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[Opinions] Re: Australian names...
When I was in Australia I heard tee-AHN or tee- AHRN quite a few times. I guess it would have been spelled Tiarne or maybe Tiahn? I never heard that anywhere else and was always wondering where it came from.Araluen is pretty cool. Kirra isn't bad. I don't really like any of the others. Melba just makes me think of the dessert.
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Ohh, yes. Tiane, Tianne, Tiana, Tianna, Tiahn, Teahn, Teeahn... I've seen loads of spellings of that one.I didn't include it because it's just something that happens to be popular there, rather that something that originated there. Another one like that would be Bronte - oddly popular in Australia but not of Australian origin.Seaforth and Dimity, I suppose shouldn't count either for that reason but I never claimed to be consistent ;)
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Imogen is another not-Aussie name that is fairly consistently used in Australia and NZ but not so much in the UK and US, I think. I also feel like I know or knew a whole lot of women who'd now be aged 70-80ish named Noelene in Australia but I have never come across it here in the US.
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Imogen is in the top 100 in the UK and has been for years.
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I'm sorry, I didn't realize and didn't look it up before posting. I should have. I probably had that thought years ago and only have looked at the US SSA rankings as thoroughly as the Australian since then.
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