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2018年最热门的婴儿名字

2019-04-24高齐云

中学生英语·阅读与写作 2019年2期
关键词:卡戴珊索菲娅婴儿

高齐云

As 2018 comes to a close, BabyCenter has released1 its annual lists of the most popular baby names. For the ninth year in a row, Sophia was the top pick for girls, and Jackson has held the top spot for boys for six years.

随着2018年的结束,宝宝中心发布了年度最受欢迎婴儿名的名单。连续第九年,“索菲娅”成为女孩们的最佳选择,而“杰克逊”已经连续六年蝉联男孩子的最佳选择。

While the top 10 lists look quite similar to last years rankings2, there have been a few changes. Logan and Zoe fell off the lists this year, replaced by Oliver and Layla. Aria, Riley, Caden and Grayson each rose one spot. BabyCenter identified Everly, Isla, Leo and Carson as some of the fast-climbing names of 2018.

虽然排名前10位的榜单看起来与去年的排名非常相似,但也出现了一些变化。今年,“洛根”和“佐伊”从名单中跌了下来,取而代之的是“奥利弗”和“蕾拉”。“亚里亚”、“里利”、“卡登”和“格雷森”各占一席。宝宝中心确认“埃弗利”,“伊斯拉”,“雷欧”和“卡森”作为2018年受欢迎度上升快速的几个名字。

Keep scrolling3 to see the top 10 rankings, based on data from more than 742,000 parents who shared their babies names with BabyCenter in 2018. Visit the BabyCenter website for the top 50 lists. (Note that the lists combine multiple4 spellings of names that sound the same, like Sophia and Sofia.)

根据2018年742000多位家长与宝宝中心分享婴儿名字的数据才出炉了以下名单,继续滚动查看前10名。可以访问婴儿中心网站来查看前50名。(注意,这些列表结合了多种拼写、发音相同的名字,比如“索菲娅”和“索非亚”。)

As in past years, BabyCenter analyzed5 its user data to identify some of the hottest baby name trends of 2018.

與往年一样,宝宝中心分析了用户数据,以确定2018年最热门的婴儿名字。

One trend is what the site called “Zen6 names”, related to topics of mindfulness7, like Peace (which rose 66 percent in popularity, compared with BabyCenters data from last year), Harmony (up 15 percent) and Hope (up 10 percent) for girls. The site also included nature-related names in this category like Rainbow (up 26 percent), Aurora (up 17 percent) and Dawn (up 16 percent) for girls and Fern (up 55 percent), Sky (up 38 percent) and Ocean (up 31 percent) for boys.

一个趋势就是这个网站所提出与意识相关的话题的“禅名”,比如“和平”(与去年宝宝中心的数据相比,受欢迎度上升了66%)、“和谐”(上升了15%)和“希望”(上升了10%)。该网站还包括这个类别中与自然相关的名字,如女孩名“彩虹”(上升26%)、“极光(上升17%)和“黎明”(上升16%),男孩名“蕨类植物”(上升55%)、“天空”(上升38%)和“海洋”(上升31%)。

A related theme is healthy food names for girls like Kiwi (up 40 percent), Kale (up 35 percent) and Clementine (up 15 percent)―as well as herbs and spices like Saffron (up 31 percent for boys), Rosemary (up 20 percent for girls) and Sage (up 15 percent for boys).

一个相关的主题是女孩的健康食品名称,如“奇异果”(增长40%),“羽衣甘蓝”(增长35%)和“克莱门氏小柑橘”(增长15%),以及草药和香料,如“藏红花”(增长31%),“迷迭香”(增长20%)和“鼠尾草”(增长15%)。

Other trends involve popular reality shows like “Fixer Upper” and “Keeping Up With the Kardashians”. The names of Chip and Joanna Gaines kids are on the rise, with Emmie up 15 percent and Ella up 8 percent for girls and Drake up 23 percent and Crew up 4 percent for boys. And the name of their business, Magnolia, jumped 21 percent for girls.

其他趋势包括流行的真人秀,如“房子需要整修”和“与卡戴珊一家同行”。齐普和乔安娜·盖恩斯孩子的名字(受欢迎度)在增加,“埃米”上升15%,“艾拉”上升8%,“德雷克”上升23%,“克鲁”上升4%。他们公司的名字“马格诺利娅”,作为女孩名增加了21%。

In the show “Keeping Up With the Kardashians”, the name Stormi rose 63 percent, Dream jumped 42 percent, Kim is up 19 percent, and Norths nickname Nori rose 15 percent for girls. Family member names on the rise for boys include Saint (up 42 percent), Reign (up 27 percent) and Kanye (up 22 percent).

在“与卡戴珊一家同行”中,“斯多米”这个名字上升了63%,“梦想”上升了42%, “金姆”上升了19%,而“诺斯”的昵称“诺瑞”作女孩名上升了15%。家庭成员中的男孩名不断增多,包括“圣徒”(上升42%),“雷恩”(上升27%)和“坎耶”(上升22%)。

Also, BabyCenter identified the video game “Fortnite” as a source of baby name inspiration8, using Ramirez (up 57 percent for boys), Leviathan (up 46 percent for boys), Bunny (up 30 percent for girls) and Rogue (up 47 percent for girls and 21 percent for boys).

此外,寶宝中心证实将电子游戏《堡垒之夜》作为婴儿名字的灵感来源,采用了“拉米雷斯”(男孩上升57%), “利维坦”(男孩上升46%),“邦妮”(女孩上升30%)和“罗格”(女孩上升47%,男孩上升21%)。

Clearly, baby name ideas can come from many sources.

很显然,婴儿名字可以从很多来源获取灵感。

1. release [ ] vt. 释放;发射;让与;允许发表

2. ranking [ ] n. 等级;地位;排名

3. scroll [ ] v. (在计算机屏幕上的文本中) 滚动 [计算机]

4. multiple [ ] adj. 多重的;多样的;许多的

5. analyze [ ] v. 对……进行分析,分解

6. zen [ ] n. 禅;禅宗

7. mindfulness [ ] n. 意识,正念;思绪

8. inspiration [ ] n. 灵感;鼓舞

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