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18 Jan 2017

Kiwis’ favourite names for baby boys

by Editor | posted in: Random | 0

New Zealanders’ favourite names for baby boys are short (four letters or less in many cases) and have a Victorian flavour to them. The top three choices of names could all have been plucked from Charles Dickens novels. The most … Read More

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15 Jan 2017

Top 10 choice of names for baby girls in New Zealand

by Editor | posted in: Random | 0

Only one new name has joined the annual list of top 10 names given by parents to their newborn daughters in New Zealand last year. The newcomer to the list of most popular names is Ava, joining the list after … Read More

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7 Jan 2017

The worst names for New Zealand babies

by Editor | posted in: Random | 0

While Choice New Zealand usually celebrates what’s best about our country, sometimes it helps our readers to make the right decisions by knowing what to avoid. And there’s arguably no better example than to know which names should not be … Read More

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