Fans of Hunger Games, Game of Thrones, and Twilight. Seem to have taken to the baby-naming game extremely well by picking a baby name that's related to their favourite movie or TV show. These names picked from those pop culture juggernauts were some of the hottest baby names of 2012.
Nameberry, the baby naming site, has compiled the most viewed baby names of this year thus far
Here are the 13 hottest baby names of 2012.
Senna/Cinna
Mostly due to Senna, a Twilight vampire, and Cinna was Katniss's hairstylist in The Hunger Games.
Niall
Niall Horan is a member of the band One Direction. He pronounces it like Nile.
Arya
This name is a character in Game of Thrones.
Decimus
Names from Ancient Rome are making a huge comeback thanks to The Hunger Games. This was also Russell Crowe's character's middle name in Gladiator.
Caia
This is a half-witch, half-werewolf character in the Lunarmorte series of novels by Samantha Young.
Gatsby
This is F. Scott Fitzgerald's eponymous character in his literary masterpiece The Great Gatsby. The name's popularity probably popped due to the new Leonardo DiCaprio film version.
Blue
It's all about Blue Ivy, of course, Beyonce and Jay-Z's baby daughter.
Sybil
This name has popped due to Lady Sybil Crawley from the BBC's Downton Abbey series.
Calix
This is supposed to be a male version of Calista or Callie, combined with Alex.
Halcyon
The Halycyone was a mythic bird who could calm the seas -- conjures up images of utter peace and tranquillity – or could be after the 2012 movie of the same name.
Django
From the new movie Django or Jazz great Django Reinhardt or even one of the rat characters in the Pixar film "Ratatouille." Comes from Gypsy origins meaning “I awake”
Nova
Atmospheric names like Aurora and Skylar have always been popular, and this is one gaining popularity now.
Theon
This is a character from the George R.R. Martin fantasy series.
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