Did you know that a female first name that is rarely used in France and an increasingly trendy male first name have a particularity in relation to their holidays? They are only celebrated once every four years due to the date assigned to them, February 29.
Are you looking for the perfect name for your future baby? Please note that in France there is a tradition which consists of allocating a day to one or more first names to celebrate it. If this tradition dates back thousands of years, each day was in fact attributed to a saint in an effort to remember and therefore to people with the same first name, this tradition was subsequently democratized.
If it is important to you that your child has a first name included in the holiday calendar, the choice may be difficult. If certain first names are quite common like the first name Marie for little girls, others can on the contrary be much rarer, but this is not for this reason that these two first names (masculine and feminine) have a particularity. Indeed, they are actually only celebrated every four years on the occasion of what is called the leap year.
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What are these first names?
If the year 2024 has one more day, a particularity due to the addition of February 29 every four years, some people will finally have the pleasure of being able to celebrate their first name on that day! If for little girls, it is a very rare first name which is in the spotlight, its last attribution dates back to 2020 in France, Antoinette and its derivatives, Antoineta, Antonietta… for little boys it is a first name much more trendy!
Indeed, this Thursday, February 29, Auguste and its derivatives will be celebrated, Agosoto, August, Augusto, Augustus… Present in the top 100 of the most fashionable first names in France with its 98th place, experts indicate that it is It’s a safe bet that he will continue his rise. On the other hand, note that the Augustinians, even if derived from Augustus, are celebrated on May 27 and August 28. So, if your birth is scheduled for February 29 and you are looking for a rare, original, but also old first name, these two first names are made for you!
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