Is Simba a boy or girl?

Q: Is Simba a boy or a girl name?

Simba is a boys name of Swahili origin celebrated by many an inner child across the world. Meaning lion, Simba has reached a legendary status thanks to the beloved lead character in The Lion King.

Q: Is Mufasa a male or female?

Mufasa Origin and Meaning The name Mufasa is boys name meaning king. Known for being the name of Simbas father in the Lion King.

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Is Simba a boy or a girl name?
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The most popular baby names of 2019 have been revealed among with the hottest trends among parents.

The figures from BabyCentre show it's been quite a year for mums and dads taking inspiration from musical films.

And while it's yet to feature in the top 100 monikers, it seems the new Lion King movie has had quite the impact on some families.

The name Simba has been registered for the first time, while the number of children named Nalas - the name of Simba's friend in the hit movie - has quadrupled.

The names Simba and Nala both make the list

They're not the only ones that could have been inspired by the year's musical films.

Queen fans may have taken inspiration from the Bohemian Rhapsody biopic as Freddie remained a steadfast top 10 favourite and Brian continued its surprising rise outside the top 100.

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Another musical biopic, Rocketman, could be behind the reason for Elton appearing in BabyCentre registrations for the first time. Bernie (Taupin, Elton’s manager) was also on the rise, along with Taran (Egerton, the lead actor), Sheila and Ivy, Elton’s mum and grandmother.

Freddie remains a top 10 favourite (Image: Manchester Evening News)

And Nala isn't the only lioness to make an appearance.

Names from England's Lionesses have also been rising in popularity, including Lucy (Bronze), Ellen (White) and Karen (Carney, Farley and Walker), while Fara (Williams), Jill (Scott) and Kim (Little) all appeared for the first time this year.

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Parents also looked to Scottish players Erin (Cuthbert), Lana (Clelland) and Fiona (Brown), and some of the better-known American soccer players Megan (Rapinoe) and Carli (Lloyd).

The Lionesses appear to have had an impact on baby names (Image: PA)

The figures come from tens of thousands of parents visiting the parenting website BabyCentre to register their baby name choices over the year.

BabyCentre then collects all the data and uses it to update its top 100 chart of names, reflecting the most popular monikers for girls and boys of 2019.

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Olivia and Muhammad top the charts for the third year in a row.

Sophia and Ava take second and third spot, with the latter knocking Amelia down a place to number four.

For the boys, Noah comes in second and Leo in third, knocking Oliver down and out of the top three for the first time in nine years.

A few new names have crept into the top 100 too.

For girls it's Nur, Hallie, Delilah, Leah, Myla, Penny and Ariana, while for boys the new ones are Kian, Yusuf, Kayden, Ahmad, Myles, Connor, Matteo, Ibrahim, Evan, Jason, Leon and Levi.

Here are the lists in full

Girls

1. Olivia

2. Sophia

3. Ava

4. Amelia

5. Isla

6. Lily

7. Mia

8. Emily

9. Isabella

10. Freya

11. Aria

12. Ella

13. Evie

14. Grace

15. Isabelle

16. Ivy

17. Rosie

18. Sophie

19. Willow

20. Charlotte

21. Poppy

22. Elsie

23. Emilia

24. Sienna

25. Phoebe

26. Ruby

27. Hannah

28. Evelyn

29. Zara

30. Florence

31. Maya

32. Luna

33. Eva

34. Darcie

35. Emma

36. Mila

37. Chloe

38. Daisy

39. Alice

40. Layla

41. Matilda

42. Harper

43. Molly

44. Ellie

45. Nur

46. Eliza

47. Zoe

48. Sarah

49. Thea

50. Bella

51. Ada

52. Maisie

53. Jessica

54. Millie

55. Lucy

56. Violet

57. Fatima

58. Scarlett

59. Maryam

60. Penelope

61. Holly

62. Erin

63. Anna

64. Eleanor

65. Robyn

66. Imogen

67. Lottie

68. Hallie

69. Harriet

70. Aurora

71. Esme

72. Lola

73. Amber

74. Iris

75. Maria

76. Jasmine

77. Bonnie

78. Abigail

79. Amelie

80. Clara

81. Ayla

82. Annabelle

83. Gracie

84. Rose

85. Georgia

86. Summer

87. Arabella

88. Delilah

89. Elizabeth

90. Lara

91. Leah

92. Kiara

93. Myla

94. Nancy

95. Eden

96. Orla

97. Heidi

98. Martha

99. Penny

100. Ariana

Boys

1. Muhammad

2. Noah

3. Leo

4. Oliver

5. Charlie

6. Harry

7. George

8. Arthur

9. Freddie

10. Jack

11. Theo

12. Oscar

13. Jacob

14. Ethan

15. Alfie

16. Jaxon

17. Thomas

18. Joshua

19. Henry

20. Lucas

21. Archie

22. Max

23. Isaac

24. James

25. Adam

26. Louis

27. Elijah

28. Teddy

29. Aiden

30. Finley

31. William

32. Alexander

33. Luca

34. Daniel

35. Logan

36. Liam

37. Jayden

38. Tommy

39. Harrison

40. Reuben

41. Theodore

42. Arlo

43. Elliott

44. Dylan

45. Ryan

46. Mason

47. Joseph

48. Sebastian

49. Samuel

50. Caleb

51. Kian

52. Yusuf

53. Albie

54. Ollie

55. David

56. Zachary

57. Nathan

58. Riley

59. Rory

60. Hugo

61. Edward

62. Hunter

63. Ezra

64. Benjamin

65. Toby

66. Jude

67. Luke

68. Carter

69. Gabriel

70. Grayson

71. Kayden

72. Alex

73. Reggie

74. Finn

75. Ahmad

76. Matthew

77. Jesse

78. Bobby

79. Frankie

80. Myles

81. Roman

82. Michael

83. Kai

84. Connor

85. John

86. Blake

87. Matteo

88. Ali

89. Eli

90. Ibrahim

91. Harvey

92. Aaron

93. Evan

94. Jenson

95. Stanley

96. Harley

97. Jason

98. Leon

99. Levi

100. Lewis

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Is Simba a boy or a girl name?

Simba is a boy's name of Swahili origin celebrated by many an inner child across the world. Meaning "lion," Simba has reached a legendary status thanks to the beloved lead character in The Lion King.

Can Simba be a female name?

The name Simba is an African male name, translated from the Swahili language means “lion“. The semantic analogs will be the names - Lev, Leon, Leys, Aslan, Arslan, Arye. A unique case, but this name was given to a girl!