‘Pandemic’ to become a new female name in Hungary?

Hungarian parents wanted to register an extraordinary number of new first names last year, almost twice as many applications were received at the Institute of Linguistics in 2020 as in the previous years.

24.hu asked Dr. Judit Raátz, who said that this may have been due to the fact that parents had more time to think of names during the epidemic.

The institute received 609 applications in 2020, out of which only 46 female and 21 male names were approved.

“The majority of applicants want to register a name used abroad. These are typical names that can already be registered, but only in accordance with Hungarian spelling. However, parents want to use foreign spelling instead”

Examples of female names adopted in 2020 are Greek Altea, Elefteria, Arabic Nabila, German Lizel, Valburga, French Solina, Spanish Asella, English Heli. Male names also include Arabic (Osama, Latif, Faris, Fadi), German (Randolf), English (Lex, Szkott), Old Norse (Ejnár) and Hebrew (Raziel, Zetár) origins.

Interestingly, there was one couple who was inspired by the Covid-19 pandemic.

“Fortunately we only had one such name request. A parent wanted to register the name Pandemic for their little girl. Of course, the name was not approved for registration.”

Finally, it seems like the trend which started a 10-15 years ago continues: everyone wants to give their child a special, unique name.

Source: 24.hu