这年头，起个英文名可以说是居家旅行必备了~ 然而，当理发店里的Tony和Andy老师早已过气，办公室里的Lily、Rose越来越少，连家里的喵星人都潮了起来，这时，就有人担心自己的英文名太老土，一定要绞尽脑汁推陈出新……
（以上帖子来自国外版知乎Quora）
有人打算叫Zeus（宙斯）、Apollo（阿波罗），有小姐姐觉得Medousa（美杜莎）很酷。却不知在歪果仁眼里，你已成了“玉皇大帝”和“梅超风”。
还有人直接用了自己爱豆的名字……
当你给自己起名叫Harry Potter的时候，大家内心几乎都是崩溃的。因为那就相当于管自己叫“孙悟空”、“葫芦娃”。
当你介绍自己是艾玛Emma Watson、科比Kobe Bryant、安妮·海瑟薇Anne Hathaway的时候，歪果仁会确信：你脑子有泡……
当然，也有人另辟蹊径，“创作”出了颇具影响力的名字。恐怕第一名要颁给Angelababy女士……
不久前，Angelababy登上美版《Vogue》杂志，引来不少媒体网友围观（戳这里回顾）。
对歪果仁来说，她的名字倒是十分抢眼。在文章里，贴心的编辑就在她的名字后面加了个备注：“(the single name is her own invention) 这名字是她自创的”……
总之，让人一言难尽的英文名实在数不胜数。而英国有位妹子，就从中嗅出了商机。
（CNBC：《这位19岁女孩通过为67.7万中国宝宝起名挣够了大学学费》）
据《每日邮报》报道，这位妹子叫Beau Jessup，今年19岁，算是个星二代，她的妈妈是英国演员Lisa Maxwell。
Beau目前是名大学生，在伦敦政治经济学院读社会人类学专业。
最近，她透露自己通过帮中国家长给宝宝起英文名，已经狂赚了30万英镑。不仅大学学费都够交了，还打算投资房地产……
The teenage daughter of Loose Women star Lisa Maxwell has revealed she made £300,000 helping Chinese parents pick an English name for their children and says that she intends to use the money to pay her university fees.
Beau Jessup, 19, from Edge, Gloucestershire has named more than 677,000 babies so far and also plans to invest in property.
She studies social anthropology at the London School of Economics.
Beau的爸爸是个生意人，有段时间，她跟爸爸在中国旅游。爸爸一位生意上的伙伴王女士，当时请Beau帮忙给自己三岁的女儿起英文名。
Beau给小女孩取的英文名是Eliza，出自《窈窕淑女》（My Fair Lady）中奥黛丽·赫本饰演的女主 Eliza Doolittle。王先生夫妻俩都很满意这个名字。
Beau set up SpecialName.cn after spending time in China and travelling with her father.
One of his business associates, a Mrs Wang, asked for help in naming her three-year-old daughter and when Beau suggested Eliza, after Eliza Doolittle, the woman was delighted.
这事儿之后Beau也开始了解到，近年来中国人对起个合适英文名的需求与日俱增。
不过，Beau也被听到的一些中国人的迷之英文名给震惊了。比如有人叫“爆米花Popcorn”，还有人叫“甘道夫Gandalf”……
（甘道夫：？？？）
All Chinese babies are given a traditional Chinese name at birth, which is written in Chinese characters and used for all government documents.
There has been a growing demand in the last 20 years to adopt an additional English name that can be read, pronounced and printed in English.
Beau says she was dismayed at some of the names she heard, like Popcorn and Gandalf.
于是，她灵机一动：我可以通过给中国孩子起名来赚钱啊~
“他们（中国人）说起个英文名很重要，因为要申请出国留学，或者写工作邮件时都需要用到。
'They explained an English name is vital because you can't use a Chinese name on email or a university application to the UK.
但我也听过很多从文化上很不恰当的英文名，都是他们直接从电影里找的或者网上看到的。
'But I also heard lots of examples where people had chosen culturally inappropriate English names they'd heard from films or read online.
这时我就意识到，帮中国人起英文名或许是个好机会。”
'It made me realise there was an opportunity to help Chinese people get it right from the start.'
