What is Sarah and Angela?
Sara and Angela are worthy representatives of the names of children born after the 1990s, whose parents were fascinated by Italian television or American movies and music. Thus, as we have mentioned in another article , with the establishment of democracy, Albanians said goodbye to Hope, Birth, White, Light, Freedom and welcomed Angela, Sarah, Anna, Ambra, Stella, Paola, Ina, Klean, Laura, Emin , Jenny et al.
What next?
Later, the trend began to put Hebrew names with special meanings, such as: Ameli, Amris, Gabriel or Joel. Biblical names, such as Noah, also became widespread.
After cheap?
Recently, celebrities have mostly selected Albanian names or words that have a certain meaning in Albanian. We mention here Zëri, the son of Elita Rudi and Gjiko, Ajka, the daughter of Xhensila Myrtezaj and Bes Kallaku, Zahon, the son of Edi and Linda Rama, Kajani, the son of the mayor Erion Veliaj and Ajola Xoxa. Other Albanian names (or words that mark something in Albanian) that the VIPs chose for the children: Ambla, Akid, Bind, Bora, Kroni, Kroi Art, Era Buna, Jon, Boiken, Glauk, Krena, Ajër, Stina, Hana et al.
Is the name Dua widespread?
Referring to the data of the Institute of Statistics (until 2017), there are "less than 10 people named Dua". In fact, such a result comes even when looking for a word that is not a proper noun, such as "hasjdifgssë". So, the result "has less than 10 names" comes out for every name that 0-9 Albanians have.
The power of Dua Lipa
Dua Lipa is already a popstar, which means that not a few people will be inspired by her name, as is really happening. Dua is most likely to turn into a popular name because it is inspired by a music star and at the same time has meaning in Albanian.
Kujtojmë se djali i Miriam Canit dhe Alban Skënderajt quhet Duam. Vërtet mund të jetë frymëzuar nga kënga e tyre me të njëjtin emër, por nuk përjashtohet edhe mundësia që të ketë ndikuar sadopak Dua Lipa. Po kështu, Erion Isai tregoi për ABC-ja e pasdites" se ai dhe bashkëshortja dëshironin që vajza e tyre e dytë të quhej Dua, por e ndryshuan paksa duke zgjedhur emrin E’dua.
Një tjetër dukuri që të bën të mendosh që vajzat me emrin Dua do të shtohen në Shqipëri është edhe fakti se Dua Lipa ishte frymëzimi për dhjetëra emra bebesh për vajza në Angli dhe Uells. Sipas Zyrës së Statistikave Kombëtare (ONS) (via BBC), foshnjat e quajtura Dua u dyfishuan në vitin 2019 në krahasim me vitin 2017, kohë kur Dua fitoi famë në Mbretërinë e Bashkuar.
ONS stated that in 2019, 126 babies were named Dua, while in 2017, after the publication of "Be The One", babies named Dua reached the number 63.
The name Dua, some time ago, was an unusual name in Britain, unlike the Middle Eastern countries where it is most popular (from Arabic, Dua means "prayer"). In interviews, Dua has stated that her name is Albanian and has the meaning "love" (as a verb not as a name).
