How popular is the baby name Nella in the United States right now? How popular was it historically? Use the popularity graph and data table below to find out! Plus, see all the blog posts that mention the name Nella.
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The sauna-loving country of Finland is located in Northern Europe and shares a border with three other countries: Sweden, Norway, and Russia.
Most of the people in Finland speak Finnish (85.9%), but the rest of the population speaks Swedish (5.2%), Sami (0.04%), or some other language (8.9%) such as Russian, Estonian, or Arabic.
Last year, Finland welcomed 46,809 babies. At the time the country released its baby name data (in mid-April), 46,486 of these babies — 22,742 girls and 23,744 boys — had been named.
What were the most popular names overall? Olivia and Leo.
Finland’s baby name data is broken down by language group, so let’s kick things off with the Finnish speakers…
Finnish speakers
Of the 37,365 (named) babies born to Finnish speakers in Finland last year, 18,261 were girls and 19,104 were boys. Here are the top 50 girl names and top 50 boy names of 2022:
Girl Names
Olivia, 276 baby girls
Aino, 256
Aada, 248
Lilja, 238
Eevi, 235
Isla, 232
Helmi, 227
Venla, 219
Sofia, 212
Ellen, 210
Aava, 209
Hilla, 200
Emma, 199
Linnea, 194
Pihla, 193
Viola, 191 (tie)
Kerttu, 191 (tie)
Ella, 188
Emilia, 156 (tie)
Elli, 156 (tie)
Enni, 148
Seela, 136
Hilma, 134 (tie)
Hilda, 134 (tie)
Elsa, 133
Livia, 132
Alisa, 131
Alma, 128
Oona, 124
Ilona, 121
Mila, 119
Alina, 118
Frida, 115
Elsi, 114
Matilda, 113
Minea, 111
Vilma, 108
Mette, 105
Aurora, 102
Hertta, 101 (tie)
Lumi, 101 (tie)
Amanda, 100 (tie)
Selma, 100 (tie)
Viivi, 98
Nella, 95
Bea, 93
Saimi, 89 (tie)
Vivian, 89 (tie)
Siiri, 87
Stella, 86
Boy Names
Leo, 376 baby boys
Väinö, 364
Eino, 349
Oliver, 342
Elias, 316
Onni, 313
Emil, 239
Eeli, 225
Toivo, 216
Leevi, 210
Noel, 199
Hugo, 186
Joel, 185
Aatos, 184 (tie)
Vilho, 184 (tie)
Alvar, 181
Eemil, 172
Oiva, 169
Otso, 159
Nooa, 156
Mikael, 154
Aarni, 153 (tie)
Viljami, 153 (tie)
Niilo, 149
Lenni, 148
Luka, 144
Daniel, 139
Benjamin, 137
Anton, 135
Kasper, 132
Edvin, 129
Aaron, 128
Viljo, 126
Jooa, 121
Julius, 120 (tie)
Eetu, 120 (tie)
Olavi, 119
Aapo, 118
Milo, 115
Eelis, 114
Lukas, 113
Eemi, 112
Leon, 111
Matias, 105
Urho, 104
Rasmus, 101 (tie)
Max, 101 (tie)
Samuel, 99 (tie)
Luukas, 99 (tie)
Iivo, 97
Swedish speakers
Of the 3,157 (named) babies born to Swedish speakers in Finland last year, 1,552 were girls and 1,605 were boys. Here are the top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names:
Of the 5,964 (named) babies born in Finland last year to parents who speak something other than Finnish or Swedish, 2,929 were girls and 3,035 were boys. Here are the top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names:
The country of Finland is located in Northern Europe and shares land borders with Russia, Sweden, and Norway.
Most of the people in Finland speak Finnish (86.5%), but the rest of the population speaks either Swedish (5.2%), Sami (0.04%), or some other language (8.3%) such as Russian, Estonian, or Arabic.
Last year, Finland welcomed over 51,000 babies. At the time the country released its baby name data, 50,547 of these babies — 24,764 girls and 25,783 boys — had been named.
And what were the most popular names overall? Olivia and Leo.
Finland’s baby name data is broken down by language group, so let’s start with the Finnish speakers…
Finnish speakers
Of the 41,478 (named) babies born to Finnish speakers in Finland last year, 20,301 were girls and 21,177 were boys.
