Why do Australians have American names?

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Soon2bMrsM

I think the real question here is...

Why do all Americans think the world revolves around them and everything they do?

iansand9876

Australians have the benefit of an education system, unlike from wherever this goose comes.

SuperSnipe

Mate, I don't know what you have been smoking. Dingobait? Crikely? Not even Alf Stewart would name his kids like that!

lilly

Australians dont all speak slang, we all speak English just like Americans, the' American' names you have described are all English names. American names are things like Bubba, Bunny,Buffy and Biff arent they?

Elizabeth

American names like.... Billy-Bob, Billy-Jean, Billy-Ray, Billy-Joe. There are not too many of those here. Thank God.

Jason, Justin, Crystal, Jessica, Ashley are names used world-wide.
Origins of names mentioned:
Jason - It is of Greek and Hebrew origin.
Justin - It is of Latin origin.
Crystal - It is of Greek origin.
Jessica - It is of Hebrew origin.
Ashley - It is of Old English origin.
http://www.thinkbabynames.com/

The USA does not have a monopoly on them.

As for the "Australian names". I think you just made them up.

Xanthe в™«

Lol... how funny would that be if my best friend was called Crikeley?! Lol... even our nicknames for people aren't that bad!

And for your information - those are not American names... they are English (since America was settled by the english - same as Australia)

tuppenybitz

obviously your ignorant about Australia as most yanks are
America is old news these days,no one gives a rats ****

asmoothoperator_ishere

Mmmm lets see..... the English are here....
America was settled first by the English, whenever it was, not real sure, someThing to do with the vessel Mayfair, so the heritigage of early America is English
then in 1788 the English colonised Australia....
so its not why we have American names
its why do you have ENGLISH names

molly

You mean as opposed to Americans whose leaders name is George a good British name.
The only truly American names come from the American Indian and I bet your name isn't Geronimo.

He's gone fishing.

Stone, the flaming crows, you flamin galah. What the flamin heck is going on here, Fair dinkim matey, lol.

Just Asking

America and Australia were both settled by the English. Many of the names are therefore english but there are some from other nations. You mentioned the name Jason wich is actually greek in origin.

sarah w

obviously duh
australians speak english to dont they?

в†Alissa's Ma-ma-ma

HAHA to the 'Alf Stewart' answer.
actually made me laugh out loud.
=]

Ken E

Are you naturally offensive or are you just "trying" to be funny?

Americans wonder why so many people are prejudiced against them. Your question is just another example of why, and I do not give a tinkers damn if you report it. Shove it.

screamage

I think this Mars Bar needs to be deep fried...

akire44

im australian and that gave me a great idea. im gonna call my kid dingobait. seriously. why do americans think they own everything? australians have all kinds of names and they sure arent those stupid ones you mentioned. you cant tell me every single american is named jason and crystal. at least we dont call our children apple and suri

A.P.

Because the English settled there. The English once controlled the Australian continent/country, and then the children born there received english names.

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