Tuesday, February 03, 2004

Weird names

Population register center's name service is at https://192.49.222.187/nimipalvelu/defaul.asp. There you can see statistics on the first and last names given in Finland.

According to this service, there are/were 1 Aragorn, 6 Arwens, 1 Eowyn, 4 Frodos, 1 Bilbo, 1 Merry and 4 Gandalfs in Finland.

The weirdest first names I've seen in Finland was when some parents called their kids Watti and Voltti (watt and volt) and announced it in Helsingin Sanomat. I don't think they had a third one yet, because there is nobody named Ampeeri in the name database.



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