Among Germany's big cities, Muhammad was at the top of the list of the most common names chosen for newborns in 2022, but it is also increasingly popular in cities such as Hesse and Bremen, according to the annual survey of the German Linguistics Society published this week .
The data shows that
the country is facing a rapid demographic transition,
and the spread of Islamic names is only one factor in this trend. In most big cities, for example, the majority of children have a migration background, including in Hamburg.
Overall, 38 percent of children in the German school system have a migrant background, which has overburdened schools and led to a general deterioration in reading and math results, Remix News . Another negative effect of increasing diversity within schools is that it leads to conflicts between students and an increase in violence.
Mohamed is an increasingly popular name elsewhere in Western Europe. In France, every fifth newborn has an Islamic name , with Mohammed being the most popular. Read more In Brussels , this is also the most common boy's name given to newborns.
Source: Mandarin
Photo: An intensive language course is held in a lecture hall of the University of Potsdam for refugees who want to work as teachers in Germany after the training (Photo: MTI/EPA/Klaus-Dietmar Gabbert)
