Category Archives: Baby Names from Places

Baby Name Story – Baby Named After Malaysian Hospital

On 4 July 1988, the Normah Medical Specialist Centre opened in Petra Jaya, Malaysia. The very next day, the hospital welcomed its first baby–a baby girl. What did parents Sabrina Bujang and Razalie Sidek Shafie name their daughter? Normah, after the centre. (The centre itself had been named in honor of Normah, the late wife of [...]
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Baby Name Story – Baby Named After New York Hospital

On 15 July 1935, Meadowbrook Hospital opened in East Meadow, New York. Three days later, “in the modern air conditioned, sound-proof delivery room,” the first baby was born at Meadowbrook. It was a boy–the son of Gerard and Lena Verhayden of Lynbrook. His name? Louis Meadows Brook Verhayden. Sources: “Baby Named for Hospital.” New York Times [...]
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Palestinian Babies Named After Israeli Checkpoints

At least three Palestinian babies born at Israeli checkpoints have been named Hajez, the Arabic word for “checkpoint.” The first I know of was born in late 2001 at a checkpoint near Tulkarm in the West Bank. The second was born in February of 2002 at a checkpoint near Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip. [...]
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Pilgrim Baby Names – Oceanus and Peregrine

A few Thanksgivings ago, I wrote a post about pilgrim names. A few weeks ago, while walking through the pilgrim exhibit at the Provincetown Museum, I realized something in that post wasn’t quite clear. This sign was part of the exhibit: Here’s the small text on the sign: The Mayflower, a merchant ship of 181 tons and [...]
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World Cup Baby Names – Fifa, Bafana, Soccer City

The 2010 World Cup, currently underway in South Africa, has been inspiring South African parents to bestow World Cup-themed baby names. In Johannesburg, a baby girl was named Fifa after the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the body that governs international soccer. A set of twins also born in Johannesburg was named Ke Nako and Soccer [...]
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