Category Archives: Baby Names from Literature
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 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
Popular and Unique Names in South Australia, 2009
The state of South Australia, home to about 8% of Australia’s population, has released its baby name rankings for 2009. Here are the top names for each gender, followed by two dozen names that were used only once last year.
Boys
Girls
Popular Names
Jack
Riley
William
Oliver & Lachlan [tie]
Thomas
Charlotte
Emily & Chloe [tie]
Ella
Isabella
Lily
Unique names
Calcypher
D’Artagnan
Hercules
Legion
Lilallel
Livingfaith
Mamadee
Mornorom
Reef*
Smit
Swastik
Trigger
Alaska
Antigone
Bronkay
Cider
Dawt
Ellaouise
Highbury
Karma-Shaide
Loveness
Oricle
She-II
Tender
*As far as nature names go, Reef seems [...]
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Wikipedia’s List of Unusual Personal Names
Once upon a time, Wikipedia had a List of Unusual Personal Names. That list was deleted a few weeks ago. It had been deleted before, but it always managed to come back. This time I think the deletion might be permanent.
So I’ve decided to reprint much of the list here. Not because I want to [...]
Also posted in Baby Names, Baby Names from Places, Baby Names from Politics, Baby Names from Religion, Baby Names from Sports, Boy Names, Girl Names, Meaningful Baby Names, Unique Baby Names Tagged andrew, apple, armand, baby, canaan, christine, harley, heath, island, iuma, janet, kevin, navy, optimus, paul, they, wrigley
2 Tips for Using Literary Character Names as Baby Names
You want to name your baby after a literary character? That’s great. Character names often make good baby names. But they don’t always make good baby names. How can you tell if the name you like is a good one? Here are two tips that might help.
Read the Source
You’ve seen the movie? Flipped through the [...]
Also posted in Baby Name Advice, Baby Names, Boy Names, Unique Baby Names Tagged aladdin, cinderella, dartagnan, dracula, emma, frodo, gatsby, hamlet, iago, jacob, pangloss, pinocchio, quentin, quixote, renesmee, sauron, sherlock, tamburlaine, tarzan, yossarian
Name of the Day – Ylajali
I’m currently reading Hunger by Norwegian author Knut Hamsun. Early on in the novel, the narrator encounters an anonymous woman in the street and creates a name for her:
I stand and gaze into her eyes, and hit, on the spur of the moment, on a name which I have never heard before–a name with a [...]
Also posted in Baby Names, Girl Names, Unique Baby Names Tagged knut, ylajali
Baby Name Needed – Libertarian Boy Name for First Baby
Last week, a reader named Julie sent me a fascinating e-mail:
My husband and I are trying to figure out what we want to name our first child. We have a girl’s name (Darby) but a boy would be a real problem.
The name he really really wants is Hayek (after 18th century economist – Friedrich Augustus [...]
Also posted in Baby Name Advice, Baby Names, Baby Names Needed, Baby Names from Politics, Boy Names, Unique Baby Names Tagged akston, atlas, august, augustine, austin, ayn, dagny, daniels, darby, ellis, fred, frederick, freidrich, fritz, galt, gus, hank, hayek, heinrich, hugh, john, joseph, laurence, quentin, rand, randall, randolph, rearden, salma, t, taggart, wyatt
Namestorm #7 – Baby Names Inspired by Children’s Book Authors