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Baby Name Needed – Irish Form of Elaine

6 Comments | 1 March 2010
A reader named Diane writes: My Mother passed away 2 years ago and I would like to name my daughter after her. Her name was Elaine. I have already used her name as a middle name for my first daughter. I would like to find a variation of Elaine to use as a first name. My [...]
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5 Names I Like Less, Thanks to Music

7 Comments | 19 June 2009
I do my best to stay impartial about names. Sometimes, though, a bad song gets in the way. When a perfectly good name gets trapped inside a bad song, I can’t help but start disliking the name along with the song. Which songs have done the most to tarnish various names for me? The top five [...]
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Names in Song Titles – Coby, Katy, Lazarus, Martha

1 Comment | 9 March 2008
Here are some songs I’ve discovered recently (thanks, Pandora!) that feature given names in their titles: “Alice Said” by Screaming Trees “Coby” by The Lilys “Eileen” by Keith Richards* “Emilio” by SparkleJet “Hanging On To Jane” by Samantha 7** “Mountain Jim” by Clouds “Slow Down Joe” by Karl Blau “I Am John’s Brain” by Compulsion “Kate” by Sambassadeur “What Katy Did Next” by Babyshambles “Hey Latasha” [...]
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