20080118

On Top Irish Names

The top ten names given to babies in Ireland in 2006, the latest figures I could find, were:

Boys:
1. Sean
2. Jack
3. Conor
4. Adam
5. James

Girls:
1. Sarah
2. Emma
3. Katie
4. Aoife
5. Sophie
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2 comments:

theoldman said...

How do you pronounce "Aoife"?

21 January 2008 at 14:17:00 GMT
angelique said...

Aoife is pronounced EE-fya. It means "beautiful" and comes from the word "aoibh" (meaning beauty). The English form is Eva.

23 January 2008 at 14:47:00 GMT

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