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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Once upon a time, Wikipedia had a List of Unusual Personal Names. That list was deleted a few weeks ago. It had been deleted before, but it always managed to come back. This time I think the deletion might be permanent. So I’ve decided to reprint the list here. Not because I want to steal [...]
Posted in Baby Names, Boy Names, Girl Names, Place Names, Pop Culture Names, Religious Names, Unique Names | Also tagged 4real, amelio, andrew, antonio, apple, armand, autumn, avalon, blake, canaan, carlos, christine, david, felipe, francisco, gabriel, george, gonzaga, harley, heath, island, iuma, jamie, janet, jellyfish, jennifer, john, jon, jose, karolina, kevin, lourenco, luis, manuel, maria, metallica, michael, navy, nigel, optimus, pat, paul, perri, rafael, sheena, steven, ten, they, victor, vista, wrigley, xavier
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