Compared to last year, the list of fashion namesfor boys and girls has changed a little ... On the first line of male names was Artem, and the name Alexander, which was fashionable from the beginning of the 90s to 2015, dropped to the second position. On the third line of the popular names of 2016 was the name Daniel, and then descending - Egor, Ivan, Cyril, Maxim and Michael.
A photo: Getty Images Among the names of women once again won the name of Sofia (or Sophia). Since 2010, it has been a success with parents. From 1991 to 2010, we recall, the name Anastasia was fashionable, which has now moved to the second line. Alexander also got into the top three names for girls of 2016 (last year, we note, it was located only at the 10th position! ). And from fourth to tenth place was taken by Alice, Anna, Victoria, Daria, Elizaveta, Maria and Polina. There were no cost in 2016 without fantasy names. Eight couples registered daughters under the name of the heroine from the series "Game of thrones" - Arya. Incredible, but fact. However, before America, where recently kids are named after Instagram filters (read more HERE), our country is fortunately far away. Today, October 24, the State Duma supported the prohibition to name children by unusual names consisting of numerals, letters, symbols, numerals and profanity, which form various abbreviations. The author of the bill was deputy Valentin Petrenko. According to her, the ban will protect the rights of minors in the name, and also help to avoid ridicule from the environment. ). Dolphin, Ocean, Princess Daniella, Zarya-Zaryanitsa, Alyosha-Kaprina, April, Sophia-Sunny and others are also in the “unsuccessful names” rating for children.
