Category Archives: Baby Name Trends
More from England and Wales – Honey and Brandon-Lee
Here are two names that piqued my interest as I read through the baby name rankings for England and Wales yesterday.
Honey
Honey was the 190th most popular baby girl name on the list. Parents have also been using alternative spellings of Honey, and throwing (pouring?) Honey into compound names. Here are all the Honeys I [...]
Also posted in Baby Names, Boy Names, Girl Names, Unique Baby Names Tagged brandon, brandon-lee, brandon-leigh, brandonlee, harvey-lee and tommy-lee, honey, honey-mae, honey-marie, honey-may, honey-rose, hunni, hunnie, hunny, jayden-lee
Popular and Unique Names in England and Wales, 2008
Don’t get too excited — these aren’t the top names for 2009. (If only!)
Why am I posting old news? Because I recently found a more complete version of the 2008 list that goes all the way down to baby names used in England and Wales just three times. So, the top-ranked names may be [...]
Also posted in Baby Names, Baby Names from Literature, Baby Names from Religion, Baby Names from Sports, Boy Names, Girl Names, Popular Baby Names, Unique Baby Names Tagged achilles, amen, avery, Beyonce, bluebell, boadicea, breeze, bright, cayenne, cleopatra, comfort, courage, darlington, elan, emily, freedom, godiva, grace, gruff, harper, harry, hendrix, humphrey, jack, james-dean, jesse-james, jessica, joshia, kal-el, kimora-lee, legend, mackenzie, magenta, makenzie, mckenzie, mercades, messiah, miami, oliver, olivia, panashe, peaches, pebbles, plum, primrose, ptolemy, rejoice, remus, riley, riquelme, ruby, seven, sorrel, spike, temperance, tennyson, thomas, tigerlily, tirion, wednesday, willoughby, zidane, ziggy, zinedine, zinnia
From Video Games to Baby Names – Raiden, Kain, Rinoa, Kairi
Dr. Cleveland Evans isn’t a gamer. Nevertheless, he’s written an insightful article for The Omaha World-Herald about baby names that have been inspired by video game characters, such as:
Kain, a male character from the Legacy of Kain series.
Rinoa, a female character from Final Fantasy VIII.
Kairi, a female character from Kingdom Hearts.
Raiden, a male character from [...]
Also posted in Baby Names, Boy Names, Girl Names, Unique Baby Names Tagged cleveland, ganon, kain, kairi, raiden, rinoa
Popular and Unique Baby Names in Alberta, Canada in 2009
Canada’s province of Alberta has just released baby name statistics for 2009. Here are the top names for each gender, followed by some of the names that were used only once last year.
Boys
Girls
Popular Names
Ethan
Liam
Jacob
Logan
Noah
Olivia
Isabella
Ava
Emma
Hailey
Unique names
Alias
Bison
Crazyhorse
Dat
Edgerrin*
Folly-Noah
Guch
Hawkar
Iex
Jhazriel
Kduss
Lightning**
Maxxwel
Neptune
Owies
Philopateer
Qron
Rayon
Seige
Thunder**
Uyohoini
Voltaire
Wrath
Xayden
Yak
Zenry
Albertarose
Beauty
Cred
Dessarhey
Eloquence
Fury
Gallary
Heart
Ibiza
Joy-Joviale***
Kwynn
Lashes
Manhattan
Noof
Ortal
Poetic
Qhloe
RoyLe
Society
Temprance
Uniqua
Veditha
Weency
Xanet
Yejee
Zimmel
*Possibly after American football player Edgerrin James.
**These kids need to have a play date together one day.
***Joviale is French for jovial. [...]
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How Many Babies are Named After Family Members?
For some reason, “babies named after family member percentage” (yes, that whole thing) has been bringing people to my blog lately. I’m not sure why, as I’ve never posted about this topic, but I would like to help these people find what they’re searching for.
The answer I found in an Ancestry.com press release is [...]
Also posted in Baby Names, Baby Names from Family, Name Studies
Musical Baby Name – Hally from “Listen to the Mocking Bird”