“It's just one city!”
Posted on 03/08/2023 6:04:53 PM PST by marshmallow
It follows a trend being witnessed across northern Europe following years of mass migration from predominantly Muslim countries
Muhammad became the most popular boy’s baby name in the Irish city of Galway last year, data published on Friday by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) revealed.
It is the first time the popular Islamic name has topped the list of baby names in an Irish city, and follows the trend of the U.K. and other European nations that have seen the name top the charts in recent years.
Jack and Noah dominated in other Irish counties, while James made up the top three. All three names retain their places in the top three from last year.
Emily, Grace, and Fiadh made up the top three most-popular girl’s names across the country.
The city of Galway can be viewed as something of an anomaly with Muhammad placed 86th in the nationwide ranking, although the name has grown in popularity and is up from 109th in 2021.
The different variations of the spelling can often conflate data, with Muhammed, Mohamed, and Mohammed all being acceptable alterations of the name, along with several others.
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I’m very glad I got to toodle around north western europe in the 1990s. I dont expect I’d recognize much of it now.
They could have conquered the world, if it wasn’t for whiskey………
had a client with pakistani employees
every male was named mohammed
EUro ‘umbasses !!
But, same same here.
Galway is a big university town with a long entertainment strip of bars and music venues. Lotsa libs. Hope those muslims enjoy all the public intoxication.
“It's just one city!”
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