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Popular and Unique Names in England and Wales, 2008

8 Comments | 10 March 2010

Don’t get too excited — these aren’t the top names for 2009. (If only!) Why am I posting old news? Because I recently found a more complete version of the 2008 list that goes all the way down to baby names used in England and Wales just three times. So, the top-ranked names may be [...]

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Baby Names Needed – Whimsical, Weird Names for Quadruplets

12 Comments | 12 August 2009

Estelle wrote to me recently with a tall order: I’m having quads (!!!) in 4 weeks and I need names! I’m having one boy and three girls. My 4 year old son’s name is Cosmo. My husband and I like spacey, whimsical and weird names. In fact, they “don’t have any limits on how weird a name [...]

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