ODESA, JANUARY 17th, 2013, CONTEXT-PRICHERNOMORIE ― Among unusual names given to children in Odesa region in the II half of 2012 have been Jethro, Allen, Louis, Ariadne, Junius, Stefanie and other, Context-Prichernomorie correspondent reports.

The Registrar's office of the Main Department of Justice in the Odessa region reported today, 17 January.

According to the information, in the II half of 2012 the most popular given names were as follows: male names ― Andriy, Artem, Bohdan, Vladislav, Volodymyr, Daniil, Danylo, Denis, Dmytro, Evgen, Yegor, Ivan, Igor, Ilya, Kyrylo, Konstantyn, Maksym, Mikhail, Mykyta, Oleg, Oleksandr, Oleksiy, Roman, Ruslan, Sergiy, Stanislav, Jaroslav; female names ― Alina, Anastasia, Anna, Arina, Valeriya, Veronika, Viktoria, Daria, Diana, Eva, Elizaveta, Kateryna, Karina, Kyra, Ksenia, Marina, Maria, Natalya, Oleksandra, Olga, Polina, Svetlana, Sofia, Tatiana, Julia.

In addition, parents have given their children unusual names like: male names ― Avenier, Abraham, Akim, Allen, Albert, Aristarchus, Bogoslav, Viktor-Kuzey, Vseslav, Gherman, Gordius, Dominik, Elis, Emil, Eliseus, Israel, Ildar, Jethro, Kassian, Leo, Lucas, Lubomir, Louis, Maximilian, Moses, Murat, Nalin, Nathan, Nick, Orestes, Platon, Renat, Savely, Stephen, Terentiy, Shirinbek, Yanugi, Janush, Jaromyr; female names ― Augustine, Agnes, Aida, Alicia, Alia, Amelia, Anessa , Anita, Asya, Ariadne, Aurica, Bozhena, Bathsheba, Vitalina, Gabriella, Danielle, Diana, Dolores, Elvira, Emma, Emily, Estela, Yesenia, Pearl-Esther, Zlata, Iva, Iya, Camellia, Knyaginya, Lana, Liana, Lemona, Lukeria, Lyalya, Marietta, Milana, Milena, Miriam, Nikolina, Paula, Princess, Rada, Renata, Rihanna, Reese, Ruzanna, Solomiya, Stella, Susana, Tina, Stephanie, Junia.