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Namestorm #6 – Baby Names for Sports Lovers
I know, I know–sports is a huge topic. So huge that one could come up with dozens of names for just about any sport that’s ever existed.
But I thought taking a general approach would be more fun than focusing on a specific sport, so here are notable names culled from a range of sports:
James
Canadian-born [...]
Posted in Baby Name Inspiration, Baby Names, Baby Names from Sports, Boy Names, Girl Names Also tagged althea, bonnie, edison, gertrude, jack, james, michael, mildred, muhammad, roger, sanford, wayne
Popular and Unique Names in South Australia, 2009
The state of South Australia, home to about 8% of Australia’s population, has released its baby name rankings for 2009. Here are the top names for each gender, followed by two dozen names that were used only once last year.
Boys
Girls
Popular Names
Jack
Riley
William
Oliver & Lachlan [tie]
Thomas
Charlotte
Emily & Chloe [tie]
Ella
Isabella
Lily
Unique names
Calcypher
D’Artagnan
Hercules
Legion
Lilallel
Livingfaith
Mamadee
Mornorom
Reef*
Smit
Swastik
Trigger
Alaska
Antigone
Bronkay
Cider
Dawt
Ellaouise
Highbury
Karma-Shaide
Loveness
Oricle
She-II
Tender
*As far as nature names go, Reef seems [...]
Posted in Baby Names, Baby Names from Literature, Baby Names from Places, Boy Names, Girl Names, Popular Baby Names, Unique Baby Names Also tagged alaska, antigone, bronkay, calcypher, chloe, cider, dartagnan, dawt, ella, ellaouise, emily, hercules, highbury, isabella, jack, karma-shaide, lachlan, legion, lilallel, lily, livingfaith, loveness, mamadee, mornorom, oliver, oricle, reef, riley, she-ii, smit, swastik, tender, thomas, trigger, william
Names I’ve Heard in Song Recently
Names I’ve heard in song in the last few weeks:
Alejandro, Fernando and Roberto in “Alejandro” (audio) by Lady Gaga.
Isaiah, Charlotte, Dawn and Myfanwy in “The Rake’s Song” (video) by The Decemberists.
Lavinia in “Lavinia” (video) by The Veils.
Silvia in “Silvia” (video) by Miike Snow.
“The Rake’s Song” is notable because all of those names actually refer to [...]
Posted in Baby Names, Baby Names from Music, Boy Names, Girl Names Also tagged alejandro, dawn, fernando, isaiah, lavinia, myfanwy, roberto, silvia
Celebrity Baby Names – Charlotte, Charlie, Sophia
I heard about these three celebrity baby names right around the same time, so here they are, all at once:
Actors Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze Jr. welcomed a baby girl named Charlotte Grace last weekend. (via Jamie, confirmed by People)
Television personality Julie Chen and her husband welcomed a baby boy named Charlie on Thursday. [...]
Posted in Boy Names, Girl Names, Popular Baby Names Also tagged charlie, freddie, grace, jude, julie, sarah, sophia
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 [...]
Posted in Baby Names, Boy Names, Girl Names, Popular Baby Names Also tagged alexander, alice, audrey, benjamin, brendan, carlo, edoardo, elizabeth, ella, elliott, francs, georgia, henry, james, katherine, leo, lucia, lucille, lydia, margaret, marion, matteo, michael, pearl, samuel, sophie, tabitha, valentina, valentino
Baby Name Needed – Traditional Name for Baby Girl