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Baby Name Needed to Go with Middle Name Wade

A reader named Abby is expecting her first child, a baby boy, in a couple of months. The baby’s middle name will be Wade and his surname will be a 2-syllable M-name similar to Marlow. So far Abby’s favorite first name is Benjamin. Her husband isn’t sold on it, though, so they’d like some other first [...]
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Baby Name Needed, Part 2 – Middle Name for Ivan

Back in March, a reader named Pam wrote to me regarding the names of her twins. Several days ago, she sent me an update. She still likes the names Alexander, Ivan and William…but not in the same order as before. One twin will now be Alexander William, the other will have the first name Ivan, and [...]
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Baby Name Safe List – Amelia, Calvin, Grace, Preston, Rebecca, Wesley

Not sure what to name your baby? Maybe you should go with a classic. The following names have been popular in the U.S. since at least 1880 (when data on baby names was first collected). None of the male names have ever been out of the top 400, and none of the female names have [...]
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Most Popular First Letter-Pairs of U.S. Baby Names

Mathematically speaking, it’s possible to construct 676 pairs of letters from a 26-letter alphabet. In terms of baby names, though, only a portion of these pairs can realistically be used to start a baby name. If you look at each of the 6,692 names that have ever ranked among the most popular U.S. (1880-2006), you’ll notice [...]
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Pilgrim Names for Thanksgiving – Elizabeth, John, Mary, William

Happy Turkey Day, everyone! In honor of the holiday, I thought I’d give you a complete list of (known) Mayflower names: Male Female Bartholomew Christopher Degory Edmund Edward (6) Elias Francis (3) George Gilbert Giles Henry Issac James Jasper John (15) Joseph (2) Love Moses Myles Oceanus* Peregrine* Peter Resolved Richard (5) Robert Roger Samuel (3) Solomon Stephen Thomas (4) William (8) Wrestling [Anonymous - 4] Alice (2) Ann Catherine Constance Damaris Desire Dorothy (2) Eleanor Elizabeth (3) Ellen Humility Joan Mary (6) Priscilla Remember Rose Sarah Susanna (2) [Anonymous - 2] *The Mayflower launched with 102 passengers, but ended up with 104: both Oceanus and Peregrine were born aboard [...]
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