List of Common Names
In Mongolia, the 20 most common names are:
| Name | Transliteration | translation | male/female | occurrence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Бат-Эрдэнэ | Bat-Erdene | firm jewel | m | 13,473 |
| Отгонбаяр | Otgonbayar | happiness about youngest son | m | 11,083 |
| Алтанцэцэг | Altantsetseg | golden flower | f | 10,967 |
| Оюунчимэг | Oyuunchimeg | decoration mind | f | 10,580 |
| Батбаяр | Batbayar | firm happiness | m | 10,570 |
| Болормаа | Bolormaa | crystal woman | f | 10,282 |
| Энхтуяа | Enkhtuyaa | ray of peace | f | 9,721 |
| Лхагвасүрэн | Lkhagvasüren | m~f | 9,334 | |
| Гантулга | Gantulga | steel hearth | m | 9,268 |
| Эрдэнэчимэг | Erdenechimeg | jewel decoration | f | 9,232 |
| Ганболд | Ganbold | steel-steel | m | 9,118 |
| Нэргүй | Nergüi | nameless | f/m | 8,874 |
| Энхжаргал | Enkhjargal | peaceful happiness | f/m | 8,843 |
| Ганзориг | Ganzorig | courage of steel | m | 8,760 |
| Наранцэцэг | Narantsetseg | sun flower | f | 8,754 |
| Пүрэвсүрэн | Pürevsüren | m/f | 8,691 | |
| Ганбаатар | Ganbaatar | steel hero | m | 8,651 |
| Мөнхцэцэг | Mönkhtsetseg | eternal flower | f | 8,613 |
| Мөнхбат | Mönkhbat | eternal firmity | m | 8,612 |
| Мөнх-Эрдэнэ | Mönkh-Erdene | eternal jewel | m/f | 8,467 |
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Famous quotes containing the words list of, list, common and/or names:
“Shea—they call him Scholar Jack—
Went down the list of the dead.
Officers, seamen, gunners, marines,
The crews of the gig and yawl,
The bearded man and the lad in his teens,
Carpenters, coal-passers—all.”
—Joseph I. C. Clarke (1846–1925)
“Every morning I woke in dread, waiting for the day nurse to go on her rounds and announce from the list of names in her hand whether or not I was for shock treatment, the new and fashionable means of quieting people and of making them realize that orders are to be obeyed and floors are to be polished without anyone protesting and faces are to be made to be fixed into smiles and weeping is a crime.”
—Janet Frame (b. 1924)
“When we are high and airy hundreds say
That if we hold that flight they’ll leave the place,
While those same hundreds mock another day
Because we have made our art of common things ...”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)
“In a time of confusion and rapid change like the present, when terms are continually turning inside out and the names of things hardly keep their meaning from day to day, it’s not possible to write two honest paragraphs without stopping to take crossbearings on every one of the abstractions that were so well ranged in ornate marble niches in the minds of our fathers.”
—John Dos Passos (1896–1970)