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Some of you might remember that last year I posted a MASSIVE list of names from the newspaper of children starting school in Ipswich, Australia (our school year starts in January/February). Well, I'm going to do that again soon, but first, this was my warm-up.

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I've since moved to the Gold Coast and so this year I have 2 newspapers with listings of children starting school in 2019. Even though the Gold Coast is a bigger area than Ipswich, less schools have participated and so this is a smaller list (hence “warm-up”).

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I tallied the names of all children from the 18 participating schools, I counted different spellings but, for simplicity, didn't include them here. These children are all 5 or turning 5 before the end of June. The most common names were:

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Ava- 14 children
Oliver- 14
Sophia- 13
William- 13
Harrison- 11
Mia- 11
Chloe- 10
Isla- 10
Jackson- 10
Lily- 10
Lucas- 10
Noah- 10
Savannah- 10
Charlie- 9
Cooper- 9
Hunter- 9
Ivy- 9
Jayden- 9
Levi- 9
Mason- 9
Oscar- 9
Ruby- 9
Amelia- 8
Isabella- 8
Jack- 8
Liam- 8
Thomas- 8
Bella- 7
Carter- 7
Charlotte- 7
Eva- 7
Harry- 7
Hudson- 7
Leo- 7
Luca- 7
Ryder- 7
Aaliyah- 6
Harper- 6
Indie- 6
Isaac- 6
Louis- 6
Madison- 6
Marley- 6
Sophie- 6
Summer- 6
Willow- 6
Xavier- 6
Aiden- 5
Alexander- 5
Connor- 5
Dylan- 5
Ella- 5
Emma- 5
Evie- 5
Flynn- 5
Henry- 5
Jessica- 5
Layla- 5
Luke- 5
Michael- 5
Mitchell- 5
Nate- 5
Olivia- 5
Phoenix- 5
Riley- 5
Ryan- 5
Zara- 5

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Some names I came across that are worth mentioning:

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Aizaak
Apple
Azlaan
Cove
Creed
Cvijeta
D'zel-Dion
Fielding
Fury
Hopper
Ja'Zyias
Jo'Arryn
Kahiliaulani
Losaline
Lyriah-Chase
Manmeet
Mustafa
Remedy
Subaru
Sunshine
Tuscany-Jade
Unique
Wenxi
Zakariyya

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I personally found these names unusual for their age group:

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Cherry
Daphne
Doris
Dulce
Gina
Janelle
Linda
Lucinda
Megan
Melinda
Nancy
Nellie

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Kenneth
Kurt
Preston
Roger
Roy
Howard

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Finally, here are some names that, for different reasons, I was surprised to see more than once:

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Darius
Eito
Erica
Len
Maxim
Miranda
Nina
Nixon
Reef
Sloane
Stirling
Tess
Valentina
Victoria

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I will post the full list as a reply for anyone who is interested in reading it.

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Now I'll get started on the Ipswich tally. It will take me a while but it'll be interesting to compare it both with this list and with the list from the same area in 2018. Last year, Ruby and Jackson won out whereas Ava and Oliver topped this list. So I guess we'll see.

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Any thoughts? Surprises? Likes? Dislikes?

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=)