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Namestorm #1 – Baby Names for Chocolate Lovers

I think that baby names that come from sources you love — your family, your values, your interests — are some of the best names going. So I thought I’d write some posts that focus on drawing usable, meaningful baby names out of interests, hobbies, pastimes and other activities that many of us have in [...]
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Don’t Commit to a Name Pattern Until You Read These 3 Tips

Humans love patterns. Just look last year’s list of popular twin names: Jacob & Joshua Daniel & David Jayden & Jordan Ethan & Evan Taylor & Tyler Gabriella & Isabella Isaac & Isaiah Madison & Morgan Elijah & Isaiah Ella & Emma Eight pairs start with the same letter. Seven have the same rhythm. Another seven end with the same letter (and many of these nearly [...]
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Baby Name Needed – Brother of Kathryn and Nicholas

A reader named Shannon is expecting a baby boy at the end of the month. She currently has two children — twins named Kathryn (Kate) Rose and Nicholas (Nick) James. She writes: We like Jonathan and Joshua, but are having trouble with a middle name. My husband’s name is James Nelson, and we are considering [...]
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Baby Name Needed – Name for Hayden’s Little Brother or Sister

A reader named Angela is expecting her second baby (gender unknown). She sent me a lot of helpful information, so I’ve broken it down into main points: The baby’s middle name will be Patrick (if a boy) or Josephine (if a girl). The baby’s surname will start with P. She and her husband like the name Abigail, but [...]
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Significant Baby Names vs Insignificant Baby Names

I was just reading a transcript of a recent Voice of America broadcast, “More US Parents Think Beyond Most Popular Names for Babies.” No revolutionary baby-naming information to be found, but one thing did catch my attention. The broadcast included mini-interviews with about a dozen parents. In several of the families, one or two children had [...]
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Most Popular Baby Names of 2008

And…here they are! Top Boy Names Top Girl Names Jacob (no change) Michael (always #2!) Ethan (no change) Joshua (no change) Daniel (no change) Alexander (was #11) Anthony (no change) William (no change) Christopher (was #6) Matthew (was #9) Emma (was #2 in 2007) Isabella (no change) Emily (was #1) Madison (was #5) Ava (was #4) Olivia (was #7) Sophia (was #6) Abigail (no change) Elizabeth (was #10) Chloe (was #16) The first thing I had to check [...]
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Names from Children’s Literature – Robinson

Robinson, an English castaway who lives on a remote tropical island for nearly 3 decades before being rescued, is the main character of Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe (1719). The book may have been inspired by the story of Alexander Selkirk (1676-1721), a Scottish sailor who was stranded for 4 years on the Pacific island once called [...]
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