Since NZ baby name data has recently been released back to 1954 I got a wondering what have been the biggest names ever. By this I mean the name that has been given to the most girls or boys in one year. So here are the girls 1. Lisa 934 , in 1969 2. Susan 915, in…
Top names boys and girls as follows *** Sophie (7) Charlotte & Isla (5) Emma & Isabelle (4) and James (7) Angus, Charlie, Jack & William (5) ********** One of a kind *** Adele, Annika, Bridget Camilla, Claudia & Clover Elsie & Evelyn Flora, Florence & Francesca Georgie, Goldie & Greta Harriet, Hebe & Henrietta…
According to the New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs and the Maori Language Commission (Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Maori), the country’s most popular Maori names during the second half of 2014 and the first half of 2015 were Maia and Nikau.
This was a thing we discussed endlessly at the time, especially when she fell pregnant. I knew that if her child was a boy, he would be Jacob Thomas. As did our other good friend.
So when that other good friend got pregnant and went on to name her son not only Jacob, but Jacob Thomas, a couple of years later, it's fair to say it caused a fracture in their friendship I'm not entirely sure they ever recovered from.
De Maori wonen vanaf het begin van de middeleeuwen in Nieuw-Zeeland. Aan onder meer hun voornamen is te zien dat veel van hun cultuur bewaard is gebleven.
Though I've done consultations for parents living outside of America, today's the first time I've gotten to post one on the blog! Today's mama is Chelsea from New Zealand, editor of Restless Press (which posted an interview with me last week) and blogger at Grow the Roses. She and her husband Joseph are expecting their…
Bad baby names such as Royahl or Superintedent are rejected every year, but hundreds of NZ parents also have second thoughts and change their baby's name before it becomes a toddler.
Boys William (5) Jack (4) Angus (3) Charlie (3) Oliver (3) Samuel (3) Christopher, Cooper, Fergus, Harry, James, Max, Oscar, Ryan & Theodore (2) ************* Girls Isla (4) Annabelle (3) Charlotte (3) Sophie (3) Chloe, Emma, Eva, Georgia, Hannah, Isabelle, Mackenzie, Maia, Natalie, Rosa, Scarlett & Stella (2) ****************** Its hard to know as many…
My name is Finnian Galbraith and I am a year 11 student at Kāpiti College. I wrote this speech initially for a speech competition in 2014 because I see this ...
In 2011, New Zealand released a list of banned baby names. Names from that list have be circulating for years now, but I’d never seen any legit updates…until a few weeks ago.
Girls top ten Olivia is crowned as New Zealander's favourite girls name she wrangled her crown back after Charlotte's two year reign, she was last top in 2012. Charlotte steps into her shadow. Harper jumps from 8th to narrowly missing runner up by one baby! 1.Olivia (+1) 2. Charlotte (-1) 3.Harper (+5) 4. Sophie (+1)…
Over time we came to differentiate Summer-the-girl from summer-the-season, so much so that Summer once told a friend that her middle name was 'the girl'.
At the top of New Zealand's list of most frequently rejected baby names every year is Justice. But what if you're a New Zealand resident who already has the name? Get ready for "a heap of drama." A...
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