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Name Lists You’ve Never Seen Before, Part 2

Leave a comment | 6 May 2010
A few years ago, I posted links to funny, name-related McSweeney’s lists. Here are a few more links to funny, name-related McSweeney’s lists: Fish Names That Sound Like Unfortunate 7th-Graders by Jeanne P. Fratello Liberal Arts College or Celebrity Baby Name? by Chandra Friend The Names of the President and the Members of the Presidential [...]
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Name in the News – Abigail Mae

2 Comments | 22 November 2009
For the second time in history, an American astronaut has welcomed a baby while in orbit. The wife of astronaut Randolph Bresnik gave birth to a baby girl named Abigail Mae last night. The first NASA astronaut to welcome a child while in orbit was Mike Fincke. In June of 2004, his wife gave birth [...]
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Name in the News – Matani

Leave a comment | 7 October 2008
Matani Shakya, 3, has just been declared Nepal’s newest kumari (living goddess). As a kumari, she’ll live in an ancient temple in Katmandu and be worshiped by both Hindus and Buddhists as an incarnation of the Hindu deity Taleju. When she reaches puberty, she’ll lose her divine status and return home. Former living goddesses have [...]
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