Category Archives: Baby Names Needed
Baby Name Needed – Boy Name for Hudson’s Brother
A reader named Tamela wrote to me yesterday. She has one son named Hudson and is expecting her second son in a couple of months. She’d like some name suggestions for baby boy #2.
Hudson comes from a surname, so the first place I’d look is other surnames. Here are a few ideas:
Archer
Baxter
Bennett
Blake
Carlisle
Carter
Everett
Fletcher
Marlow
Mitchell
Maxwell
Norris
Parker
Ramsey
Reeve
Ridley
Roscoe
Sawyer
Spencer
Tate
Tanner
Thatcher
Travis
Westley
(At first I [...]
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Baby Name Needed – Girl Name for Anna’s Twin Sister
A reader named Dana writes:
We are expecting twin girls and know we want to use Anna as one of our choices. Do you have any suggestions for our second baby girl? We already have two boys who are named Ivan and Ben, so you can see we like short, simple, traditional names…and nothing that [...]
Baby Name Needed – Irish Form of Elaine
A reader named Diane writes:
My Mother passed away 2 years ago and I would like to name my daughter after her. Her name was Elaine. I have already used her name as a middle name for my first daughter. I would like to find a variation of Elaine to use as a first name. My [...]
Baby Names (No Longer) Needed – Nathan, Eileanór, Reid, Gemma
We helped ten readers brainstorm for baby names in June of 2009. So far, I’ve heard back from five of those ten. Amy chose Nathan, Kelley selected Eileanór, Tina picked Gemma, Carol went with Reid, and Bonny ended up having a baby boy (named Seth).
I have yet to hear from Antoinette, Melanie, Andy, Rose Ann [...]
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A New Low in Baby Naming?
When I saw the CBC headline Couple offers $50 to name their baby, I’d assumed the couple in question must be trying to crowdsource for a name. Not the wisest way to name a child, but a step up from the eBay method at least.
Then I read the article. And you know what? They’re not [...]
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Baby Name Needed – Girl Name for Lilia’s Little Sister
I heard from a reader named Shana a couple of days ago. Here’s what she says:
I’m 35 weeks pregnant and my DH and I still can’t find a name. Maybe it’s because we would like to incorporate too much into the name or maybe we’re just unsure if we want a trendy name/classic name. I [...]
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Baby Name Needed – Traditional Name for Baby Girl