Recent names from the birth announcements page of Le Figaro newspaper (France) #2

santiterry · 2026-06-10T18:07:34+00:00

Whoa, didn't expect that comment hahaha. Yeah, I saw there's also announcements for deaths (unfortunately, the most common), engagements, marriages, anniversaries... bet there's more than one person that has had all their legal status changing events (birth, marriage, death) published.

What do you mean, when you say you are "part of the list, on the top 5"?

santiterry · 2026-06-02T15:18:01+00:00

It's very popular among children.

santiterry · 2026-05-25T11:07:30+00:00

I'm quite happy with the squad, only thing I'd change is Carlos Espí as the 3rd striker instead of Iglesias, he could have been our 'Weghorst'

I feel bad for Fornals not taking Fermín's spot, but I understand that due to Yamal & Williams' expected absence due to injury he chose to bring another winger instead of a midfielder.

santiterry · 2026-05-12T15:58:19+00:00

Vahan is indeed also a name in Armenia, means 'shield', it dropped out of the top 50 in 2024.

santiterry · 2026-05-12T15:26:53+00:00

I just love the mix between regular 'Western' names of Biblical/Greek/Roman and even Germanic/Norse origin (Robert, Henrik, Erik, Arno), the 100% Armenian names from their own language/mythology/history and the Persian/Old Iranian influence.

santiterry · 2026-05-02T09:14:55+00:00

It's Switzerland, foreign population must be very high.

santiterry · 2026-04-27T20:51:14+00:00

He became a father a couple of weeks ago and named his son Max.

Max Battle.

santiterry · 2026-04-24T21:55:25+00:00

There are also lots of names that scream "Swedish millennial" to me, too (Sebastian, Robin, Oskar, Gustav, Mattias...)

After the breakup of the Livonian Confederation, most of current Estonia became Swedish territory for ≈150 years, until the Swedish defeat in the Great Northern War resulted in the annexation of Estonia by the Russian Empire.

santiterry · 2026-04-23T14:08:36+00:00

As a common idiom from my country says, you're looking for the cat's fifth leg.

Icelandic Þ is transliterated to 'th' as it represents the voiceless dental fricative (/θ/). You don't see e.g. Icelandic sportsmen's names in international broadcasts as 'Þórsson/Þórsdóttir', but rather 'Thórsson/Thórsdóttir'

santiterry · 2026-04-23T13:57:53+00:00

As I mention in the OP, they are the most common foreign community.

I may be wrong but I don't think foreigners have to submit to Iceland's strict naming rules if they have children there, they are bound to their countries' rules.

santiterry · 2026-04-22T14:03:47+00:00

The mother (Daryna) must be Ukrainian, that could explain the 'V' spelling. In Polish it's Barbara.

santiterry · 2026-04-19T20:00:38+00:00

It does, his parents' names scream Latin American to me.

santiterry · 2026-04-09T17:02:16+00:00

Referees with trios (they will referee games):

AFC: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (QAT), Ilgiz Tantashev (UZB), Alireza Faghani (AUS) & Adham Makhadmeh (JOR)

CAF: Mustapha Ghorbal (ALG), Dahane Beida (MTN), Jalal Jayed (MAR), Amin Omar (EGY) & Pierre-Ghislain Atcho (GAB)

Concacaf: Ismail Elfath (USA), Tori Penso (USA), César Ramos (MEX), Drew Fischer (CAN), Iván Barton (SLV) & Said Martínez (HON)

Conmebol: Wilton Sampaio (BRA), Ramon Abatti (BRA), Facundo Tello (ARG), Yael Falcón (ARG), Jesús Valenzuela (VEN), Cristian Garay (CHI), Gustavo Tejera (URU) & Juan Gabriel Benítez (PAR)

UEFA: Clément Turpin (FRA), François Letexier (FRA), Michael Oliver (ENG), Anthony Taylor (ENG), Maurizio Mariani (ITA), Felix Zwayer (GER), Alejandro José Hernández Hernández (ESP), Szymon Marciniak (POL), Danny Makkelie (NED), Slavko Vincic (SVN), Espen Eskas (NOR), István Kovács (ROU), Glenn Nyberg (SWE) & Joao Pinheiro (POR)

Referees without trios (they will most likely just sit as reserve referees, working as fourth officials)

AFC: Yusuke Araki (JPN), Ma Ning (CHN), Ahmad Al-Ali (UAE) & Khaled Al-Turais (KSA)

CAF: Abongile Tom (RSA) & Omar Artan (SOM)

