Category Archives: Baby Name Advice
Spelling Tip for Creative Baby Names – One X Is Enough
What does “xx” make you think of–extra-large clothes? Pornography? Beer, perhaps?
I regularly see double-x baby names used in English-speaking countries. The double-x names below, for instance, belong to babies that were born in America, Australia, Canada, England and Scotland within the last few years.
Girls:
Boys:
Alexx
Jexxalynn
Lexxi
Lexxie
Lexxis
Luxxin
Maxxine
Roxxi
Axxel
Daxx
Daxxen
Daxxon
Dexx
Jaxx
Jaxxon
Jaxxson
Knoxx
Maxx
Maxxamillion
Maxxie
Maxximillion
Maxxwel
Maxxwell
Nixxyn
The problem? There’s no double-x in English. Sure, you’ll sometimes spot [...]
Turn Off Your TV When Brainstorming for Baby Names
One of my husband’s relatives has a teenage daughter named Amanda. A few months ago, she told us that Amanda’s name had been inspired by a Melrose Place character. She kind of shrugged as she admitted it, as if to say, “Well, there’s nothing I can do about it now.”
Her story reminded me of the [...]
Girl Names for Parents Who Don’t Like Girl Names
Some parents see names like Angelina, Isabella, and Olivia and think, “I’m not going to bother weeding through these dainty little sissy-names on the off chance I find a good one. Forget it. I’m gonna flip ahead to the boy names.”
What these parents might not realize, though, is that there are plenty of strong, non-frilly [...]
Also posted in Baby Names, Girl Names, Unique Baby Names Tagged adele, agnes, alexandra, alice, andrea, angelina, antonia, ardith, astrid, augusta, beatrix, bernadette, beulah, blanche, bridget, brooke, calista, calla, carmen, claire, clementine, danielle, edith, eleanor, elizabeth, enid, erica, ernestine, esther, eugenia, eunice, favorite, frances, geraldine, gertrude, gretchen, gwyneth, harriet, hazel, helen, hester, imogene, ingrid, isabella, izora, jacqueline, jane, janet, jill, joan, johanna, josephine, judith, katherine, laurel, mabel, maeve, margaret, marion, maude, maureen, maxine, megan, meredith, miranda, monica, monique, nadine, nicola, olivia, roberta, ruth, salome, sarah, sibyl, tallulah, tamar, tirzah, ursula, veronica, violet, wilhelmina, winifred, winona, yolanda, zelda, zenobia, zillah
Spelling Tip for Creative Baby Names – Don’t Mess with Qu
I noticed Qwinton and Qynn while scanning thousands of Albertan baby names the other day. Qwinton looks like it’s based on Quinton, and I believe Qynn is meant to be a form of Quinn.
I’m not a linguist, so I can’t give you the history of qu, but I can tell you that altering this digraph [...]
Also posted in Baby Names, Boy Names, Unique Baby Names Tagged quinn, quinton, qwinton, qynn
Ivy and Lily – Too Matchy for Twin Girl Names?
A reader named Jamie isn’t expecting twin girls. If she were expecting twin girls, though, she and her husband wonder, “Would it be fair, suitable, weird, to name the girls Ivy and Lily?” Jamie says:
I’m not a fan of the matchy twin names – Kara and Kerri, John and Jack, but my husband and I [...]
Also posted in Baby Names, Baby Names from Plants, Girl Names Tagged irene, isabella, ivy, jamie, lily
Namestorm #4 – Baby Names for Beer Lovers
Miller Lyte gives me bitter beer face. It’s just a terrible baby name. After I discovered that one, I wondered: is it even possible to come up with tasteful beer-inspired baby names?
Luckily, it is.
Mary
American brewster Mary Lisle, the first known brewster in the United States, started operating her late father’s brewhouse in Philadelphia in [...]
Also posted in Baby Name Inspiration, Baby Names, Boy Names, Girl Names Tagged abraham, adam, david, ermal, frederick, john, joseph, louis, mary, maximilian, miller, william
Baby Name Needed – What Do You Think of Stanley?