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82 Baby Girls Named Danity After Danity Kane

Leave a comment | 19 August 2010
Danity Kane was a pre-fab American band formed via TV show in 2005. The band released two successful albums before disbanding in early 2009. The name of the band had been inspired by the doodlings of band member Dawn Richard: During a June 2006 appearance on MTV’s TRL, it was announced the group would be [...]
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Baby Name Warning from 1942

1 Comment | 5 May 2010
Unusual baby names are discussed regularly online, in entertainment magazines, even on late night TV. But I don’t often see the topic come up in old newspapers, which is why I was surprised to find the following in a 1942 issue of the Spokane Daily Chronicle: News pictures recently gave publicity to a baby who [...]
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Baby Names in the News

Leave a comment | 26 April 2010
Headline-grabbing baby names are a weakness of mine. I’ve blogged about dozens over the years, but I’ve never really kept track of all the posts…until now! Here’s a timeline of all those newsworthy baby names, sorted by the year in which each baby was born: 1892: Numidian 1903: Sarto 1909: Theodore 1910: Cleveland, Sufficient 1919: [...]
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Names I’ve Heard in Song Recently

8 Comments | 7 February 2010
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 [...]
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