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Names of the Wild Things – Alexander, Carol, Douglas, Ira, Judith
Originally, the wild things were nameless. Maurice Sendak, author of Where the Wild Things Are, told Newsweek he “never wanted them to have names.”
But in the movie, the wild things are called Alexander, Carol (male), Douglas, Ira and Judith. The names were chosen by director Spike Jonze and screenwriter Dave Eggers.
Do you like that [...]
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Popular Baby Names in Vladivostok, Russia
Vladivostok is Russia’s largest port city on the Pacific. According to Vostok-Media, the most popular baby names in Vladivostok are:
Anastasia
Alexandra
Anna
Alexander
Artem
Vladislav
Less popular names include Zlata and Simona (female) and Zakhar, Klimenty and Ostan (male).
Source: Most Popular Baby Names Registered in Vladivostok
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Surnames of Saints – Becket, Drexel, Kirby, Seton
A couple of days ago, a reader named Christie mentioned in a comment that she’d named her first son after St. Maximilian Kolbe. Nope, her son’s name wasn’t Maximilian–it was Kolbe.
Her comment reminded me of Elisabeth’s post on names from French birth announcements. One of the baby boys on the list, Vianney, may have been [...]
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Celebrities Who Have Chosen Great Baby Names
Do you think celebrities bestow strange baby names in order to give their careers a boost? That’s the impression I get sometimes. I’d never heard of soap star Ingo Rademacher before he named his son Peanut. I knew very little about M.I.A. before she came up with the name Ikhyd. And I hadn’t thought about [...]
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