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Popularity of the baby name Matej


Posts that mention the name Matej

Popular baby names in Croatia, 2019

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According to Croatia’s Ministry of Public Administration, the most popular baby names in the country in 2019 were Mia and Luka.

Here are Croatia’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2019:

Girl Names

  1. Mia, 563 baby girls
  2. Ema, 409
  3. Lucija, 375
  4. Sara, 374
  5. Nika, 344
  6. Marta, 337
  7. Petra, 322
  8. Ana, 321
  9. Rita, 318
  10. Iva, 292

Boy Names

  1. Luka, 894 baby boys
  2. David, 568
  3. Jakov, 500
  4. Ivan, 482
  5. Petar, 431
  6. Matej, 360
  7. Karlo, 359
  8. Mateo, 355
  9. Roko (the Croatian form of Rocco), 352
  10. Borna (derived from a Slavic element meaning “fight, battle”), 347

I’ve never posted the Croatian rankings before, but one of my sources mentioned that the top two names (Mia and Luka) were the same in 2018.

Sources: The most popular baby names in Croatia in 2019, Most popular baby names in Croatia in 2019 revealed, Borna – Behind the Name

Image: Adapted from Civil ensign of Croatia (public domain)

Popular baby names in Slovakia, 2018

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According to Slovakia’s Interior Ministry, the most popular baby names in the country in 2018 were Sofia and Jakub.

Here are Slovakia’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2018:

Girl Names
1. Sofia, 772 baby girls
2. Ema, 706
3. Nina, 671
4. Viktória, 670
5. Natália, 603
6. Eliška, 578
7. Nela, 493
8. Tamara, 471
9. Laura, 448
10. Hana, 444

Boy Names
1. Jakub, 1,266 baby boys
4. Adam, 975
3. Michal, 934
4. Samuel, 913
5. Tomáš, 850
6. Filip, 767
7. Matej, 760
8. Martin, 754
9. Oliver, 753
10. Lukáš, 721

Sofia has been the #1 girl name in the country since 2008, and Jakub has been the #1 boy name “for most of the past decade.”

Though names of international origin (“such as Lucas or Vivien”) started filtering into Slovakia after WWII, they didn’t become popular until relatively recently.

Source: 2018: What were the most popular names for babies born in Slovakia?

Image: Adapted from Flag of Slovakia (public domain)

Popular baby names in the Czech Republic, 2016

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Flag of the Czech Republic

According to data from the Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic, the most popular baby names in the country in 2016 were Eliška and Jakub.

Here are the Czech Republic’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2016:

Girl Names

  1. Eliška, 2,219 baby girls
  2. Tereza, 1,915
  3. Anna, 1,765
  4. Adéla, 1,530
  5. Natálie, 1,382
  6. Ema, 1,274
  7. Viktorie, 1,246
  8. Sofie, 1,238
  9. Karolína, 1,187
  10. Kristýna, 1,017

Boy Names

  1. Jakub, 2,756 baby boys
  2. Jan, 2,426
  3. Adam, 2,020
  4. Tomáš, 1,843
  5. Matyáš, 1,727
  6. Filip, 1,607
  7. Ondrej, 1,575
  8. Vojtech, 1,569
  9. Matej, 1,553
  10. David, 1,532

I forgot to post the 2015 rankings, but here are the 2014 rankings — the top two names (Eliška and Jakub) were the same.

Some of the names used just once last year include: Arslen, Bivoj, Cirilla, Dalibor Jan, Elayo, Fedderick, Gyozo, Horst, Inari, Janko, Kvído, Leen, Mio, Nemanja, Oktavián, Pankrác, Quido Adam, Rostislava, Sagvan, Torian, Ute, Velen Vítek, Wendelin, Xenie, Yazan, and Žasmina. (This is a mix of both boy and girl names.)

Gyozo means “conqueror” in Hungarian. It’s basically the Hungarian equivalent of Victor.

Source: Cetnost jmen a príjmení (via Maybe it is Daijiro (aka Maks))

Image: Adapted from Flag of the Czech Republic (public domain)