The most popular names in 2020

Statistics Faroe Islands has published its latest figures on personal names.

Vár was the most popular name given to baby girls born in 2020, followed by names such as Aria, Eir, Emma, Hanna, Lilja, Lív, Tóra, Barba, Lóa, Nora, Olivia and Ranja.

The most popular baby boy name in 2020 was Elias, followed by Benjamin, Levi, Lukas, Brandur, Hákun, Mattias, Filip, Bartal, Liam and Silas.

Maria and Jákup still in the lead

Out of the total population residing in the Faroe Islands on 1 January 2021, Maria, Anna and Annika were the most common women’s names, followed by Marjun, Katrin, Beinta and Rannvá.

Jákup and Jógvan have been topping the most popular men’s names list since records began in 2001. Other names such as Rúni, Bárður, Martin, Høgni and Magnus have also featured regularly on the list.

New entries

Names that have been added since the first list in 2001 and have now become relatively common names include Nóa, Liam, Bragi and Mika (boys) and Ranja, Brá, Vón and Ria (girls).

Double names are becoming less common. Only two double names – Anna Maria and Anna Sofía – appear on the top-100 list for popular women’s names in 2020. Hans Jacob is the only double name in the men’s top-100.

Read the Faroese version of this article here.

Translated by prosa.fo.

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