, Martrell
  • Martrez
  • Martrice
  • Martricia
  • Martrina
  • Martwan, Martwon
  • Marty, Martie, Marti, Martee
  • Martyn
  • Martyna
  • Martynas
  • Mccarthy
  • Mccartney
  • Mccarty
  • Mozart
  • Nevart
  • Parth, Paarth
  • Partha
  • Parthena, Parthina
  • Parthenia
  • Parthiv
  • Prarthana
  • Quarterrio
  • Quartez
  • Quartney
  • Raymart
  • Reinhart, Rinehart
  • Robart
  • Saarth
  • Samarth
  • Sartaj, Sartaaj
  • Sarthak
  • Shartavia
  • Siddharth, Sidharth, Siddarth, Sidarth
  • Siddhartha
  • Spartaco
  • Spartacus
  • Spartan
  • Startasia
  • Stuart, Stewart
  • Taggart
  • Tarteel
  • Thearthur
  • Theartis
  • Vartan
  • Vedarth
  • Vidharth
  • Wharton
  • Yatharth
  • Yosgart, Yosgarth, Josgart

Some of the above are non-traditional spellings of more common names such as Heather and Robert.

Which ART name do you like most? Let me know in the comments!

Source: SSA

Image: Adapted from French paintings in the Louvre, room 826 b (public domain)

Popular and unique baby names in Uruguay, 2022

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The South American country of Uruguay doesn’t publish an annual list of top baby names per se, but Uruguay’s Dirección Nacional de Identificación Civil (DNIC) does release a list of all the names used among people who obtained their Uruguayan identity card for the first time within a given year.

As we saw in 2021 and 2020, the DNIC rankings combine all names (male and female) together on a single list, but don’t combine different forms of the same name (e.g., Maria and María) into single entries on that list. Most notably, the rankings account for not just first-name usage, but also second-name usage (as Uruguayans are allowed to include a maximum of two given names on their identity cards).

So now that we have all that out of the way… the DNIC data reveals that the most-registered names in the country in 2022 were María and Juan.

Here are Uruguay’s top 100+ registered names of 2022:

  1. María, 1,170 babies
  2. Juan, 1,138
  3. Maria, 1,108
  4. Isabella, 885
  5. Benjamín, 780
  6. Emma, 766
  7. Mateo, 728
  8. Valentina, 660
  9. Catalina, 659
  10. Luis, 648
  11. Alejandro, 647
  12. Martina, 640
  13. Felipe, 637
  14. Carlos, 589
  15. Valentín, 568
  16. Ezequiel, 562
  17. Emilia, 559
  18. Manuel, 556
  19. Daniel, 555
  20. Lorenzo, 550
  21. Julieta, 546
  22. José, 535
  23. Gabriel, 518
  24. Jose, 517
  25. Nicolás, 491
  26. Sofía, 486
  27. Ignacio, 455
  28. Alberto, 452
  29. Santiago, 450
  30. Francisco, 442
  31. David, 438
  32. Agustín, 435
  33. Olivia, 429
  34. Josefina, 422
  35. Valentino, 416
  36. Antonio, 410 (tie)
  37. Lucas, 410 (tie)
  38. Bautista, 405
  39. Delfina, 396
  40. Lautaro, 389
  41. Benjamin, 384
  42. Eduardo, 383
  43. Belén, 378
  44. Thiago, 372
  45. Gael, 371
  46. Santino, 370
  47. Victoria, 367
  48. Javier, 365
  49. Agustina, 363
  50. Jorge, 362
  51. Emiliano, 358
  52. Dante, 357
  53. Alexander, 351
  54. Tomás, 342
  55. Paulina, 335
  56. Miguel, 334
  57. Rafael, 329
  58. Ana, 324
  59. Joaquín, 320
  60. Samuel, 315
  61. Pablo, 313
  62. Sofia, 309
  63. Pilar, 308
  64. Diego, 307
  65. Zoe, 306
  66. Alfonsina, 300
  67. Renata, 297
  68. Clara, 278 (3-way tie)
  69. Liam, 278 (3-way tie)
  70. Sebastián, 278 (3-way tie)
  71. Milagros, 276
  72. Francesca, 271
  73. Fernando, 268
  74. Emily, 265
  75. Enrique, 262
  76. Facundo, 261
  77. Federico, 260 (tie)
  78. Pedro, 260 (tie)
  79. Angel, 258
  80. Bastian, 253
  81. Bruno, 252 (tie)
  82. Martín, 252 (tie)
  83. Alejandra, 251
  84. Carolina, 249 (tie)
  85. Noah, 249 (tie)
  86. Guadalupe, 246
  87. Nicolas, 243
  88. Vicente, 240
  89. Enzo, 235
  90. Salvador, 228
  91. Sebastian, 227
  92. Juana, 225
  93. Valentin, 222
  94. Guillermo, 220
  95. Alma, 218 (tie)
  96. Emanuel, 218 (tie)
  97. Nahuel, 215
  98. Camila, 211 (tie)
  99. Elena, 211 (tie)
  100. Andres, 210
  101. Andrés, 209 (3-way tie)
  102. Benicio, 209 (3-way tie)
  103. Paz, 209 (3-way tie)
  104. Gabriela, 208
  105. Beatriz, 207
  106. Ciro, 206 (tie)
  107. Martin, 206 (tie)
  108. Maite, 203
  109. Andrea, 202
  110. Elizabeth, 200 (tie)
  111. Laura, 200 (tie)
  112. Isabel, 199 (tie)
  113. Mia, 199 (tie)
  114. Luciano, 198
  115. Ismael, 197
  116. Jazmín, 195
  117. Camilo, 194
  118. Marcelo, 192
  119. Franco, 190
  120. Agustin, 189
  121. Alfonso, 187
  122. Aitana, 186 (tie)
  123. Bianca, 186 (tie)
  124. Ramiro, 185
  125. Gustavo, 184
  126. Cataleya, 183
  127. Roberto, 178
  128. Ariel, 176
  129. Lucía, 174
  130. Micaela, 173 (tie)
  131. Ricardo, 173 (tie)

