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www.nrscotland.gov.uk How are new names created? The inspiration for baby names comes from many different sources. Films, musicians, and writers appear to have influenced parents’ choice of names for their babies. Girls called Arya 48 2011 'Game of Thrones' first TV series 0 1974 2016 A girl has a name... Arya Stark from Game of Thrones is popular with parents — there were 48 baby Aryas in Scotland in 2016. The variant spelling 'Aria' is even more popular, with 251 babies in 2016 with that name. Girls called Kayleigh 230 1985 Marillion released 'Kayleigh' single 17 0 1974 2016 Chalk hearts melting on a playground wall... Kayleigh surged from nowhere to 230 babies following Marillion's 1985 hit single, but the name's popularity has dropped recently, with only 17 baby Kayleighs in 2016. Girls called Luna 36 'Harry Potter' saga films released 1 1974 2016 I suspect the Nargles are behind it… Luna has been rising ever since the release of Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix in 2007, featuring the first appearance by Luna Lovegood. Girls called Lyra 11 8 'His Dark Materials' 0 trilogy published 1974 2016 Just let them try to stop us! A slow but steady rise for starry girls’ name Lyra following the publication of His Dark Materials, starring heroine Lyra Belacqua. Girls called Merida 7 4 2012 'Brave' 0 film released 1974 2016 Jings, Crivvens and Help Ma Boab! Straight as an arrow, the release of Brave in 2012 introduced Merida into the list of Scottish baby names for the first time. www.nrscotland.gov.uk Source: Baby names, Scotland, 1974-2017 (provisional figures for 2017) scotland.shinyapps.io/babynames.

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