Knud Bielefeld
Knud Bielefeld (* 1967 in Rendsburg ) is a German hobby name researcher.
Bielefeld studied business informatics in Flensburg and graduated with a diploma.
Bielefeld has been evaluating birth notifications - mostly from maternity clinics - from all over Germany since 1996 and publishes an online ranking of the most popular first names every year, since 2001 on a website specially created for this purpose. This ranking is regularly taken up by the media in their reporting.
Bielefeld is married, has a son and lives with his family in Ahrensburg near Hamburg.
On June 16, 2019, Bielefeld was a candidate in the NDR broadcast Hard to believe! .
Most popular first names
The most popular first names identified by Bielefeld were:
| year | most common maiden name | most common boy name |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Anna | Lukas / Lucas |
| 1997 | Anna | Jan |
| 1998 | Anna | Jan |
| 1999 | Sarah | Jan |
| 2000 | Anna | Lukas / Lucas |
| 2001 | Anna | Niklas |
| 2002 | Anna | Jan |
| 2003 | Anna | Jan |
| 2004 | Marie | Lukas / Lucas |
| 2005 | Leonie / Leoni | Lukas / Lucas |
| 2006 | Anna | Lukas / Lucas |
| 2007 | Hannah / Hanna | Leon |
| 2008 | Hannah / Hanna | Leon |
| 2009 | Mia | Leon |
| 2010 | Mia | Leon |
| 2011 | Mia | Ben |
| 2012 | Mia | Ben |
| 2013 | Mia | Ben |
| 2014 | Emma | Ben |
| 2015 | Mia | Ben |
| 2016 | Mia | Ben |
| 2017 | Emma | Ben |
| 2018 | Emma | Ben |
| 2019 | Emma | Ben |
Web links
Publications
- Annemarie Lüning and Knud Bielefeld: From Finn and Finja, Freya and Fritz. The most popular first names of northern Germans. Vitolibro, Malente 2016. ISBN 978-3-86940-017-4 .
- Annemarie Lüning and Knud Bielefeld: Tell me: What should it be called ?: The most popular first names of Germans - The yearbook for 2016/2017. Vitolibro, Malente 2016. ISBN 978-3-86940-018-1
Individual evidence
- ^ Knud Bielefeld: Popular Given Names - Yearbook 2012.
- ↑ Annemarie Lüning and Knud Bielefeld: Elsa is not a cow: Popular first names yearbook 2014. ISBN 978-3-7357-8527-5 .
- ↑ http://www.westfalen-blatt.de/Ueberregional/Artikel/3105892-Statistik-des-Namensforschers-Knud-Bielefeld-Mia-und-Ben-sind-beliebeneste-Vornamen-2017-in-NRW
- ↑ https://www.muensterlandzeitung.de/Staedte/Stadtlohn/Stadtlohner-Eltern-setzt-bei-der-Namenswahl-auf-Klassiker-1242955.html
- ^ Matthias Heine: One man, one word: The autumn of the Horst - how a name became a joke. In: welt.de . April 25, 2017. Retrieved October 7, 2018 .
- ↑ https://www.abendblatt.de/region/stormarn/article133452112/Die-Macher-der-Vornamen-Hitliste-kommen-aus-Ahrensburg.html
- ↑ NDR: Hard to believe! Retrieved February 3, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bielefeld, Knud |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German hobby name researcher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1967 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rendsburg |