[name_m]Hi[/name_m], and sorry if this is in the wrong section! I come here with what I thought was a pretty neat lil experiment (more like just information, but interesting all the while).
My mother works in a primary school that has a kindergarten as well, and I’ve always been interested in hearing what the kids in said school are called, since it’s a school where the kids are mostly from wealthy families, and those here tend to be the more forward thinking ones as far as names come (and only about names, but that’s another story). So! There was recently an art expo from the kindergarten and mum came home with a nifty list of all the kids (!!!) so I’m here to share their names with you. [name_m]Bear[/name_m] in mind, I’m from [name_f]Argentina[/name_f], so you’re basically looking at Argentinian rich kids’ names
2 year olds
[name_f]Amalia[/name_f]
[name_f]Catalina[/name_f]
[name_f]Emma[/name_f]
[name_f]Renata[/name_f]
[name_f]Sara[/name_f]
Sofía
[name_m]Alan[/name_m]
[name_m]Camilo[/name_m]
[name_m]Ciro[/name_m]
[name_m]Francisco[/name_m]
[name_u]Gael[/name_u]
[name_u]Mart[/name_u]ín
[name_m]Patricio[/name_m]
Taiel
Valentín
3 year olds
América
[name_f]Clara[/name_f]
[name_f]Emilia[/name_f]
[name_f]Greta[/name_f]
[name_f]Juana[/name_f]
[name_f]Juana[/name_f]
[name_f]Margarita[/name_f]
[name_f]Simona[/name_f]
[name_f]Victoria[/name_f]
[name_f]Violeta[/name_f]
[name_m]Bruno[/name_m]
Caetano
[name_m]Federico[/name_m]
[name_m]Filippo[/name_m]
[name_m]Guido[/name_m]
[name_m]Homero[/name_m]
Lautaro
Lázaro
[name_m]Lucio[/name_m]
[name_m]Santiago[/name_m]
[name_m]Sim[/name_m]ón
[name_m]Tom[/name_m]ás
[name_m]Valentino[/name_m]
4 year olds
[name_f]Allegra[/name_f]
[name_f]Ana[/name_f]
Candelaria
[name_f]Carla[/name_f]
[name_f]Juana[/name_f]
[name_f]Juana[/name_f]
[name_f]Julieta[/name_f]
[name_f]Lola[/name_f]
[name_f]Lola[/name_f]
[name_m]Luc[/name_m]ía
[name_f]Matilda[/name_f]
[name_f]Olivia[/name_f]
[name_f]Olivia[/name_f]
[name_f]Olivia[/name_f]
[name_f]Simona[/name_f]
Bartolomé
[name_m]Bruno[/name_m]
[name_m]Bruno[/name_m]
[name_m]Bruno[/name_m]
[name_m]Fausto[/name_m]
[name_m]Lorenzo[/name_m]
[name_m]Lucas[/name_m]
[name_m]Milo[/name_m]
[name_m]Milo[/name_m]
[name_m]Pedro[/name_m]
[name_m]Ramiro[/name_m]
[name_m]Santiago[/name_m]
[name_m]Vicente[/name_m]
5 year olds
[name_f]Ana[/name_f]
[name_f]Candela[/name_f]
[name_u]Carmen[/name_u]
[name_f]Carola[/name_f]
[name_f]Catalina[/name_f]
[name_f]Catalina[/name_f]
[name_f]Esperanza[/name_f]
Maitén
[name_f]Renatta[/name_f]
[name_m]Camilo[/name_m]
[name_m]Diego[/name_m]
[name_m]Federico[/name_m]
Jeremías
[name_m]Manuel[/name_m]
[name_u]Mat[/name_u]ías
[name_u]Nicol[/name_u]ás
[name_m]Romeo[/name_m]
[name_m]Santiago[/name_m]
Tobías
[name_m]Tom[/name_m]ás
Some thoughts I get from looking at these names:
- Some ‘older’ names seem to be coming back (same as many vintage names are trending in the US, I believe) like [name_f]Juana[/name_f] or [name_m]Vicente[/name_m] but you still don’t see these too much on the average schools
- Some US faves have caught BIG TIME over here, like [name_f]Emma[/name_f] (spelled both with 2 or 1 M) and [name_f]Olivia[/name_f]. Others that caught a few years back were [name_f]Mia[/name_f] and [name_f]Zoe[/name_f] (I’ve met a [name_f]Cloe[/name_f] [[name_f]Chloe[/name_f]] too)
- On the other hand, a few super popular or climbing the ranks in the US are just classic every day names here and have been for decades, like Sofía and [name_m]Luc[/name_m]ía, which would explain why there’s only one of each on these lists, it’s names you’ve seen everywhere since before the 80s. Oh, and [name_f]Valentina[/name_f] too. [name_f]Valentina[/name_f] and Valentín have been SO ridiculously overused since 2000, I think they should be banned for like the next 10 years (just kidding, but it happened)
- Lolas are all over the place and have been for about 10 years, which is way beyond my comprehension since ‘lola’ is a term used for breasts in like a childish way, as if someone didn’t want to say the actual word
- Hugely surprised about seeing [name_m]Milo[/name_m] here (pronounced MEE-lo). I loooove that name and maybe if it catches it won’t be too weird when (if) I have a kid of my own
- With boys I see a trend similar to what happens on the US, there are some novelties but you’ll see classics in every list no matter how old. Some of these are [name_m]Diego[/name_m], [name_m]Federico[/name_m], [name_m]Lucas[/name_m], [name_m]Manuel[/name_m], [name_u]Mart[/name_u]ín, [name_u]Mat[/name_u]ías, [name_m]Santiago[/name_m], [name_m]Tom[/name_m]ás.
Anyway, I could go on forever. I’d love to hear some of your comments too! And I’ll answer any questions about naming trends over here if you have them