Category Archives: Boy Names
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 [...]
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 Name Trends, Baby 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 Name Trends, Baby Names, Baby Names from Literature, Baby Names from Religion, Baby Names from Sports, 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 Name Trends, Baby Names, Girl Names, Unique Baby Names Tagged cleveland, ganon, kain, kairi, raiden, rinoa
Identical Twins Named Harry Louie and Louie Harry
Bernie Madoff whistleblower Harry M. Markopolos has 6-year-old identical twin boys named Harry Louie and Louie Harry.
The New York Times Magazine asked Markopolos, “Is that some kind of Greek tradition? Giving kids the same name?” He answered:
You saw the movie “My Big Fat Greek Wedding”? Everybody has the same name. Only the people change; [...]
Also posted in Baby Names, Baby Names from Family Tagged bernie, harry, louie
Namestorm #6 – Baby Names for Sports Lovers
I know, I know–sports is a huge topic. So huge that one could come up with dozens of names for just about any sport that’s ever existed.
But I thought taking a general approach would be more fun than focusing on a specific sport, so here are notable names culled from a range of sports:
James
Canadian-born [...]
Also posted in Baby Name Inspiration, Baby Names, Baby Names from Sports, Girl Names Tagged althea, bonnie, charlotte, edison, gertrude, jack, james, michael, mildred, muhammad, roger, sanford, wayne
Baby Names from Foreign Cultures and Countries – Yea or Nay?