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Muhammad and Freya top new baby names on Irish passports in 2016
Irish Central ^ | January 03, 2017 08:00 AM | Irish Central Staff

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 ...


TOPICS: Local News; Religion; Society
KEYWORDS: babynames; dhimmitude; eurabia; eussr; fartyshadesofgreen; freya; hijrah; ireland; muhammad; rop; waronterror

1 posted on 01/06/2017 1:32:33 PM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Good luck with that.


2 posted on 01/06/2017 1:33:24 PM PST by pinkandgreenmom
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To: pinkandgreenmom

Freya is Scandinavian.


3 posted on 01/06/2017 1:35:52 PM PST by max americana (For the 9th time FIRED LIBERALS from our company at this election, and every election since 2008)
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To: Olog-hai

“Suicide of the west and the genocide of Europeans. Party like it’s 700”


4 posted on 01/06/2017 1:35:53 PM PST by Organic Panic (Rich White Man Evicts Poor Black Family From Public Housing - MSNBCPBSCNNNYTABC)
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To: Olog-hai

“Freya”? That’s going to confuse some Scandinavians on Facebook. I thought “beloved” in Arabic was Habib/a.


5 posted on 01/06/2017 1:36:38 PM PST by Tax-chick ("He who is kind to the poor lends to the LORD, and He will repay him for his deed." Pv. 19:17)
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To: Olog-hai
In Norse mythology, Freyja is a goddess associated with love, sex, beauty, ... Stemming from Old Norse Freyja, modern forms of the name include Freya, Freija, Frejya, Freyia ...


6 posted on 01/06/2017 1:37:23 PM PST by patro
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To: Tax-chick

That’s what I heard too.


7 posted on 01/06/2017 1:39:14 PM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Poag Muhammad.


8 posted on 01/06/2017 1:39:41 PM PST by forgotten man
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To: Olog-hai

Freya is also a Viking name.


9 posted on 01/06/2017 1:42:41 PM PST by Mamzelle
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To: Olog-hai

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...


10 posted on 01/06/2017 1:45:49 PM PST by miss marmelstein
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To: pinkandgreenmom

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.


11 posted on 01/06/2017 1:50:02 PM PST by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: Olog-hai

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.


12 posted on 01/06/2017 1:55:53 PM PST by I want the USA back (Lying Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country.)
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To: I want the USA back

Oh, there are plenty of welfare CINOs over there having babies. And naming them Muhammad, which shows which way they are being influenced.


13 posted on 01/06/2017 1:56:56 PM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Mohammad O’Casey. Hmmmm


14 posted on 01/06/2017 2:00:45 PM PST by LydiaLong
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To: Olog-hai

Mohammed, eh? Good Luck with that! ( yet another western country SOLD OUT to the enemy invasion. — bye bye Ireland. Nice having known ya )


15 posted on 01/06/2017 2:39:17 PM PST by faithhopecharity ("Politicans are not born, they're excreted." -- Marcus Tillius Cicero)
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To: Mamzelle

I know a Freya. Norwegian. Blonde. Blue eyes. She’d be quite insulted to be confused for a muslim.


16 posted on 01/06/2017 3:23:30 PM PST by NewHampshireDuo
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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.


17 posted on 01/06/2017 3:35:24 PM PST by surrey
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To: max americana

The Arabic name is more like Farah or Fareeha. Might be turned into Freya in Irish pronunciation.


18 posted on 01/06/2017 3:45:11 PM PST by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: Olog-hai

“...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/


19 posted on 01/06/2017 3:49:03 PM PST by sergeantdave (Cats are like potato chips - you can't have just one...)
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