According to data collected by McCrindle.com.au, for the last four consecutive years, the top Aussie baby names have been Oliver and Noah. A massive 2206 boys were named Oliver making it the top baby name in Australia in 2020.
We fondly recall Shane (Shayno), Steve (Stevo), Peter (Poida), Lance (Lancey boy) and Greg (Greggo). Don't forget Lyn, Debbie, Sue, Carol, Janet, Charlene, Charmaine and Raelene. Going further back in time, we had Beryl, Hazel, Madge, Dorothy, Beverley (Bev), Betty, Shirley and Joyce (Joycie).
Colloquial names for Australia include "Oz" and "the Land Down Under" (usually shortened to just "Down Under"). Other epithets include "the Great Southern Land", "the Lucky Country", "the Sunburnt Country", and "the Wide Brown Land". The latter two both derive from Dorothea Mackellar's 1908 poem "My Country".
Kirra is becoming very popular and has been selected as the most popular on our list. The name Kirra is used by various Aboriginal Nations around the border regions of Queensland and NSW. To the Yugambeh people, it is said to mean leaf or dancing leaf.
The longest personal name is 747 characters long, and belongs to Hubert Blaine Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff Sr. (b.
Irish (Donegal): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Bogáin 'descendant of Bogán' a diminutive of bog 'soft tender'.
Bogan: “A lower class inhabitant, usually of South-Eastern Australia. Generally 'dim-witted', Bogans are well know for having poor and vulgar language and typically found in rural areas or outer, lower class, suburbs.”
(Australia) A person who is unsophisticated or of a lower class background but achieving a high salary, who spends money on flashy or trashy items to fulfil their aspirations of higher social status.
According to data collected by McCrindle.com.au, for the last four consecutive years, the top Aussie baby names have been Charlotte and Olivia. A massive 1609 girls were given the first name Charlotte in Australia in 2021.
For girls' names, Angela, Kimberley Alexa and Nicole ranked as some of the least popular. Likewise, Ashley, Sophia, Lorraine, Kristen and Suzanne also made it onto the list as the least-desired names.
There is no one Aboriginal word that all Aborigines use for Australia; however, today they call Australia, ""Australia"" because that is what it is called today. There are more than 250 aboriginal tribes in Australia. Most of them didn't have a word for ""Australia""; they just named places around them.
Along with Isla, the most popular names for girls in Australia include Charlotte, Olivia, Amelia, and Ava. Along with Oliver, the top names for boys in Australia include Noah, Jack, Henry, and William.