List of "Popular Baby Names from Around the World"-- thoughts?

[Rosebud]

I saw this on MSN.com today and thought it was interesting. Top 10 baby names in a bunch of different (mostly European) countries. Here are some of them. What do you think?

Australia
Girls' Names
1. Emily
2. Chloe
3. Olivia
4. Sophie
5. Jessica
6. Charlotte
7. Ella
8. Isabella
9. Sarah
10. Emma

Boys' Names
1. Jack
2. Joshua
3. Lachan
4. Thomas
5. William
6. James
7. Ethan
8. Samuel
9. Daniel
10. Ryan


Austria
Girls' Names
1. Sarah
2. Anna
3. Julia
4. Laura
5. Lena
6. Hannah
7. Lisa
8. Katharina
9. Leonie
10. Vanessa

Boys' Names
1. Lukas
2. Florian
3. Tobias
4. David
5. Alexander
6. Fabian
7. Michael
8. Julian
9. Daniel
10. Simon

England and Wales
Girls' Names
1. Emily
2. Ellie
3. Jessica
4. Sophie
5. Chloe
6. Lucy
7. Olivia
8. Charlotte
9. Katie
10. Megan

Boys' Names
1. Jack
2. Joshua
3. Thomas
4. James
5. Daniel
6. Samuel
7. Oliver
8. William
9. Benjamin
10. Joseph

Finland
Girls' Names
1. Maria
2. Emilia
3. Sofia
4. Aurora
5. Johanna
6. Julia
7. Katariina
8. Olivia
9. Elina
10. Aino

Boys' Names
1. Juhani
2. Johannes
3. Matias
4. Mikael
5. Oskari
6. Aleksi
7. Olavi
8. Elias
9. Onni
10. Valteri

Ireland

Girls' Names
1. Emma
2. Sarah
3. Aoife (pronounced EE-fah, it's the Irish version of Eve/Eva)
4. Ciara (pronounced KEER-ah)
5. Katie
6. Sophie
7. Rachel
8. Chloe
9. Amy
10. Leah

Boys' Names
1. Sean
2. Jack
3. Adam
4. Conor
5. James
6. Daniel
7. Michael
8. Cian
9. David
10. Dylan


New Zealand
Girls' Names
1. Emma
2. Sophie
3. Ella
4. Emily
5. Jessica
6. Hannah
7. Olivia
8. Grace
9. Charlotte
10. Georgia

Boys' Names
1. Joshua
2. Jack
3. Benjamin
4. Samuel
5. Daniel
6. Jacob
7. Ethan
8. James
9. Thomas
10. Matthew

Scotland
Girls' Names
1. Emma
2. Ellie
3. Amy
4. Sophie
5. Chloe
6. Erin
7. Rachel
8. Lucy
9. Lauren
10. Katie

Boys' Names
1. Lewis
2. Jack
3. Cameron
4. James
5. Kyle
6. Ryan
7. Ben
8. Callum
9. Matthew
10. Jamie


Spain
Girls' Names
1. Lucia
2. Maria
3. Paula
4. Laura
5. Marta
6. Andrea
7. Alba
8. Sara
9. Claudia
10. Ana

Boys' Names
1. Alejandro
2. Daniel
3. Pablo
4. David
5. Javier
6. Adrian
7. Alvaro
8. Sergion
9. Carlos
10. Hugo

[seapod]

I love Ciara, I've always loved Irish names. My uncle is fullblooded Irish and his son is getting married last week in July. Each of his kids who were born in Ireland recieved american sounding names, and those born in america recieved irish names. Thanks for posting the list.

[twinnyme]

Very interesting... I would have loved to see this list when I was pregnant. I was looking for Irish names. We settled on Rebecca but my favorite (though DH didnt' like it) was Sophie, which I see is on the Ireland list. "Daniel" is our boy's name (now for a future baby) so that's interesting to see on the Ireland list, too. Great lists, thanks for posting!

[LexyLou]

hmm, well my girl's name, Ella, is on the top 10 list for both Australia and NZ. I love all the names on both of those lists. Maybe I'm an Ozzie at heart. :)

[dionysia]

My friend Aoife pronounces her name "Oy-Fee."

Weird.

Di

[magrat]

I just find it strange that Hugo is on Spain's list.