WHAT’S IN A NAME?

NEXT YEAR’S GRADE 1 teachers will be calling for Sophia, Olivia, Emma and Isabella more than any other girl names in their classes. Their boys will overwhelmingly be called Jack, Liam, Lucas and Aiden. Okay, these are stats from the US, but be honest, you know one or two children with those names, don’t you?

Obviously in South Africa things look a little different. We are so multicultural that no one language or naming tradition dominates. But if you’re interested, Statistics SA sometimes takes a break from