Mohammed retakes
top spot in English baby names
14,
Αυγούστου, 2012. Μοχάμεντ (Μωάμεθ) είναι
πιο δημοφιλές όνομα για τα αγοράκια που γεννήθηκαν στην Αγγλία και την Ουαλία
το 2011 – με δεύτερο το Harry, σύμφωνα
με στοιχεία που ανακοινώθηκαν από την κυβέρνηση αυτή την εβδομάδα. (religion.blogs.cnn.com/)
ΤΟ ΔΗΜΟΦΙΛΕΣΤΕΡΟ ΑΝΔΡΙΚΟ ΟΝΟΜΑ (ΑΥΤΟ ΠΟΥ ΔΟΘΗΚΕ ΣΤΑ ΠΕΡΙΣΣΟΤΕΡΑ ΝΕΟΓΕΝΝΗΤΑ ΑΓΟΡΙΑ) ΣΤΗΝ ΑΓΓΛΙΑ ΤΟ 2011 ΕΙΝΑΙ… .. ΜΟΧΑΜΕΝΤ !
By Richard
Allen Greene, CNN
Mohammed
reclaimed its place as the most popular name for baby boys born in England and
Wales in 2011 - convincingly ahead of Harry, in second place, according to data
released by the government this week.
The
government declared that Harry was the most popular boy's name, but if you add
up the five most popular different spellings of Mohammed, that name comes top.
Mohammed
is also the most popular boy's name of the past five years for England and
Wales, ahead of Oliver and Jack. It came first or second every year since 2007,
the only name to do so.
And
it could become even more popular in 2012, given the adulation around
long-distance runner Mo Farah, who won two gold medals for Britain at the
Olympics.
The
popularity of the name comes as Britain's Muslim population is expected to
double in the next 20 years.
The
country, which was about 2% Muslim in
1990, grew to 4.6% Muslim in 2010,
with nearly 2.9 million followers of the
faith, according to analysis by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public
Life.
By
2030, the United Kingdom will be just over 8% Muslim, with more than 5.5
million adherents, the Washington-based think tank projected in a 2011 report,
"The Future of the Global Muslim Population."
Mohammed
first became the most popular boy's name in England in 2009, then was knocked
back into second place the next year as Oliver enjoyed a huge surge in
popularity.
Harry,
the name of Prince William's younger brother and J.K. Rowling's boy wizard,
leaped into second place in 2011, with 7,523 boys given the moniker, topping
the 7,007 Olivers.
But
the name of the Muslim prophet was given to 7,907 baby boys, according to CNN
analysis of Office of National Statistics data. Mohammed, Muhammad and Mohammad
were all among the top 100 most popular names, with Muhammed and Mohamed also
coming in the top 200.
A
total of 37,564 babies have been given a variation of the name in the past five
years. Some 36,653 Olivers and 36,581 Jacks were born in England and Wales
since 2007. The British government keeps separate statistics for Scotland and
for Northern Ireland, the other two nations that make up the United Kingdom.
The
2011 British census had an optional question about religion. Results are
expected in November.
At
least four different spellings of the name Mohammed are among the 1,000 most
popular American boys' names in 2011, according to the Social Security
Administration.
Mohamed
is the top, in 428th place, with Muhammad in 480th, Mohammed in 562nd and
Mohammad in 609th.
The
United States is about 0.8% Muslim, with about 2.6 million adherents, the Pew
Forum calculates.
Richard
Allen Greene - Newsdesk editor, The CNN Wire
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