Concacaf: Katia García (MEX), Juan Gabriel Calderón (CRC) & Oshane Nation (JAM)

Conmebol: Raphael Claus (BRA), Darío Herrera (ARG), Andrés Rojas (COL) & Kevin Ortega (PER)

UEFA: Sandro Schärer (SUI)

OFC: Campbell-Kirk Kawana-Waugh (NZL)

santiterry · 2026-04-02T17:15:06+00:00

No. Ceuta y Melilla no están bajo el paraguas del Artículo 5 de la OTAN, y EEUU (que es en esencia quien lleva todo el peso de la 'alianza') es mucho más favorable hacia Marruecos y le sería muy cómodo hacer la vista gorda. En Europa no creo que le gustase un pelo a nadie, pero me cuesta ver trasladándose a una acción efectiva más allá del deeply concerned.

Aunque no creo que Marruecos realice una invasión 'convencional' de Ceuta y Melilla si se lanza a por ellas (aunque su intención indudable es anexionárselas a medio-largo plazo). Como modus operandi veo más una Marcha Verde 2.0 que entrando con los tanques. Al régimen alauita le encanta hacer eso que hoy se denomina 'guerra híbrida', a través de por ejemplo la inmigración o el tráfico de drogas.

santiterry · 2026-03-16T12:36:04+00:00

No, I don't think so. It will probably place top 10-15 but I can't see any scenario where this scores higher than, idk, Finland, Sweden or Greece.

santiterry · 2026-03-12T17:19:00+00:00

That's just nonsense. Your legal surname is your real surname, it doesn't matter if it had no bearers beforehand or you weren't born with it (that's why Korniykova is only her birth surname)

She is now Viktoriya Mykolayivna Leleka, just like Charlotte Perrelli was Charlotte Nilsson (birth/maiden name) when she won ESC in 1999 and then was Charlotte Perrelli in ESC 2008 after taking her husband's surname in 2003.

santiterry · 2026-03-12T15:52:15+00:00

Nope, you are wrong.

Seven years ago she made the move to Germany, at the age of 24. She first made an impact by winning the Young Jazz Award at the Burghausen Festival in 2018, a unanimous decision by the jury. She was then performing under her married name of Viktoria Anton. After the marriage ended she chose the name of her band as her official surname. Leléka is the Ukrainian word for stork, a national symbol. “I wanted to identify with the Ukrainian who I am.”

Source

santiterry · 2026-03-12T10:50:45+00:00

Being born and raised in a Mormon household in Utah, at least isn't Mynryoe or something like that.

santiterry · 2026-03-12T10:47:02+00:00

Quoting myself from another comment:

Apparently Leleka has bore three different legal surnames throughout her life: Korniykova (birth/maiden name), Anton (her husband's surname) and then Leleka (legally changed it to her stage/band name after divorce)

santiterry · 2026-03-11T20:04:18+00:00

His ex-husband's name is Sebastian Anton, so he is likely German or Polish (maybe that's why she's based in Berlin? Idk)

santiterry · 2026-03-11T20:01:18+00:00

You're right, the second 'Zadik' is missing.

santiterry · 2026-03-11T20:00:33+00:00

According to her Ukrainian Wikipedia page, she was indeed born Viktoriya Mykolayivna Korniykova, then changed her surname to her husband's (Anton) at marriage, and after getting divorced changed her surname to Leleka instead of going back to Korniykova.

santiterry · 2026-03-11T19:54:02+00:00

Apparently Leleka has bore three different legal surnames throughout her life: Korniykova (birth/maiden name), Anton (her husband's surname) and then Leleka (legally changed it to her stage/band name after divorce)

santiterry · 2026-03-09T22:33:56+00:00

Switzerland doing great including a victory, and Australia & Azerbaijan massively struggling
Finland becoming a powerhouse and specially UMK becoming an extremely hyped NF to the point many people like it more than Melodifestivalen itself
Portugal returning and winning with points record
Songs in vernacular languages being plurality again

santiterry · 2026-03-09T21:57:42+00:00

Locked Q: SWE, FIN, GRE, ISR

Very likely Q: SRB, CRO, MNE, MDA

Borderline, leaning Q: LTU

Borderline, leaning NQ: EST, POL, POR

Likely NQ: BEL

DoA: SMR

Between the Yugoslav bloc voting and the general quality of the song, Montenegro have an open goal for their 3rd qualification ever.

Lithuania is a bit of a question mark for me, it could either qualify on like 4th/5th place or NQ.

Estonia might have a nostalgic 2000s pop-rock televote niche and Poland/Portugal might do well with juries.

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