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Namestorm #3 – Baby Names for Photography Lovers
This week’s namestorm isn’t about something you eat or something you wear, but something you do.
Joseph
French inventor Joseph Nicéphore Niépce created the first permanent photograph in 1826. The plate is currently located in Austin, Texas.
Louis
French painter and chemist Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre, inventor of the daguerreotype process, took the first photograph of a human in [...]
Baby Names Needed – Classy, Quirky Names for Twins
A reader named Abbie has four children: Leo Sebastian, Henry Edward, Jasper Alaric, and Eliza Vivienne. She recently learned that she is expecting twins (congrats!) and would like some help coming up with baby names–especially boy names. She writes:
Lucy Matilda and Nora Penelope will be the twins’ names if they are both girls.
We like [...]
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Fortune 1000 CEOs More Likely to Have Common Names
The names John, Robert, James, Richard, Paul and Edward are overrepresented among Fortune 1000 CEOs. Psychologist Jean M. Twenge thinks that common names like these may help people succeed in life. Do you agree?
Source: ‘Fortune’ 1000 CEOs popular names are also fairly common
Posted in Baby Name Trends, Baby Names, Boy Names Also tagged james, jean, john, paul, richard, robert
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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Twilight Baby Names – Carlisle, Edward, Esmé, Rosalie
Isabella and Jacob are already two of the top baby names in the nation. Emmett and Jasper have been on the rise since the 1970s. Alice began picking up steam a few years before Twilight was first published. But the other major Twilight names — Carlisle, Edward, Esmé and Rosalie — could use some help. [...]
Posted in Baby Names, Baby Names from Literature, Boy Names, Girl Names, Popular Baby Names Also tagged alice, carlisle, emmett, esme, isabella, jacob, jasper, rosalie
Baby Name Needed – Middle Name for Chase
A reader named Rose Ann is expecting a baby boy. She knows his first name will be Chase, but needs some help coming up with a middle. She’s especially interested in suggestions that start with J.
Personally, I’d avoid J-names that have either a long A-sound or an S-sound. I think either of those sounds [...]
Politicians Who Were Named After Other Politicians