Among the most popular names in Spain we always have names like María, Lucía or Juan, but what is the most common name in the world? A recent ranking has revealed that a name is the most used in the world since it works for both a boy and a girl. Which? Keep reading because we will discover it below.
What is the most common name in the world?
A single name is the one that occupies the first place among the most common names in the world and this is none other than Andrea’s since it is a name that both men and women carry. A name of Greek origin whose meaning is “man, strength, virility.”
We find it in many languages : in Spanish or Castilian, (Andrea or also Andrés), French (André, Andrée, Andreina), Greek (Andreas), English (Andrew, Andreana, Drew, Dandy, Andy); Russian (Andrej), Slavic (Ondra), Swedish (Anders), German (Andreas, Andres, Dreis), Hungarian (Andras, Andreas, Andy and Andor).
In Spain the name is currently counted in more than 108,000 women (with an average age of 23 years) and more than 2,600 men (with an average age of 36 years).
Mohamed, another very common name in the world
Andrea is currently the name that is put the most in the world, but two years ago another ranking was made in which the name of Mohamed came out as number one because it is present throughout the world in its different versions : Muhammad, Mohammed, Mohammad, Muhammed, Mohamed, Mohamad, Muhamad, Muhamed, Mohamud, Mohummad, Mohummed, Mouhamed, Mohammod, and Mouhamad.
Mohamed’s name is of Arabic origin and its meaning is that of “one who deserves to be praised.”
Other common names in the world
Along with the names of Andrea and Mohammed we have others that tend to get a lot around the world since they always appear in the rankings of the most popular names year after year. In this way, the feminine name that is used the most throughout the world María (of Hebrew-Aramaic origin) since like the previous ones, it has different variants (Miriam, Mary, Marielle, Maruska, Marinka) that are used in many countries. In fact, it is estimated that more than 60 million women have this name in the world.
On the other hand, in the Chinese-Japanese and Indian area, no name is imposed on the others by frequency. This means that, despite being the most inhabited areas on the planet, they do not have a name that reaches the worldwide primacy of diffusion despite the fact that Chinese names such as Yan, Li or Ying are really popular all over the world.