后来Beau就创立了自己的起名网站Special Name.cn，专门为中国宝宝起英文名。目前Beau的网站已经为67.7万的中国孩子起名，收入超过30万英镑。
To solve the problem Beau developed Specialname to suggest culturally appropriate English names to prospective parents based on their ideals and aspirations for their child.
And so far the website has made £309,557.40 from the babies named, CNBC Make It reported.
说到这儿，有的小伙伴要问了，有没有不花钱就get潮英文名的地方啊？有有有……
美国有个网站Nameberry ，统计了2019年目前最受父母欢迎的宝宝英文名。
女孩名榜单前五名：
1. Posie
2. Isla
3. Olivia
4. Aurora
5. Maeve
男孩名榜单前五名：
1. Milo
2. Jasper
3. Atticus
4. Theodore
5. Asher
夺得最火女孩英文名第一名的是Posie，取代了2018年的Olivia。男孩名今年最火的则是Milo，取代了去年的Atticus。最新打入前五名榜单的女孩名有Aurora和Maeve，男孩名是Theodore。
Posie replaces Olivia, the Number 1 girl name for 2018, while Milo takes the place of Atticus, 2018’s Number 1 for boys. Aurora and Maeve are other new entrants to the girls’ Top 5, while Theodore is a new Top 5 name for boys.
最火英文名：Posie & Milo
榜单女孩名冠军Posie，也可以拼写成Posy或Posey，代表了宝宝名的流行趋势。这是个复古、自然的名字（posy也有花束的意思），同时也是个昵称式的名字。Posie可以单独用，也可以是一些时尚英文名的简称，比如Penelope（佩内洛普）和Josephine（约瑟芬）。
Posie, which can also be spelled Posy and Posey, represents the confluence of several baby name trends. It’s a vintage name, a nature name, and a nickname-name. Posie can be used on its own or might be a short form of such fashionable proper names as Penelope or Josephine.
榜单男孩名冠军Milo，起源是拉丁语和古德语，意思是“士兵(soldier)”或“仁慈的（merciful）”。这个名字也是一位著名的古希腊奥运会摔跤手的名字。当然，这个名字人气度的提升，恐怕也是因为热门美剧《我们这一天》（This Is Us）的男主演Milo Ventimiglia。Milo饰演的好爸爸圈粉无数。
（美剧《我们这一天》剧照）
Milo, which has roots in both Latin and Old German and can mean either soldier or merciful, is the name of an ancient Olympic wrestler and of Milo Ventimiglia of the popular TV show This Is Us. It ranks Number 224 in the US.
仍在流行的英文名：Olivia & Jack
Olivia这个女孩名字多年来一直大受欢迎。2001年就在美国宝宝英文名前十榜单，2019年则位居该网站榜单第三名。而Jack在苏格兰和爱尔兰都是最火的男孩名，2019年排行榜则是第七位。其他大家仍旧爱起的经典名字有：女孩第十名的Charlotte，男孩第14名的Oliver。
Olivia has been a favorite with Nameberry visitors and parents around the world for many years now, ranking among the US Top 10 since 2001 and standing at Number 3 on Nameberry’s 2019 list. Jack is the top boys’ name in Scotland and Ireland and ranks Number 7 among boys’ names for 2019. Other classics with staying power: Charlotte at Number 10 and Oliver at Number 14.
热门古代英文名：Aurora & Atticus
如今全球都流行从古希腊罗马或古代神话里取名。比如，女孩榜单第四名的Aurora，是罗马神话、北欧神话中掌管黎明、曙光的女神。而男孩名榜单第三名Atticus，则源自著名罗马文学形象。其他今年上榜的古代名字还有女孩名Freya（挪威掌管爱、美及富饶的女神）。男孩名Cassius（一位古罗马历史学家，同时也被认为是刺杀凯撒大帝的人）
（截图来自维基百科）
Names from Ancient Rome and Greece and from ancient mythology around the world are fashionable right now. Aurora, goddess of the dawn and Number 4 on the girls’ list, and Atticus, an important Roman literary figure and Number 3 for boys, lead the pack. Other ancient names destined to be hot in 2019 are Freya, Norse goddess of love, beauty, and fertility whose name ranks Number 18 or girls, and Cassius, an Ancient Roman historian as well as the would-be assassin of Julius Caesar and the Number 30 boys’ name.
