Name Madness 2013 - Round 2

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Thank you for the tremendous turnout in Round 1! There were 83 votes tabulated, more than double the most votes we had in last year's Name Madness. Much appreciation to those who linked to it, including Appellation Mountain and Name News! I hope the trend continues with the next round!

Now down to the results. As I periodically checked the way the votes were going, I saw several leads change hands as well as a couple of match-ups go down to the wire. Here they are (winners in bold)...

#1
Anastasia 53%
Anya 47%

#2
Aoife 40%
Ariadne 60%

#3
Blanca 54%
Edyta 46%

#4
Eleni 72%
Eliška 28%

#5
Élodie 71%
Fleur 29%

#6
Francesca 71%
Giulia 29%

#7
Ilse 34%
Imogen 66%

#8
Isla 88%
Jadwiga 12%

#9
Lena 48%
Leonie 52%

#10
Linnéa 57%
Lucía 43%

#11
Matilda 76%
Milena 24%

#12
Natalia 72%
Oona 28%

#13
Pia 83%
Pinja 17%

#14
Saoirse 70%
Selma 30%

#15
Thea 72%
Valeria 28%

#16
Zoe 58%
Zora 42%

#17
Aleksi 81%
Alvaro 19%

#18
Andreas 84%
Attila 16%

#19
Bendt 62%
Bogdan 38%

#20
Bram 45%
Callum 55%

#21
Cillian 57%
Emil 43%

#22
Enzo 73%
Florian 27%

#23
Guillermo 35%
Gustav 65%

#24
Iker 46%
Kacper 54%

#25
León 71%
Livio 29%

#26
Lorcán 48%
Luka 52%

#27
Maxime 45%
Milan 55%

#28
Moritz 25%
Otto 75%

#29
Panagiotis 6%
Petros 94%

#30
Raphael 76%
Rasmus 24%

#31
Ronan 89%
Sergei 11%

#32
Tiago 46%
Viggo 54%

The Tiago/Viggo fight went back and forth the entire time... I had no idea who was going to come out on top in the end. Same with Lorcán/Luka. I'm a bit bummed Rasmus lost, as I had grown fond of it in my research for this tournament. On the girl side, I am thrilled Saoirse won, as it is a name that came to my attention when I was pregnant with my daughter and has always caught my eye since. I'm glad Leonie pulled through (picked from my memories of living in Germany), and a bit disappointed both Jadwiga and Milena didn't win (picked from my memories of living in Poland). But the names that beat them are fabulous as well, so the disappointment didn't last long!

What do you think of the results? Any huge surprises or disappointments for you? Is there any name you are ecstatic it's still around?

Now on to Round 2!

You have until Sunday, November 24 to vote. Please vote only once and for only one name in each match. Winners of Round 2 and the ballot for Round 3 should be published on Monday, November 25. Have fun!