How popular is the baby name Robin in the United States right now? How popular was it historically? Find out using the graph below! Plus, check out all the blog posts that mention the name Robin.
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Did you know that France is the most-visited tourist destination in the world?
Last year, the country welcomed about 738,000 babies. The most popular names among these babies were Jade (pronounced zhahd) and Gabriel.
Here are France’s top 50 girl names and top 50 boy names of 2021:
Girl Names
Jade, 3,802 baby girls
Louise, 3,768
Emma, 3,202
Ambre, 3,017
Alice, 2,769
Rose, 2,703
Anna, 2,515
Alba, 2,504
Romy, 2,446
Mia, 2,430
Lina, 2,366
Lou, 2,222
Julia, 2,212
Chloé, 2,210
Léna, 2,093
Léa, 2,039
Agathe, 2,020
Iris, 2,006
Nina, 1,896
Juliette, 1,870
Inaya, 1,867 – an Urdu name derived from the Arabic word inayah, meaning “care, concern.”
Zoé, 1,840
Jeanne, 1,727
Léonie, 1,726
Charlie, 1,725
Eva, 1,709
Mila, 1,706
Luna, 1,686
Adèle, 1,661
Victoire, 1,648
Inès, 1,594
Olivia, 1,594
Lola, 1,547
Victoria, 1,537
Lucie, 1,493
Margaux, 1,472
Romane, 1,458
Giulia, 1,454
Camille, 1,428
Sofia, 1,381
Charlotte, 1,352
Alix, 1,349
Nour, 1,274
Lyana, 1,237
Margot, 1,225
Sarah, 1,214
Louna, 1,209 – likely based on Luna (#28).
Mya, 1,182
Manon, 1,177
Lya, 1,158
Boy Names
Gabriel, 4,974 baby boys
Léo, 4,358
Raphaël, 3,957
Louis, 3,715
Arthur, 3,598
Jules, 3,594
Maël, 3,438
Noah, 3,384
Adam, 3,148
Lucas, 3,054
Hugo, 2,905
Gabin, 2,719 – based on the Latin name Gabinus, which might have referred to the ancient city of Gabii (located in what is now central Italy).
Liam, 2,672
Sacha, 2,628
Aaron, 2,496
Léon, 2,362
Isaac, 2,322
Paul, 2,291
Nathan, 2,286
Noé, 2,276
Eden, 2,260
Mohamed, 2,183
Ethan, 2,104
Tom, 1,995
Malo, 1,935 – a Breton name probably derived from the Old Breton elements mach, meaning “pledge, hostage,” and lou, meaning “luminous; beautiful.”
Naël, 1,919
Théo, 1,902
Marius, 1,868
Nino, 1,838
Marceau, 1,834
Mathis, 1,801
Victor, 1,768
Ayden, 1,753
Milo, 1,723
Martin, 1,712
Tiago, 1,658
Robin, 1,657
Axel, 1,571
Timéo, 1,541
Eliott, 1,538 (tie)
Lyam, 1,538 (tie)
Enzo, 1,503
Antoine, 1,445
Nolan, 1,439
Augustin, 1,430
Gaspard, 1,379
Valentin, 1,362
Amir, 1,309
Samuel, 1,301
Côme, 1,300 – (pronounced kohm, as in the brand name Lancôme) the French form of Cosmas, ultimately derived from the ancient Greek word kosmos, meaning “order.”
The girls’ top 100 included Capucine (52nd), Apolline (65th), Thaïs (82nd), and Garance (98th).
The boys’ top 100 included Sohan (55th), Kaïs (58th), Soan (66th), and Livio (81st).
Soan, a variant spelling of Sohan, has been popularized recently by French singer/songwriter Soan (born Julien Decroix).
Also on the boys’ list, Charly (#78) pulled ahead of Charlie (#90) after the names saw nearly identical levels of usage in 2020. I wonder if this means that Charly is emerging as the preferred male spelling of the name…?
Gabriel also topped the rankings for the capital city of Paris last year. Jade, on the other hand, didn’t even make the top 10 — it was way down in 32nd place.
Finally, here are France’s 2020 rankings, if you’d like to compare last year to the year before.
Halloween is right around the corner! Has the upcoming holiday made you curious about baby names associated with the color orange?
If so, you’re in luck — I’ve collected dozens of ideas for you in this post.
But, before we get to the names, let’s take a look at what the color orange represents…
Symbolism of orange
What does the color orange signify?
In Western cultures in particular, orange can be symbolic of:
Warmth
Creativity
Adventure
Freshness
Happiness
Attraction
Success
It can also be associated with safety. A vivid reddish-orange — one that contrasts well with the blue of the sky — is used to make clothing and equipment highly visible in certain circumstances (e.g., at construction sites, during hunting season).
