Posted on 01/06/2017 1:32:32 PM PST by Olog-hai
Muhammad and Freya are among the most popular first time baby names on Irish passports in 2016, the Irish government has revealed.
The rise in Arabic names is a reflection of the increasing multicultural nature of Ireland and where new immigrants are coming from.
The 2011 census showed 50,000 Muslim migrants living in Ireland, up from 36,000 in the census taken in 2006.
Freya means “beloved” in Arabic, while Muhammad means “praiseworthy” and is also, of course, the name of Islam's founder. They ranked at numbers 42 and 117, respectively. …
(Excerpt) Read more at irishcentral.com ...
Good luck with that.
Freya is Scandinavian.
“Suicide of the west and the genocide of Europeans. Party like it’s 700”
“Freya”? That’s going to confuse some Scandinavians on Facebook. I thought “beloved” in Arabic was Habib/a.
That’s what I heard too.
Poag Muhammad.
Freya is also a Viking name.
I’m gonna hold out on believing that. I remember the late, unlamented (meaning banned) scotsman pushing back on these kind of stories. He was a bit of a stopped-clock-is-right twice-a-day kind of fella...
increasing multicultural nature of Ireland...
That’s GREAT!! It’s a melting pot!!
GTF out of here.
Can’t compare arabs to Irish, Italian, German, Polish, Indian, asians coming to America.
None had a recent history of INTENSE hatred for Christianity and the west.
And if the Asians, as in China, do, they don’t act on it.
I’ve not seen an example of it.
The Christians-in-name-only are not having babies, while the new arrivals are popping them out, thanks to the hard work of the Christians-in-name-only.
Oh, there are plenty of welfare CINOs over there having babies. And naming them Muhammad, which shows which way they are being influenced.
Mohammad O’Casey. Hmmmm
Mohammed, eh? Good Luck with that! ( yet another western country SOLD OUT to the enemy invasion. — bye bye Ireland. Nice having known ya )
I know a Freya. Norwegian. Blonde. Blue eyes. She’d be quite insulted to be confused for a muslim.
Good friends of ours just had a granddaughter named Freya. I had never heard the name and thought it was pronounced FRYER. They’re as Irish as can be and their daughter said she wanted to meet the baby before she was named. The name is growing on me. I doubt that there will be a whole lot of Freyas on the playground.
The Arabic name is more like Farah or Fareeha. Might be turned into Freya in Irish pronunciation.
“...and Freya are among the most popular first time baby names on Irish passports in 2016...”
Now, isn’t that interesting -
“Freya is the Goddess of love in Norse mythology, but she is also associated with sex, lust, beauty, sorcery, fertility, gold, war and death. The name Freya (in old Norse “Freyja)” means “lady”...”
http://norse-mythology.net/freya-the-goddess-of-love-in-norse-mythology/
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