The Year of the Tiger is coming, have you thought about what to give your "baby tiger" a name?
Recently, the Public Security Bureau of Foshan City, Guangdong Province, announced the hot names of the region's 2021 newborn names.
Last year, the most popular first name for baby boys was Zihao (梓豪), while Zhiqing (芷晴) was favored by most parents as a baby girl's name, according to data released by the Foshan Municipal Public Security Bureau in Guangdong.
This word has dominated the list for many years
In 2021, among the population registered for birth in Foshan, the boys were named "Zihao" the most, and about 2 out of 1,000 boys were named "Zihao".
Zihao topped the list for baby boys, with about two in 1,000 boys named as such in the newborn population registered in Foshan in 2021.
It is worth noting that from 2017 to 2021, the word "Zi" has been in the first place of the list for 5 consecutive years.
The character Zi has topped the list for five consecutive years from 2017 to 2021.
The boys ranked 2nd to 10th were named Zi Xuan, Zi Rui, Yu Xuan, Zi Hang, Jun Yu, Haoran, Yi Lin, Zi Xuan, and Zi Qian.
Other popular names for males include Zixuan(梓轩), Zirui(梓睿), Yuxuan(宇轩) and Zihang(梓航).
The first 5 boys take the list characters are Rui, Hao, Hao, Yue, and Chen.
"Zhiqing" finally defeated "Ziqing"
In 2021, the most girls named "Zhiqing", about 1,000 girls out of 4 named "Zhiqing".
Previously, the hottest "Ziqing" had dominated the list for 5 consecutive years.
Zhiqing topped the list for the most popular female baby name in 2021. Previously, Ziqing was number 1 in this list for five consecutive years.
The girls ranked 2nd to 10th in 2021 are Ziqing, Yutong, Qianyu, Xinyan, Zhiyao, Yutong, Keqing, Leyao, and Zitong.
Ziqing(梓晴), Yutong(語桐), Qianyu(芊妤), Xinyan(Xinyan) and Zhiyao(芷瑶) round up the top 5.
The girls take the top 5 of the list words as Ke, Yue, Yue, Ying, and Guo.
Netizen: These parents grew up reading romance novels
Some netizens expressed concern: this duplicate name rate is too high.
Parental last name combination first name
In addition to the explosive names of newborns, the Foshan Municipal Public Security Bureau also disclosed some interesting phenomena and data, such as the combination of parents' surnames.
In 2021, there will be 212 people registering for birth in Foshan, and the first two words of the child's name are the surnames of their parents.
There are 212 kids whose first names are a combination of both their father's and mother's surnames in 2021.
Do you also have a person named "Junjie" around you?
In 2021, the largest number of people in Foshan's household registration population is "Junjie". About 1 in 1,000 people is named "Junjie".
Looking at a larger scale, Junjie(俊杰) was the most common name among all the registered residents in Foshan in 2021, with about one in 1,000 people named as such.
The names ranked 2nd to 10th are Zhiqiang, Lihua, Jiaxin, Lijuan, Minyi, Min, Weiqiang, Lizhen and Xiaotong. Compared with 2020, "Xiao Tong" entered the top 10, and "Li Fang" was squeezed out of the top 10.
The top 10 single word names are: Min, Jing, Yan, Li, Ling, Mei, Juan, Wei, Fang, jie.
Source: China Daily Bilingual News (id: ChinaDaily_mobile)