Wednesday, 20 July 2011

Popular Polish / English Baby Names





While trying to decide on baby names for my forthcoming arrival and I came across this page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_popular_given_names




According to the list these were the most popular boy names given in the UK and Poland in 2010:




Most popular boys names in the UK 2010
Oliver
Jack
Harry
Charlie
Alfie
Thomas
Joshua
William
Daniel
James



Most popular boys names in Poland 2010
Jakub
Szymon
Kacper
Filip
Michał
Mateusz
Bartosz
Wojciech
Adam
Wiktor


Most popular girls names in the UK 2010
Olivia
Sophie
Lily
Emily
Ruby
Jessica
Chloe
Ava
Grace
Amelia

Most popular girls names in Poland 2010
Julia
Maja
Zuzanna
Lena
Wiktoria
Amelia
Oliwia
Aleksandra
Natalia
Zofia





Names I especially like which work well in both Polish and English (names which retain the same spelling and where pronunciation differs only slightly) include:





Boys: Albert, Bernard, Edward, Edmund, Gabriel and Sebastian
Girls: Barbara, Isabella, Joanna, Julia, Pauline and Sabina

At the moment frontrunners for me are Otto (if my baby is a boy) and Klementyna (Clementine) (if the baby is a girl).