热门“进口”英文名：Maeve & Finn
这两个名字都来自爱尔兰，是爱尔兰神话中的经典形象。Meave是今年女孩名榜单第五名，Finn是男孩榜单第八名。女孩榜第七名Amara，则可以追溯到印第安、非洲、意大利多个国家的文化。男孩名Aarav则来自印度，意思是“和平的”，榜单排行第十一。
（在热门美剧《怪奇物语》里饰演男主的小演员名字就叫Finn哦）
The Irish imports Maeve and Finn, both names of important figures of Irish mythology, rank highest in this category. Maeve is the Number 5 girl name for 2019 so far, with Finn Number 8 for boys. Also popular is Amara, the Number 7 girls’ name with roots in several cultures from Indian to African to Italian. Aarav, a Hindi boys’ name meaning “peaceful,” ranks 11 on Nameberry’s 2019 list.
最时尚的经典英文名：Cora & Theodore
来自古希腊的女孩英文名Cora近年来人气大涨，今年榜单里是第六名。另一个古希腊男孩名Theodore也很火，可以缩写成Theo或Ted，榜单排名第四。
The ancient Greek Cora has been jumping up both the Nameberry and the US popularity lists in the past few years, standing at Number 6 for 2019. Theodore, another historic Greek name that can be shortened to Theo or Ted, is Number 4 for boys.
最后，最热门的100个男女英文名在此，拿走不谢~ 你相中哪个了？
2019年最热门的女孩英文名
Posie
Isla
Olivia
Aurora
Maeve
Cora
Amara
Ada
Amelia
Charlotte
Genevieve
Ophelia
Ava
Rose
Eleanor
Lucy
Astrid
Freya
Elodie
Luna
Adelaide
Eloise
Anna
Adah
Iris
Violet
Thea
Adeline
Evelyn
Alice
Jane
Aurelia
Elizabeth
Nora
Ivy
Elsie
Maia
Imogen
Hazel
Esme
Arabella
Penelope
Maisie
Eliza
Josephine
Clara
Lyra
Willa
Chloe
Phoebe
Mae
Evangeline
Josephine
Arabella
Willa
Beatrice
Aria
Emma
Lyra
Elise
Audrey
Maia
Claire
Caroline
Clementine
Wren
Mabel
Abigail
Ottilie
Grace
Gemma
Lydia
Elena
Seraphina
Anastasia
Margot
Sadie
Lilith
Matilda
Madeline
Stella
Isabel
Cleo
Lila
Cordelia
Margaret
Willow
Emily
Mila
Juliet
Beatrix
Eliana
Florence
Emmeline
Hannah
Vera
Naomi
Delilah
Zara
Lucia
2019年最热门的男孩英文名
Milo
Jasper
Atticus
Theodore
Asher
Silas
Jack
Finn
Henry
Felix
Aarav
Wyatt
Aryan
Oliver
Oscar
Leo
Bodhi
Arthur
Julian
Louis
Levi
Ethan
Soren
Harry
Eli
Theo
James
Charles
Jude
Cassius
Ezra
Axel
Otis
Liam
Emmett
Charlie
Aaron
Sebastian
Declan
Elio
William
Thomas
Caleb
Lucas
Benjamin
Kai
Alexander
Elijah
Owen
August
Owen
Otis
Alexander
Amias
Archer
Luke
August
Zachary
Tobias
Roman
Jacob
Elias
Otto
Isaac
Cyrus
Hugo
Callum
Ryker
John
Gabriel
Everett
Josiah
Noah
Cassian
Simon
Lewis
Samuel
Xavier
Kit
Ronan
Nolan
Aurelius
Gideon
Max
Andrew
Graham
Joseph
Beau
Caius
Bear
David
Knox
Sawyer
Caspian
Lachlan
Daniel
Ambrose
Beckett
Abel
Isaiah
综合来源：每日邮报，CNBC, nameberry.com