(I went down this far to ensure that at least fifty girl names were included.)

Here are a few names from lower down on the list:

  • 80 babies were named Celeste, which is the nickname of Uruguay’s national soccer team.
    • Only 35 babies were named Celeste in 2020.
  • 73 babies were named Aylen, and roughly two hundred more were given a different spelling of the name (e.g., Ayelen, Aylén, Ayelén, Aylín, Aylin). This is a Mapuche name with several possible meanings, including “ember” and “clear.”
  • 38 babies were named Coromoto, which comes from a Marian title.
  • 15 babies were named Inti, which is the Quechua word for “sun.”
  • 9 babies were named Amaru, which is the Quechua word for “snake.”
  • 8 babies were named Borja, which comes from the name of Spanish saint Francisco de Borja.
  • 7 babies were named Irupé, which is the Guaraní word for the large South American water-lily Victoria cruziana.
  • 5 babies were named Yamandú, which was the name of a historical Guarani chief.
  • 4 babies were named Chiquinquira, which comes from a Marian title.
    • Two others were named Aurora de la Chiquinquira and Leomarys de la Chiquinquira.
  • 4 babies were named Itanú, which is a Charrúa name said to mean “heartbeat of stone.”
  • 3 babies were named Guidaí, which is the Charrúa word for “moon.”
  • 3 babies were named Tacuabé, which was the name of a historical Charrúa man.
    • Following the Massacre of Salsipuedes in 1831, Tacuabé and several other Charrúa prisoners were taken to France to be put on exhibition.
  • 2 babies were named Amancay, which is a Quechua word that refers to a lily-like South American flower.
  • 2 babies were named Amapola, which means “poppy” in Spanish.
  • 2 babies were named Atahualpa, which was the name of the last emperor of the Inca.
  • 2 babies were named Everton, which may refer to Everton F.C.
  • 2 babies were named Leunam, which is Manuel spelled backwards.
  • 2 babies were named Pérola, which means “pearl” in Portuguese.
  • 2 babies were named Uruguay.

And, because Uruguay releases all of its baby name data, we can also check out the unique names at the bottom of the list. Here’s a selection Uruguay’s single-use baby names of 2022:

Aluminé, Balquidia, Cubillas, Danubio, Elquin, Francival, Gigiola, Haaland, Ivonilton, Juysver, Kaique, Liviesti, Magaiver, Namastée, Oscarina, Patria, Quetzal, Riccieri, Silvilex, Tarantino, Urania, Valuzia, Winifer, Xaviera, Yitnelly, Zapicán

Some possible explanations/associations:

  • Aluminé – a town in Argentina
  • Cubillas – Peruvian soccer player Teófilo Cubillas
  • Dabubio – Uruguayan football club Danubio
  • Haaland – Norwegian soccer player Erling Haaland
    • This one debuted in the U.S. data in 2021.
  • Magaiver – TV character MacGyver
  • Riccieri – a denim brand based in Brazil
  • Tarantino – American film director Quentin Tarantino
  • Zapicán – a village in Uruguay

Sources:

Image: Adapted from Flag of Uruguay (public domain)