Category Archives: Unique Names

Jockey Names Daughter After Horse

Leave a comment | 26 August 2010
On 7 February 2010, with over 20,000 people watching, Irish jockey Richard Hughes won the McDowell Signature Indian Derby at Mahalaxmi Race Course in Mumbai. He was riding a filly named Jacqueline. After the race, he was quoted as saying: “You know what, my wife gave birth a couple of days back and I named [...]
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How Many Babies Have Been Named Sephora?

2 Comments | 26 August 2010
Sephora, the French cosmetics store, opened its first U.S. location in New York in 1998. By late 1999, close to 40 Sephoras had opened. Today there are over 250 Sephora stores and over 200 “Sephora inside JCPenney” stores in the U.S. How many U.S. babies have been named Sephora in the last couple of decades? [...]
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Baby Named Westbury After Rest Area

Leave a comment | 25 August 2010
I’ve posted about baby names inspired by a street sign, a freeway and a highway exit, but this is the first rest area-inspired baby name I’ve seen: On 8 April 2009, Kate Flello of Gloucestershire, England, went into labor a month early. Her partner Brian Sterry began driving her to Gloucestershire Royal Hospital via A48, [...]
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British PM Cameron Names Daughter Endellion

Leave a comment | 25 August 2010
British Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife, Samantha, welcomed a baby girl on Tuesday (Aug. 24). Their fourth child was born a month early while the Camerons were on vacation in Cornwall. Regarding the baby’s name, Cameron was quoted as saying, “It was very exciting having a baby in Cornwall. We’ll have to have [...]
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Unisex Baby Names – Even Splits of 2009

6 Comments | 24 August 2010
Hundreds of unisex names were given to both baby boys and baby girls last year. But only 65 were split evenly between the two genders, according to SSA data. Name Boys Girls Total Michel 55 55 110 Michal 48 48 96 Storm 43 43 86 Haydyn 32 32 64 Avry 27 27 54 Adi 26 [...]
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Baby Named Friday February Eleven

2 Comments | 24 August 2010
Mike and Georgina Biddle of Surrey, England, were having trouble thinking of a name for their daughter, born on Friday, Feb. 11, 1977. So they named her Friday February Eleven. Reactions to the name were mixed, according to Mike: Some of my friends think it’s a brilliant idea. Others think I’m mad. And the name [...]
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Baby Name Story – Lyric

Leave a comment | 23 August 2010
Actors Robby Benson and Karla DeVito met while performing in The Pirates of Penzance in 1981. They married in 1982. On 5 August 1983, they welcomed their first child. They named the baby girl Lyric–a nod to the fact that they met while singing together on Broadway. Source: “Bouncing new lyric.” Ottawa Citizen 16 Aug. [...]
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What’s It Like to Be Named Baxter?

Leave a comment | 20 August 2010
Nancy Friedman of Fritinancy recently sent me a link to The Name, an essay in which sportswriter Baxter Holmes explains what it’s like to be a Baxter. Names are identifiers, but since they shadow our lives, we never give them much thought, just like we never think about how we walk or what we sound [...]
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Crazy Baby Names – Seven, Zee, Genghis, Zaugg

1 Comment | 19 August 2010
“Crazy baby names” is the topic of Tracy Beckerman‘s most recent “Lost in Suburbia” column. She focuses on two babies, Seven (girl) and Zee (boy), but mentions a few others: “I know someone who named their kid, Genghis.” “Why? Was Mussolini taken?” “And another couple who named their kids after two different ski runs in [...]
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82 Baby Girls Named Danity After Danity Kane

Leave a comment | 19 August 2010
Danity Kane was a pre-fab American band formed via TV show in 2005. The band released two successful albums before disbanding in early 2009. The name of the band had been inspired by the doodlings of band member Dawn Richard: During a June 2006 appearance on MTV’s TRL, it was announced the group would be [...]
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