Category Archives: Baby Names from Sports
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 [...]
Namestorm #5 – Baby Names for Aviation Enthusiasts
Love to fly the friendly skies? Then this list may be for you. Here are some names from early 20th-century aviation history:
Wilbur and Orville
American brothers Wilbur and Orville Wright built and flew the world’s first airplane in December of 1903.
Louis
French aviator Louis Blériot was the first to fly a plane across the English Channel (from [...]
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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The Pros and Cons of Kobe
I was just reading an article about the thousands of kids named Kobe in honor of NBA player Kobe Bryant.
What I didn’t like: “She’s going to play a sport or I will die trying.” Spoken by a sports-crazed mom about her 11-year-old daughter, Kobe, who “likes the originality of her name but didn’t inherit [...]
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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 [...]
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Popular and Unique Names in England and Wales, 2008