In Eastern cultures, orange is considered a sacred color. In Hinduism, for example, orange represents fire and, thereby, purity (as impurities are burned away by fire).
Top baby names associated with orange
To determine the top orange names, I first had to take into account the fact that certain names have a stronger connection to the color than other names. (I did this for the top purple names as well.)
With that in mind, here are the top baby names that have an obvious association with the color orange:
Autumn
Ember
Amber
Blaze
Marigold
Now here are the same five names again, but this time around I’ve added some details (including definitions, rankings, and popularity graphs).
Autumn
The word autumn refers to the season during which the leaves of deciduous trees turn various colors, including orange. Halloween — a holiday strongly associated with the color orange — is also celebrated during Autumn (at least in the Northern Hemisphere).
Autumn is currently the 66th most popular girl name in the U.S.
Usage of the baby name Autumn
Ember
The word ember refers a glowing, slowly burning piece of solid fuel (like wood or coal). It’s often used in the plural to refer to the smoldering remains of a fire.
Ember is currently the 163rd most popular girl name in the nation.
Usage of the baby name Ember
Amber
The word amber refers to fossilized tree resin that is commonly used as a gemstone. By extension, the word also refers to the yellowish-orange color of this material.
The fossilized resin, which washes up on the seashore in the Baltic region, came to be called “amber” during the Middle Ages — likely due to an association with ambergris (a material produced by sperm whales that also washes up on the shore).
Amber is currently the 534th most popular girl name in the U.S.
Usage of the baby name Amber
Blaze
The vocabulary word blaze refers to a fire, particularly one that’s burning intensely. Blaze is also a homophone of the (more traditional) name Blaise, which ultimately derives from the Latin word blaesus, meaning “lisping.”
Blaze is currently the 775th most popular boy name in the nation. (Blaise ranks 999th.)
Usage of the baby name Blaze
Marigold
The word marigold refers to any flowering plant of either the New World genus Tagetes or the Old World genus Calendula. By extension, it also refers to the yellowish-orange color of these flowers.
Marigold is currently the 1,022nd most popular girl name in the U.S.
Usage of the baby name Marigold
More names associated with orange
Ready for the rest?
All the names below have an association with the color orange. The names range from common to uncommon, and their associations range from strong to slight.
Those that have been popular enough to appear in the U.S. baby name data are linked to their corresponding popularity graphs.
Aethon (also spelled Aithon) is derived from the ancient Greek word aithon, which means “burning, blazing.”
Alba is a feminine name meaning “dawn” in Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Romanian, and other Romance languages.
Anatolios was an ancient Greek name derived from the word anatole, meaning “sunrise.”
Anatole is the modern French masculine form of Anatolius.
Anatoliy is the modern Russian and Ukrainian masculine form of Anatolius.
Apricot fruits are yellowish-orange. Apricot trees are part of the genus Prunus.
Aurora, the Latin word for “dawn,” was the name of the Roman goddess of dawn.
Azar is a Persian gender-neutral name meaning “fire.”
Canna flowers are sometimes orange. The genus name Canna is derived from the Latin word canna, meaning “reed.”
Carnelian, a variety of the mineral chalcedony, is frequently orange. The name of the stone ultimately comes from the Latin word cornus, which refers to a type of berry, altered by the influence of the Latin word carneus, meaning “flesh-colored.”
Chrysanthemum (pronounced krih-SAN-thuh-muhm) flowers are often orange. The genus name Chrysanthemum is derived from a combination of the ancient Greek words khrysos, meaning “gold,” and anthemon, meaning “blossom, flower.”
Citrine, a variety of the mineral quartz, is usually orange. The adjective citrine can be traced back to the Latin word citrus.
Clementine fruits are a cross between mandarin orange and sweet orange. They were named after French priest Clément Rodier, who discovered the cultivar while in Algeria. The name Clément is derived from the Latin word clemens, meaning “merciful.”
Copper is a metallic element with a lustrous orange-brown color.
Dahlia flowers are sometimes orange. The genus Dahlia was named in honor of Swedish botanist Anders Dahl.
Dawn refers to the period of time in the early morning (before sunrise) when the sky begins to brighten with daylight. This light at dawn tends to have an orange hue. The word dawn can be traced back to the Old English verb dagian, meaning “to become day.”
Dysis, the ancient Greek word for “sunset,” was the name of the Greek goddess of the hour of sunset.
Eos, the ancient Greek word for “dawn,” was the name of the Greek goddess of dawn.
Fiamma (pronounced FYAM-ma) is an Italian feminine name meaning “flame.”
Fox fur, if you’re talking about the red fox (Vulpes vulpes), is largely orange. The word fox is ultimately derived from a Proto-Indo-European word meaning “tail.”
