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Baby names

01st Jan 2016

The baby name predictions for 2016 have begun

Sive O'Brien

Are you expecting in 2016? If you haven’t chosen a name yet, you really need to see these UK predictions. We can’t help but ponder, well, okay you got us, OBSESS over the next big name trends.

As always, there’s a few kooky choices thrown in, a reflection of popular culture and it seems, people’s fondness for Game of Thrones characters. You might soon be hearing “Khaleesi” shouted out at the playground.

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It’s also worth noting this is an English list, so names like ‘Queenie’ wouldn’t go down as well over here.

Fashion label Marni gets a nod in at number five (also ‘Marnie’ is one of the characters from TV series, Girls) while place names for boys are due to have a big influence, we love Devon, Boston and Darwin for something a bit different.

There’s a lot of love for these girls names right now: NancyTildaCoraMaeRae and Edith but these were the top five:

  1. Marni
  2. Luna
  3. Hettie
  4. Effie
  5. Delphine

For the boys, names like JonKaydenJay, Tyrion, Kit and Rufus came up, but predictions for the top five boys names are:

  1. Otto
  2. Devon
  3. Aspen
  4. Hector
  5. Flynn

Coming soon, the HerFamily list of the hottest names for 2016. Watch this space.