25 Funny Christmas Baby Names
Babies born in the Christmas season are likely to be called Joseph or Mary not just because they are nice names. The tendency to give a Yuletide newcomer a name relevant to the holiday has been growing stronger, as researchers from Bounty found.
A database of millions of British baby names revealed that since the beginning of the century nearly 73.500 little ones received Christmas-theme monikers, even if they may sound funny.
Joseph is registered as the most preferred Christmas name, given to over 34% of the kids born at the end of December, followed by Holly, given to 29%. 3rd in the top list comes Faith, chosen by 7% of the happy parents.
Popular Festive Names
Nicholas (place 4 in the list of Christmas names; 3,440 kids since 2000)
- Gabriel (5; 3,429)
- Angel (6; 2,849)
- Christian (7; 2,567)
- Hope (8; 2,196)
- Mary (9; 1,824)
- Emmanuel (10; 693)
- Ivy (12; 396)
- Noel (13; 336)
- Robin (15; 119)
- Rudolph (24; 3)
A spokeswoman for Bounty agreed that it’s quite understandable that the time of goodwill should inspire parents to give their newborn festive names… Although some of the funniest ones like Sparkle may take some parents farther afield and get them to name their kids Elf or Tinsel.
Funny Baby Festive Names
- Star (263 kids)
- Brandy (36)
- Sherry (32)
- Winter (31)
- Sparkle (5)
8 children that got the names Santa (5) and Claus (3) may be pestered now for Christmas gifts or invited to star at various festivities, while people residing in 8 places can no longer argue that Santa Claus doesn’t exist.
Source of the image: Photl.