Gladiola refers to Gladiolus, a genus of plants with flowers that are sometimes orange. The genus name, meaning “little sword” (a diminutive of the Latin word gladius, “sword”) refers to the shape of the leaves.
Helen is a form of the ancient Greek name Helene, which is likely based on the word helene, meaning “torch.” Also, plants of the genus Helenium have flowers that are sometimes orange. The genus was named in honor of Helen of Troy.
Honey can be orange. The Old English word for “honey” was hunig.
Iskra is a feminine name meaning “spark” in Russian, Serbian, Croatian, Bulgarian, and other Slavic languages.
Jack is part of “Jack-o’-Lantern” — a term that, since the 1800s, has referred to a carved pumpkin used as a lantern during Halloween. It originated as “Jack of the lantern” in 17th-century England, where it was used as a generic term for any lantern-carrying night watchman.
June (besides being a month) is part of “Flaming June” — the name of the 1895 painting by Frederic Leighton. “Flaming June” features a red-headed woman wearing a diaphanous orange dress and sleeping by the sea (which reflects the golden rays of the setting sun).
“Flaming June”
Keahi is a Hawaiian gender-neutral name meaning “the fire.”
Kealaula is a Hawaiian gender-neutral name that means “the light of early dawn” or “the sunset glow.” The literal definition is “the flaming road” (ala means “path, road,” and ula means “to flame”).
Monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) have wings that are largely orange. They were named “monarch” in the 1800s, possibly in honor of England’s King William III, who was also the Prince of Orange. The word is derived from a combination of the ancient Greek words monos, meaning “alone,” and arkhos, meaning “ruler.”
Orange, of course, refers to the color orange. :) Orange fruits were introduced to Europe by the Moors in the 10th century. The word for the fruit, which can be traced back to Sanskrit, entered the English language (via French) in the late 14th century. The first recorded use of “orange” as a color name in English didn’t come along until the early 16th century.
This explains why many things that are clearly orange — like red hair, red foxes, and the robin redbreast — are called “red”: They were named long before the color-word “orange” entered the English language.
Orchid flowers are sometimes orange. Orchids are all members of the Orchidaceae family of plants.
Oriole is a type of bird that often has orange plumage. “Oriole” is the common name of birds in the genera Icterus and Oriolidae. The common name is derived from the Latin word aureolus, meaning “golden.”
Peach fruits are typically orange. Peach trees are part of the genus Prunus.
Pele, the Hawaiian word for “lava flow, volcano, eruption,” was the name of the Hawaiian goddess of volcanoes.
Pyrrhos, meaning “flame-colored,” was an ancient Greek name derived from the word pyr, meaning “fire.”
Robin redbreast originally referred to the Old World songbird Erithacus rubecula, which has orange plumage on the face and breast. “Robin” is a Middle English diminutive of the name Robert.
Roth comes from a German surname that can be traced back to the Middle High German word rot, meaning “red.” It was originally a nickname for a red-haired person.
Ruadh (pronounced roo-ah) means “red” or “red-haired” in Irish and Scottish Gaelic.
Rufus derives from the Latin word rufus, meaning “red” or “red-haired.”
Rufino (masculine) and Rufina (feminine) are the modern Spanish forms of the Roman family name Rufinus, which was based on Rufus.
Rusty is an adjective referring to rust (iron oxide), which tends to be orange-brown.
Saffron robes (of Buddhist monks)
Saffron is a spice made from the styles and stigmas of Crocus sativus flowers. By extension, the word — which can be traced back to the Arabic name for the spice, za’faran — also refers to the deep yellowish-orange color of fabrics dyed with saffron.
Seville orange is a variety of bitter orange named after the Spanish city of Sevilla.
Shachar is a Hebrew gender-neutral name meaning “dawn.”
Shraga is an Aramaic masculine name meaning “candle.”
Smith comes from a surname that originally referred to a metalworker, such as a blacksmith or a farrier. When heated metal (like iron) comes out of a fire to be forged, it’s often glowing a yellowish-orange color. The smith in “blacksmith” is likely derived from the Old English verb smitan, meaning “to smite” or “to strike” (as with a hammer).
Sunrise and Sunset are times at which the sun appears reddish-orange. Particles in the Earth’s atmosphere scatter more short-wavelength light than long-wavelength light, so when the sun is low on the horizon — and traveling a longer distance through the atmosphere to reach your eyes — you’ll end up seeing less violet and blue, but more red and orange.
Tangerine fruits are orange. Tangerine trees are part of the genus Citrus.
Tawny is an adjective that refers to a brownish-orange color.
Tiger (Panthera tigris), the largest living species of cat, has fur that is mostly orange.
Tigerlily refers to “tiger lily,” the common name of several species of flowering plant in the genus Lilium — particularly the species Lilium lancifolium — that have showy orange flowers.
