When it comes to choosing a first name for a newborn, taste and colors are undeniable. It is the responsibility of the parents to decide on the first name chosen for their child, and the civil registry is formal in this regard: only surnames that are harmful to your child’s future are prohibited. The rest is up to you. But that doesn’t mean you can’t find inspiration everywhere.
Good sounding names are very popular
Recently, the child site My 1st years, conducted a groundbreaking study with Dr Bodo Winter, Associate Professor of Cognitive Linguistics at the University of Birmingham. The collaboration uses linguistic principles to rank the 50 most popular female and male names in Great Britain and the United States, revealing which sound the most beautiful to the human ear.
In the list of first names, we find the most popular surnames in several languages, including French: for girls such as Sophie, Sophia, Cho or Rosie, and for boys Charlie and Louis. What, some first names are globally popular!
Top 10 Best Boy Names in Britain
- Jain
- Jesse
- Charlie
- Louie
- William
- Freddie
- George
- Ali
- Daniel
- Riley
Top 10 Girl Names in Britain
- Sophie
- Joe
- is high
- Sofia
- Ivy
- Phoebe
- Purple
- Willow
- Hannah
- Ellie
Top 10 Best Baby Names in America
- Matthew
- Julian
- William
- Isaiah
- Leo
- Levi
- Joseph
- Theo
- Isaac
- Samuel
Top 10 Girl Names in America
- Sophie
- Joe
- Always
- Sofia
- Riley
- Ivy
- Paisley
- Willow
- Ellie
- Emily
Some of these first names are not obvious to the French ear, but others are very popular at the moment and are part of the classic first names found in France!
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