October 26, 2001
From the desk of Mindles H. Dreck:Come to the Euro side, Luke
One sign of a unified Europe, according to the Christian Science Monitor - lots of kids named Lucas, in one form or the other:
From one end of the continent to the other, a record number of boys are being christened Lucas.Posted by Mindles H. Dreck at October 26, 2001 04:07 PM | Technorati inbound linksAt least, that is what they are called in France, where Lucas was the second-most popular name for baby boys last year, according to a just-published study. In Germany and Austria, where the name tops the list, they spell it Lukas. In Sweden it is climbing the charts, and in Italy the local version, Luca, is spreading fast. In England, Luke came in at No. 9.
For girls, Chloe has united England and France as surely as the channel tunnel, being the most popular name for newborns in England and the second-most popular in France, according to predictions for 2001.