Baby Name: betty

Baby Name Needed – Names That Go with Saling

A reader named Kim wrote to me the other day with a surname question: My husband and I are pregnant with our first child, my husband and his family are really proud of their last name. I was wondering what names go along with Saling (pronounced like sailing) that actually sound like names and not [...]
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Namestorm 10 – Baby Names for Computer Lovers

Last week’s namestorm featured Internet-related names specifically, so this week’s focuses on names inspired by computers and computing generally: Charles English inventor and mechanical engineer Charles Babbage first described the analytical engine in 1837. Ada (or Augusta) English writer Ada Lovelace (born Augusta Ada Byron) wrote what is widely considered to be the first computer [...]
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Baby Name Needed – Name for Luke and Zeke’s Sibling

A reader named Bethany has two boys, Luke and Zeke (full name Ezekiel, but he always goes by Zeke). She’s expecting a baby in August, and she’d like some help coming up with boy and girl names. Here are the names she’s currently considering: Boy names: Hudson, Zane, Abe, Jed “Our favorite right now is [...]
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A Rose by Any Other Name – Burnaby, Natali, Zelda Lloyd

Sure, a rose by just any other name would not smell as sweet. But what if the name were as cool as “Madame Azélie Imbert” or “Victor Emmanuel”? Other intriguing rose names I found in the EveryRose.com database include: Abraham Darby Admired Miranda Betty Uprichard Burnaby Clementina Carbonieri Cyril Fletcher Dagmar Spath Dainty Bess Edna [...]
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Baby Name Buffet – Charlotte, Madeleine, Suzette, Victoria

Are you a foodie? If so, this list might help you choose a baby name and spark a few meal ideas at the same time. Below are dishes featuring female names; tomorrow I’ll post a list of dishes featuring male names. (If you try any of the recipes, let me know how they taste!) Name [...]
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Golden Girl Names – Blanche & Bea, Rose & Rue

Old is new again the world of baby names, so I thought I’d take a look at the names of TV’s Golden Girls: Actor Character Beatrice (“Bea”) Betty Eddi Rue (“Rue”) Estelle Dorothy Rose Blanche Sophia Only three of the above–Sophia, Rose and Beatrice–ranked in the top 1,000 in 2006 (at 9th, 350th and 966th, [...]
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