ISLAMABAD – Muhammed was among the most popular baby names for boys bornin Berlin in 2018, according to a study commissioned by Germany’sgovernment language society.
The Association for the German Language (GfdS) reports that Muhammed,alongside its variations like Mohamad and Muhammad, was among the top 10most popular given first names in the capital.
While the agency did not specify its exact place in Berlin’s ranking, itsaid the name and its variants also made it to the top 10 in Hamburg andthe western state of Saarland and ranked 24th nationally.
Berlin’s three most popular boy names were Paul, Alexander and Maximilian —in line with the national trend. Henry is said to be the 9th most popularname; GfdS director Andrea-Eva Ewels stated it was the first Anglophonename in the top 10 in years.
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For girls, the most popular names across Germany were Marie/Mari,Sophie/Sofie and Maria.
The GfdS collected data from 700 registry offices across Germany andrecorded around 65,000 different names in total, which the agency said wasaround 90 per cent of all names given last year.
