Category Archives: Unique Baby Names

Spelling Tip for Creative Baby Names – One X Is Enough

2 Comments | 17 March 2010
What does “xx” make you think of–extra-large clothes? Pornography? Beer, perhaps? I regularly see double-x baby names used in English-speaking countries. The double-x names below, for instance, belong to babies that were born in America, Australia, Canada, England and Scotland within the last few years. Girls: Boys: Alexx Jexxalynn Lexxi Lexxie Lexxis Luxxin Maxxine Roxxi Axxel Daxx Daxxen Daxxon Dexx Jaxx Jaxxon Jaxxson Knoxx Maxx Maxxamillion Maxxie Maxximillion Maxxwel Maxxwell Nixxyn The problem? There’s no double-x in English. Sure, you’ll sometimes spot [...]
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Baby Names from Foreign Cultures and Countries – Yea or Nay?

7 Comments | 13 March 2010
I was just reading about a baby named Padraig Clover. He has an Irish first name, and an Irish symbol as a middle name, but he isn’t Irish, nor was he born in Ireland. He’s half Mexican and half Filipino. He was born in Canada. His parents named him Padraig Clover because he was born [...]
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More from England and Wales – Honey and Brandon-Lee

1 Comment | 11 March 2010
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 [...]
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Popular and Unique Names in England and Wales, 2008

9 Comments | 10 March 2010
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 [...]
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From Video Games to Baby Names – Raiden, Kain, Rinoa, Kairi

6 Comments | 10 March 2010
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 [...]
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Baby Name Needed – Girl Name like Tatum

6 Comments | 3 March 2010
A reader named Kate writes: I am currently pregnant with my first baby. We do not know whether a boy or girl yet, but we are brainstorming names. I love the girl’s name Tatum, but my best friend’s daughter has that name. Can you think of any similar girl’s names I might like? I get this question [...]
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Baby Name Zöé Rejected, then Approved, in Quebec

4 Comments | 28 February 2010
Kriystal Gray of Montreal wanted to name her one-month-old daughter Zoé (zo-AY). But she also wanted her daughter’s name to stand out. So what did she do? She decided to spell it Zöé. At first, the government of Quebec rejected Zöé and its gratuitous diacritic. Article 108 of the Civil Code of Quebec states that: Where a [...]
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