Eurovision Song Contest: Ireland-UK

Burankovskiye Babuski for Russia via Wikipedia

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The second part of my Eurovision Song Contest review.

Country	Singer/Band	Real Names
Ireland	“Jedward”	John and Edward Grimes
Israel	“Izabo”	Ran Shem-Tov Shiri Hadar Jonathan Levi Nir Mantzur
Italy	“Nina Zilli”	Maria Chiara Fraschetta
Latvia	“Anmary”	Linda Amantova
Lithuania	“Donny Montell”	Donatas Montvydas
Macedonia		Kaliopi Bukle
Malta		Kurt Calleja
Moldova		Pasha Parfeny
Montenegro	“Rambo Amadeus”	Antonije Pušić
Netherlands	“Joan Franka”	Ayten Kalan*
Norway	“Tooji”	Touraj Keshtkar*
Portugal		Filipa Sousa
Romania	“Mandiga”	Elena Gheorghe
Russia	“Buranovskiye Babushki”	Granya Baysarova Alevtina Begisheva Zoya Dorodova Galina Koneva Natalya Pugachyova Valentina Pyatchenko Yekaterina Shklyaeva
San Marino		Valentina Monetta
Serbia		Željko Joksimović
Slovakia	“Max Jason Mai“	Miroslav Šmajda
Slovenia		Eva Bato
Spain	“Pastora Soler”	Pilar Sánchez Luque
Sweden	“Loreen”	Lorine Zineb Noka Talhaoui*
Switzerland	“Sinplus”	Ivan and Gabriel Broggini
Turkey		Can Bonomo
Ukraine	“Gaitana”	Gaita-Lurdes Essami
United Kingdom	“Engelbert Huperdinck”	Arnold George Dorsey

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*Netherlands: Ayten Kalan is of Turkish descent

*Norway: Touraj Keshtkar was born in Iran

*Sweden: Lorine Zineb Noka Talhaoui is of  Moroccan descent

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Eurovision Song Contest: Albania-Iceland

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The Eurovision Song Contest is the biggest song contest in Europe and Asia, more than 100 Million people watch it live every year.  This year 42 countries are participating. It will take place in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan because the winning country is always the host of the next contest. The big final is going to be on the 26th May.

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As I watch this show since I can remember, I also love looking on all the names from the different countries.

So here are the names from the 2012 contest. First column shows the country, the second, the name of the band or a singer with a stage name, in the third column you can find the real names of all artists.

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Country	Singer/Band	Real name(s)
Albania ´		Rona Nishliu
Austria´	“Trachshittaz”	Lukas PlöchlManuel Hoffelner .
Azerbaijan ´		Sabina Babayeva
Belarus´	“Lightsound”	Dmitry Karyakin Vladimir Karyakin Jacopo Massa .
Belgium ´	“Iris”	Laura van den Bruel
Bosnia and Hercegovina ´	“MayaSar”	Maja Sarihodžić
Bulgaria ´		Sofie Marinova
Croatia ´		Nina Badrić
Cyprus ´		Ivi Adamou
Denmark ´	“Soluna Samay”	Soluna Samay Kettel
Estonia ´		Ott Lepland
Finland ´		Pernilla Karlsson
France ´	“Anggun”	Anggun Cipta Sasmi*
Georgia ´		Anri Jokhadze
Greece ´		Eleftheria “Elle” Eleftheriou
Germany ´		Roman Lob
Hungary´	“Compact Disco”	Behnam LotfiGábor Pál Attila Sándor Csaba Walkó .
Iceland´	“Gréta Salóme & Jónsi”	Gréta Salóme StefánsdóttirJón Jósep Snæbjörnsson ´

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This is the first part of my posts about the Eurovision Song Contest, the next will be about the name of the artists of the countries Ireland- UK.

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*The singer Anggun was born in Indonesia, but grew up in France

Hyphenated Names – Lea(h) and Lena

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Today I want to present you some more hyphenated names from the Austrian name statistics. All this names were given to girls between 1984 and 2010. I chose the more unconventional and unique one´s. Most of the following names were only given to one person. The most popular combinations with Lea were Lea-Sophie (137 times) and Lea-Marie (79 times), Lena was often linked with Marie (163 times) and also with Lea (100 times).

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Lea(h)

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Lea-Alexandria

Lea-Arwen

Lea-Carlotta

Lea-Cúline

Lea-Felicitas

Lea-Fee

Lea-Fiona

Lea-Latife

Lea-Marit

Lea-Mavie

Lea-Noora

Lea-Theresia

Lea-Verona

Leah-Anastasia

Leah-Elise

Leah-Ophelia

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Lena

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Lena-Adriana

Lena-Fiora

Lena-Mathilde

Lena-Mattea

Lena-Paulina

Lena-Valentina

Latin Names Part II

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Here are some more names, which I have found in my Latin text book.

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Female Citizen

Acte

Aethra

Camilla

Cassandra

Cynthia

Domitilla

Eurydica

Helena

Iulia

Paulina

Proserpina

Sabina Poppaea

Safrania

Sibylla

Magdalia

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Gods and mythological figures

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Male

Achilles

Aeneas

Aesculapius

Anchises

Apollo

Cerberus

Ceres

Dis

Hannibal

Hercules

Iulus

Iuppiter

Liber

Mars

Mercurius

Neptunus

Numitor

Orpheus

Pelops

Remus

Romulus

Tellus

Ulixes

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Female

Dido

Flora

Iuno

Minerva

Venus

Vesta

The Baggett family

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I came across this lovely family by accident some days ago. The Baggett family is not famous, but they chose very interesting names for their offspring, which also feel very up-to-date. The family photo above is from 1925, so most of the children are born in the beginning of the 20th century

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The parents are named Edward and Mary

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The children (eldest to youngest):

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Agnes

Elsa

Harley

Lola (twin)

Neva (twin)

Cleo

Edith

Dorothy (called Dot)

Wilma (called Billie)

Roland (called Hank)

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Most of these names feel very “modern” today, but they were also quite popular back in 1900.