Ushas, the Sanskrit word for “dawn,” was the name of the Vedic (Hindu) goddess of dawn.
Valencia orange is a cultivar of sweet orange named after the Spanish city of València.
Zinnia flowers are sometimes orange. The genus Zinnia was named in honor of German botanist Johann Gottfried Zinn. (Fun fact: An orange zinnia blossomed in space in early 2016!)
Zora is a feminine name meaning “dawn” in Serbian, Czech, Croatian, Bulgarian, and other Slavic languages.
Can you think of any other names that have a connection to the color orange?
Last year, the country of Switzerland welcomed 89,644 babies.
What were the most popular names among these babies? Mia and Noah.
Here are Switzerland’s top 50 girl names and top 50 boy names of 2021:
Girl Names
Mia, 467 baby girls
Emma, 416
Elena, 322
Lina, 315
Mila, 307
Emilia, 303
Sofia, 298
Olivia, 279
Nora, 270
Alina, 260
Anna, 259
Lea, 256
Lia, 255
Lara, 251
Lena, 243
Julia, 241
Ella, 240
Elin, 238
Laura, 233
Malea, 231
Nina, 225
Leonie, 220
Giulia, 213
Sophia, 211
Chiara, 208
Alice, 203
Elina, 197 (tie)
Valentina, 197 (tie)
Luna, 195
Luana, 193
Livia, 191
Sara, 187 (tie)
Sophie, 187 (tie)
Yara, 176
Eva, 174
Emily, 171
Aurora, 170
Amelia, 167
Ava, 160 (3-way tie)
Juna, 160 (3-way tie)
Zoé, 160 (3-way tie)
Elisa, 155
Alea, 147
Melina, 146 (tie)
Victoria, 146 (tie)
Jana, 144
Hana, 141
Maria, 140
Mara, 137
Charlotte, 136
Boy Names
Noah, 559 baby boys
Liam, 391
Matteo, 385
Luca, 368
Gabriel, 327
Leon, 315
Elias, 303
Louis, 272
Lio, 270
Nino, 258
Leo, 256
Leonardo, 248
Samuel, 243
Leano, 229
Ben, 227
David, 226
Julian, 218
Diego, 206
Aaron, 204 (tie)
Elia, 204 (tie)
Lian, 201
Levi, 199
Finn, 197
Nico, 192
Robin, 185
Elio, 183 (tie)
Mateo, 183 (tie)
Malik, 179
Levin, 178
Arthur, 177
Tim, 176
Luan, 175
Alessio, 170 (tie)
Jonas, 170 (tie)
Nael, 169
Adam, 168
Lenny, 162
Dario, 159
Benjamin, 157 (tie)
Milo, 157 (tie)
Laurin, 156
Leandro, 154
Emil, 153
Lucas, 152
Noé, 148
Luis, 147
Alexander, 146
Mattia, 144 (tie)
Nathan, 144 (tie)
Gian, 143 (tie)
Jan, 143 (tie)
Home to more than 8.5 million people, Switzerland has four national languages: German, French, Italian, and Romansh. Here are the top baby names among the speakers of each of these languages:
According to Eesti Statistika, the most popular baby names in Estonia last year were Mia and Robin.
Here are the country’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2021:
Girl Names
Mia
Sofia
Emily
Hanna
Nora
Emma
Eva
Alisa
Marta
Lenna
Boy Names
Robin
Oliver
Mark
Sebastian
Hugo
Henri
Rasmus
Martin
Miron
Kristofer
In the girls’ top 10, Hanna and Nora replaced Saara and Maria.
In the boys’ top 10, Mark, Henri, Martin, Miron, and Kristofer replaced Jakob, Oskar, Aron, Artur, and Robert.
The press release also mentioned some of the ways in which Estonian pop culture has influenced Estonian baby names recently. Here’s the English translation:
The name Stefan quickly began to spread last year. Famous people’s name choices can also create trends — Miss Rubi Rahula already has 24 namesakes today. In the last three years, 22 girls have been named Eia and 43 have been named Jete since the great Christmas film screened in 2018. Last year, nine fans of the Revenge Office named their child Lumilee, Lumi Lee or Lumi-Lee.
And here’s some context:
Singer Stefan Airapetjan won the first season (March-May, 2020) of the Estonian version of the Masked Singer (2020-).
Rubi Rahula (b. 2017) is the daughter of Estonian celebrity (?) couple Anni and Tomi Rahula, whose 2018 book Tule meie juurde (English: Come to us) detailed their struggles with infertility.
Eia and Jete were characters in the Estonian children’s adventure film Eia’s Christmas at Phantom Owl Farm (2018).
The character Lumi-Lee Aigo was introduced in 2021 on the Estonian comedy-crime TV show “Revenge Office” (2009-).
In 2020, the top names in Estonia were Sofia and Robin.
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