Mohammed will likely become the most popular name for baby boys in Britain by the end of the year, The Times newspaper says.
Though official records from the Office for National Statistics list the spelling Mohammed 23rd in its yearly analysis of the top 3,000 names given to children, when all the different spellings of the name are taken into account it ranks second, only behind Jack, according to the paper.
There are various different spellings of the name because when it is transliterated into English from Arabic, families spell it as closely to their own pronunciations as possible.
In total, 5,991 baby boys were given some version of the name Mohammed, with 6,928 baby boys named Jack.
Thomas was third with 5,921 names, with Joshua and Oliver rounding out the top five.
According to The Times, if the growth of the name Mohammed continues - it rose by 12 per cent last year - the name will take the top spot by the end of this year.
4 comments:
Now that's a shame. :(
Whatever happened to Geoffrey, James, Gordon, John, Phillip, Christopher or even Dominic?
Yes such a shame !
~ ~ mumbles something about fucking muslims as I pack my bags ~ ~
C'mon Dom, surely you're not one of those people who are into the racism kick at the moment. I'll overlook it on the basis that I think you've just made a little error in this particular post.
Well done, Dom.
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