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We kinda followed the same trend. Dutch people tend to give short names of only one or two syllables long. Frisian names are indeed on the rise, but mainly the short Frisian names. It's also the nicknames of old that are used today. While it used to be Bartholomeus "Mees", the nickname/diminutive Mees is typically used as a full name nowadays.

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Just look at the top 10 names for the first half of 2017:

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Daan, Noah, Bram, Finn, Sem, Levi, Jesse, Milan, Luuk, Lucas
Emma, Tess, Julia, Sophie, Anna, Mila, Eva, Zoë, Evi, Sara

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In both sexes combined only Julia has over two syllables, 6 names have only 1 syllable

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Just compare it to US top 10 last year:

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Noah, Liam, William, Mason, James, Benjamin, Jacob, Michael, Elijah, Ethan
Emma, Olivia, Ava, Sophia, Isabella, Mia, Charlotte, Abigail, Emily, Harper

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8 names have 3 syllables, and only James has just 1.

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I blame it on the down-to-earth-no-nonsense attitude of a lot of Dutch people. We typically don't bother with unnecessary frills.

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This message was edited 10/16/2017, 11:52 AM