Here are the top 50 girl names and top 50 boy names of 2021:
Girl Names
Olivia, 312 baby girls
Lilja, 274
Eevi, 272
Sofia, 271
Venla, 254 (3-way tie)
Aino, 254 (3-way tie)
Isla, 254 (3-way tie)
Aada, 240
Emma, 233
Aava, 230
Helmi, 225
Linnea, 214 (tie)
Ellen, 214 (tie)
Kerttu, 202
Pihla, 201
Ella, 197
Viola, 195
Hilla, 189
Elli, 188
Seela, 187
Enni, 179
Emilia, 178
Alma, 168
Livia, 160
Minea, 159
Matilda, 157
Elsa, 154
Ilona, 140 (tie)
Mila, 140 (tie)
Hilda, 138
Amanda, 134 (tie)
Alisa, 134 (tie)
Elsi, 132 (tie)
Alina, 132 (tie)
Hilma, 125
Frida, 124
Mette, 120
Hertta, 119 (tie)
Lumi, 119 (tie)
Nella, 117
Aurora, 115
Siiri, 113
Vilma, 110
Saimi, 107 (tie)
Selma, 107 (tie)
Viivi, 105 (tie)
Iida, 105 (tie)
Oona, 104
Martta, 102
Neela, 92
Boy Names
Leo, 397 baby boys
Eino, 394
Oliver, 371
Elias, 362
Väinö, 361
Onni, 301
Eeli, 279
Noel, 276
Toivo, 259
Joel, 245
Aatos, 230 – a Finnish term meaning “thought”
Hugo, 229
Emil, 224
Leevi, 218
Vilho, 211
Alvar, 202
Eemil, 186
Eetu, 179
Oiva, 178 – means “splendid” in Finnish
Julius, 177
Viljami, 176
Nooa, 172
Niilo, 168
Otso, 157 – means “bear” in Finnish
Lenni, 153
Daniel, 151
Anton, 149
Luka, 148
Aapo, 143
Kasper, 142
Aarni, 140
Eelis, 139 (tie)
Matias, 139 (tie)
Veikko, 138 (tie)
Aaron, 138 (tie)
Mikael, 135
Edvin, 134
Benjamin, 130
Jasper, 127 (3-way tie)
Samuel, 127 (3-way tie)
Rasmus, 127 (3-way tie)
Eemeli, 126 (3-way tie)
Milo, 126 (3-way tie)
Niklas, 126 (3-way tie)
Jooa, 123
Iivo, 120 (3-way tie)
Veeti, 120 (3-way tie)
Max, 120 (3-way tie)
Lucas, 117
Urho, 116
Minna Saarelma-Paukkala, a researcher at the University of Helsinki, had this to say about Finland’s unique baby names:
Many of them are nature-related, such as Havu (Sprig), Vadelma (Raspberry), Skysy (Autumn) or Tyrsky (Wave). Many new names are also created on the basis of older names, such as snow (Lumi) related ones like Lumia, Lumiina and Lumitähti.
She also noted that names trendy in Finland in the 1940s — particularly those beginning with the letter r, such as Ritva and Raimo — could be coming back. “Reino, for example, has already risen into the top 100.” (Reino is the Finnish form of Reynold.)
Swedish speakers
Of the 3,458 (named) babies born to Swedish speakers in Finland last year, 1,698 were girls and 1,760 were boys. Here are the top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names:
Interestingly, Alice and Noah — the top names in Sweden — weren’t as popular among the Swedes of Finland. Alice didn’t even make the top 50. (Noah ranked 50th exactly.)
Other languages
Of the 5,611 (named) babies born in Finland last year to parents who speak something other than Finnish or Swedish, 2,765 were girls and 2,846 were boys. Here are the top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names:
Looking for a pair of baby names that are mirror images of one another? If so, check out this long list of palindromic name pairings.
What’s a palindrome? It’s a word or phrase that can be read the same way in either direction, i.e., both forwards and backwards. For instance, the words “level,” “refer” and “pop” are all palindromes.
Each of the hundreds of pairings below features two names that contain the same sequence of letters, just written in opposite directions. (Nearly all of these names were collected from the SSA’s huge database of U.S. baby names.)
It’s also possible to come up with your own palindromic pairs by flipping traditional names to create brand new names, just as Ramon and Helen were flipped to create the modern names Nomar and Neleh.
If you’re on the hunt for baby names with a numerological value of 8, you’re in luck! Because today’s post features hundreds of 8-names.
Before we get to the names, though — how do we know that they’re “eights” in numerology?
Turning names into numbers
Here’s how to calculate the numerological value of a name.
First, for each letter, come up with a number to represent that letter’s position in the alphabet. (Letter A would be number 1, letter B would be number 2, and so forth.) Then, add all the numbers together. If the sum has two or more digits, add the digits together recursively until the result is a single digit. That single digit is the name’s numerological value.
For instance, the letters in the name Wyatt correspond to the numbers 23, 25, 1, 20, and 20. The sum of these numbers is 89. The digits of 89 added together equal 17, and the digits of 17 added together equal 8 — the numerological value of Wyatt.
Baby names with a value of 8
Below you’ll find the most popular 8-names per gender, according to the latest U.S. baby name data. I’ve further sub-categorized them by total sums — just in case any of those larger numbers are significant to anyone.
8
The letters in the following baby names add up to 8.
Girl name (8)
Boy name (8)
Bea
Abe
8 via 17
The letters in the following baby names add up to 17, which reduces to eight (1+7=8).
Girl names (8 via 17)
Boy names (8 via 17)
Gia, Bo, Afia, Eabha, Cala
Bo, Mac, Cam, Md, Jeb
8 via 26
The letters in the following baby names add up to 26, which reduces to eight (2+6=8).
Girl names (8 via 26)
Boy names (8 via 26)
Leah, Maci, Jana, Pia, Dua, Gema, Calia, Brea, Cami
Eli, Bear, Bode, Obed, Asaad, Adil
8 via 35
The letters in the following baby names add up to 35, which reduces to eight (3+5=8).
There’s no definitive answer, unfortunately, because various numerological systems exist, and each one has its own interpretation of the number eight. That said, if we look at a couple of modern numerology/astrology websites, we see 8 being described as “successful,” “ambitious,” “organized,” “practical,” and “authoritative.”
We can also look at associations, which are a bit more concrete. Here are some things that are associated with the number 8:
Figure 8
Infinity symbol
Analemma (diagram showing the position of the sun over the course of a year)
Figure-eight knot
Octopus (8 arms)
Spider (8 legs)
8-bit computing
8-track cartridge
Eight-ball (in pool)
Magic 8 Ball (fortune-telling toy)
Eight-ender (perfect score in the sport of curling)
What does the number 8 mean to you? What are your strongest associations with the number?
P.S. To see names with other numerological values, check out the posts for the numbers one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, and nine.
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