Two-Hit Wonder Baby Names – Letters E, F and G
| 25 June 2009 | Filed under Baby Names, Boy Names, Girl Names |
The following E-, F- and G-names have ranked among the top 1,000 U.S. baby names only twice:
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Gidget’s short-lived popularity can be attributed to the mid-1960s TV series Gidget, starring Sally Field. The series was based on the 1957 book “Gidget, the Little Girl with Big Ideas” by Frederick Kohner. Kohner’s daughter Kathy had been nicknamed Gidget — a blend of the words girl and midget — by surfers in Malibu.
I have occasionally received junk mail addressed to Gidget.
I had a teacher in grade school whose first name was Widget. That was the worst of all.
Flavia would make a good name for the person asking for Italian names.
Widget!?
I wonder how the parents came up with that one…
Erykah can also probably be attributed to Erykah Badu in the late 90′s
Yes, I believe Erykah’s debut album was released right around that time.
She was born Erica. Here’s what ARTISTdirect.com has on the name change: