Recommended terms for age and ethnicity keywording on Alamy
Below we have listed some recommended terms that we suggest you use when keywording on Alamy. These terms are also the terms that we use for some of our search filters. By including those that are relevant in your keywording you will be maximising the sales potential of your images.
Remember that the Alamy system does not automatically add plural versions of your keywords so you need to add both the singular and plural of a term if it's relevant.
| Age/Ethnicity | Recommended keyword terms |
|---|---|
| Baby | "baby" "babies" "newborn" |
|
Toddler |
"toddler" "infant" "toddlers" "infants" |
| Child | "child" "children" "kid" "kids" |
| 4-5 years | "4 years" "5 years" "4 year old" "5 year old" "4-5 years" "3-4 years" "four year old" "five year old" "four years" "four to five years" "4 to 5 years" "5-6 years" "5-6 years" |
| 6-7 years | "5-6 years" "6 years" "6 year old" "6-7 years" "5-6 years" "six year old" "seven year old" "six years" "seven years" "six to seven years" "6 to 7 years" "7 years" "7 year old" "7-8 years" |
| 7-8 years | "7 years" "7 year old" |
| 8-9 years | "7-8 years" "8 years" "9 years" "8 year old" "9 year old" "8-9 years" "7-8 years" "eight year old" "nine year old" "eight years" "nine years" "eight to nine years" "8 to 9 years" "9-10 years" |
| 10-11 years | "10 years" "11 years" "10 year old" "11 year old" "10-11 years" "9-10 years" "ten year old" "eleven year old" "ten years" "eleven years" "ten to eleven years" "10 to 11 years" "11-12 years" "9-10 years" |
| 12-13 years | "11-12 years" "12 years" "12 year old" "13 year old" "12-13 years" "11-12 years" "13-14 years" "twelve year old" "thirteen year old" "twelve years" "thirteen years" "twelve to thirteen years" "12 to 13 years" "13 years" |
| Teenager | "teen" "teenager" "teenage" "13-18 years" "13 years" "14 years" "15 years" "16 years" "17 years" |
| Young adult | "young adult" "20 year old" "18 years" "19 years" "young woman" "young man" "20s" "twenties" "20 years" "20-24" "20-29" |
| Middle aged | "middle aged" "middle-aged" "middle age" "middle-age" |
| Mature adult | "mature adult" "mature adults" "mature female" "mature females" "mature male" "mature males" "senior citizen" "senior citizens" |
| Adult | "adult" "man" "woman" |
| Twenties | "20s" "twenties" "20 years" "20-24" "20-29" "24-29" |
| Thirties | "thirties" "30s" "thirtys" "30 years" "30-39" "30-34" "34-39" "30-40" |
| Forties | "40s" "forty" "forties" "fortys" "40 years" "40-49 years" "40-50 years" "40-44 years" "45-49 years" |
| Fifties | "middle aged" "middle-aged" "middle age" "middle-age" "50-59" "50-54" "55-59" "50-60" "50-55" "55-60" "baby boomers" |
| Sixties | "sixties" "sixtys" "60-69" "60-64" "65-69" "60-65" "66-70" "60-70" "baby boomers" |
| Seniors | "senior citizen" "senior citizens" "pensioner" "pensioners" "retired" "elderly" |
| Aboriginal Australian | "Aboriginal Australian" "Aboriginal Australia" "Aboriginals Australian" "Aboriginals Australia" "Aborigine Australian" "Aborigine Australia" "Aborigines Australian" "Aborigines Australia" |
| African | "African" |
| African American | "African American" "African-American" "Afro American" |
| Asian | "Asian" |
| Caucasian | "Caucasian" |
| Chinese | "Chinese" |
| Eastern European | "Eastern European" |
| Indian Ethnicity | "Asian Indian" "Asian-Indian" "Indian ethnicity" |
| Japanese | "Japanese" |
| Latin American Hispanic | "Latin American" "Hispanic" "Latino" |
| Middle Eastern | "Middle Eastern ethnicity" "Arabic" "Arab" "Arabs" |
| Mixed Race Person | "mixed race person" "mixed race woman" "mixed race man" "mixed race child" "mixed race boy" "mixed race girl" |
| Multi Racial Group | "multi-racial group" "interracial" "inter racial" "inter-racial" "multi-ethnic group" "multi ethnic group" "multiethnic group" "multi racial group" "multiracial group" |
| Multi-Ethnic | "multi ethnic" "multi-ethnic" "multiethnic" "multi-racial" "multiracial" "multi racial" "ethnic mix" "mixed ethnicities" "ethnic mixture" "mixed ethnicity" "biracial" "bi racial" "bi-racial" |
| Northern European | "Northern European" |
| Southern European | "Southern European" |
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