Posted on 10/19/2021 6:14:15 AM PDT by mylife
Traditional names such as Nigel and Carol are dying out in England and Wales amid a rise in popular Eastern European names beginning with K, official data has shown.
Nigel and Carol could now be officially extinct as names for new-borns, while Jonathan, Gordon, Sally and Sue are also falling out of favour, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
The ONS only records data where three or more children have been called a single name, meaning no more than a maximum of two babies were named Nigel or Carol in 2020.
The downturn in usage is understood to be caused by younger mothers opting for more modern and shortened names, while mums aged over 35 and older tend to go for more traditional names.
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Karol, as in Karol Wojtyła.
Excellent suggestions! Communists have been quite adept at covering up their world-class atrocities. I remember reading one estimate, years ago, that 3 to 6 million people died in the Kolyma forced labor camps. There are apparently so many bodies in the permafrost, in some areas, that it has prevented attempts to rework the gold deposits with modern mechanized equipment...
Kuzma is another Eastern European name (for “Cosmas”).
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