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Agnes occupied the 41 position in the US-American statistics back then. Today Agnes is also represented, but mostly in Northern European states. In Norway it ranked on #98 and in Sweden it is even on #15.

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Elsa is a diminutive of Elisabeth and was on #335 in 1900. Today Elsa is gaining much popularity. In France it ranked #70 and in Sweden even #7 in 2010.

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Harley was on #224 back in 1900. Today it feels fresh again. In England and Wales it is currently at #57. In the USA more girls than boys receive this name nowadays.

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Lola ranked #114 in 1900. Nowadays Lola is one of the hottest names around the world. In Australia it ranked #96, in Great Brittan #33, in Belgium #35 and in France it’s on the 10^th position of the most common female names in 2010.

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Neva, which is a short form of Geneva was quite popular back then, it ranked #260. Neva is nowhere popular today. But it might be a great alternative for parents, who like unusual names, which are very simple and have historical roots.

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Cleo, a variation of Clio or a diminutive of Cleopatra, ranked #226 for girls and #393 for boys in 1900. Today Cleo is on the 323th position in France. Even if the name doesn´t show up in the statistics of the USA today, it seem very fresh due to its similarity to over-popular Chloe.

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Edith ranked on #36 in 1900. Today it is getting more and more attention, it is on #819 in the USA and #60 in Sweden.

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Dorothy was the most popular name of the sibset. It was on the 27 position and stayed popular for decades. Dorothy even was on the second place for several years. Today it doesn´t rank anywhere, but it might have a comeback in some years.

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Wilma, which is a diminutive of German Wilhelmina, was on #187 in 1900, it reached its peak in the late 1920s on # 62 in the USA. In 2010 it was #5 in Sweden and even Number 1 in 2007.

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Roland is used quite often in the last hundred years. On #156 in 1900 and currently it´s on #769 in the USA.

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Uncommon Bosnian Names – D

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Male Names 

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Name	Origin	Meaning	Pronunciation
Daim	Arabian	Constant, respected	DAH-IM
Damad	Arabian	Groom, son-in-law	DAH-MAD
Demirel	Turkish	Hand of iron	DEH-MI-REL
Derijan	Arabian	Awareness, comprehension	DEH-RI-AN
Dilaver	Persian	Brave, industrious	DIL-AV-ER

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Female Names

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Name	Origin	Meaning	Pronunciation
Damija	Arabian	A good Person	DAM-IA
Darija	Persian	Mistress, ruler	DARI-A
Defina	Arabian	Solitary, chaste	DE-FI-NA
Delila	Arabian	Clue, direction sign	DEH-LI-LA
Dima	Arabian	Long, silent rainfall	DIH-MA

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Picture: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/43/Sarajevo_Historic_View.jpg

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Leonie in Austria

The name Leonie was covered last week at Appellation Mountain and I was surprised, how it was described. It was depicted as an uncommon French classic, but I never really thought about it in that way. In Austria it is at the moment one of the most common female names for newborns.

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Popularity

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Leonie, which derives from the Latin word for lion ( lat. leo, leonis) is connected to the generation, which was born in the beginning of the 21 century in Austria and Germany. You can find a girl named so in every elementary school and playground. Since 1984 7587 girls received this name, here not included are spelling modifications like Leoni and Léonie and also not included are hyphenated names. In 2003 this first name was in the Top Ten of the most common names for the first time in Austria. Several years before, its popularity started. In 2000 it was on the 55^th position, one year later it raised 21 places and the following year it was already on the 14^th position. To demonstrate its popularity in recent years I have created the following chart.

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Year	Place
2010	5
2009	3
2008	1
2007	2
2006	2
2005	1
2004	3
2003	9

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Hyphenated Names

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My last example with the name Anna showed that Austrian parents like to give hyphenated names to their children, especially to their daughters. I have often found names hyphenated with Leonie in the Austrian name statistics. Many parents tend to combine the popular and trendy Leonie to something more uncommon like Clio and Mercedes. But others just stick to the already over-popular name the most popular second names Sophie and Marie. Since 1984 49 girls received the name Leonie-Sophie and further 21, Leonie-Marie. The majority of these following names are only given to one person.

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Leonie-Alexia

Leonie-Aurora

Leonie-Carolina

Leonie-Cecile

Leonie-Clio

Leonie-Constance

Leonie-Delphine

Leonie-Elisa

Leonie-Florentina

Leonie-Helen

Leonie-Jumana

Leonie-Lucia

Leonie-Madeleine

Leonie-Mercedes

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Alternatives

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Names, which start with LEO experience a huge popularity in whole western Europe. But there are many names, which have a similar sound, but are not so common.

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Name	Origin	Meaning
Lioba	Gothic	Love, Lover
Leocadia/ Leokadia	Greek	Name of a greek island
Leona	Latin	Lioness
Leonarda	Latin	Derives from Leonard
Leonhilde	Germanic	Modification of  Leonhard and Hildegard
Leonilda	Italian	Modification of  Leonhilde
Leonies	Latin	Lion
Leonor(a)(e)	Unknown	Derives from Eleonore
Leontine(a)	Latin	Derives from  Leontinus
Leopoldin(e)(a)	Germanic	Derives from Leopold
Leora	Hebrew	My light

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Source: Statistik Austria

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Picture: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/de/5/5a/Leonie_Aviat.jpg