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Namestorm #1 – Baby Names for Chocolate Lovers
I think that baby names that come from sources you love — your family, your values, your interests — are some of the best names going. So I thought I’d write some posts that focus on drawing usable, meaningful baby names out of interests, hobbies, pastimes and other activities that many of us have in [...]
Baby Name Needed – Latin or Italian Name for Baby #1
A reader named Claudia is expecting her first baby (gender unknown). She’s looking for a Latin or Italian baby name.
She mentions that her middle name is Elisabetta, the baby’s father is named Simon Edmond, and the baby’s surname will be a 2-syllable D-name similar to Downie.
Here are some names that I think might work:
Adriana
Antonia
Augusta
Aurelia
Camilla
Clementina
Cecilia
Daria
Emilia
Eugenia
Fabia/Fabiana/Fabiola
Felicia
Frances/Francesca
Flora/Floriana
Julia
Isidora
Laura
Livia/Liviana
Lorenza
Lucia/Luciana
Marcella
Marina
Martina
Nunzia
Octavia/Ottavia
Paula/Paola
Philippa/Filippa
Piera/Pietra
Renata
Romana
Sabina
Sebastiana
Silvia/Silvana
Valentina
Victoria/Vittoria
Vincenza
Adrian
Antonio/Antony
Augusto
Aurelio
Camillo
Clemente
Cecil
Dario
Emilio/Emil
Eugene/Eugenio
Fabian/Fabiano
Felix
Francis/Francesco
Florian/Floriano
Julius/Julian
Isidore/Isidoro
Lauro
Livio
Lorenzo/Laurence
Lucian/Luciano
Marcello
Marino
Martin/Martino
Nunzio
Octavian/Ottavio
Paul/Paolo
Philip/Filippo
Piero/Pietro
Renato
Roman/Romano
Sabino
Sebastian/Sebastiano
Silvio/Silvano
Valentino/Valentine
Victor/Vittorio
Vincent/Vincenzo
Which of [...]
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Names from France – Fiacre, Maxime, Roch, Séverin
France is full of saints. In churches, museums, secular buildings, public squares…saints can be seen nearly everywhere.
We visited about a dozen French churches, including:
Saint-Michel-Archange (in Menton) – declared a basilica by JPII in 1999,
Saint-Séverin (in Paris) – within spitting distance of Notre Dame, and
La Madeleine (in Paris) – quite Roman-looking, as you can see:
Inside [...]
Posted in Baby Name Trends, Baby Names, Baby Names from Literature, Baby Names from Places, Baby Names from Religion, Boy Names, Girl Names, Unique Baby Names Also tagged aygulf, blandine, bruno, cecilia, denis, eleuterus, eustache, fiacre, gallen, george, honorat, jerome, madeleine, marguerite, maxime, michel, pothin, raphael, roch, romulus, rustique, sanremo, sebastian, severin, therese, tropez, vincent
Baby Name Needed – Familiar-Yet-Uncommon Boy Name
A reader named Rachel is expecting a baby boy. She says:
We had two girls’ names that I adored — Jane and Marjorie. Both of these are very uncommon (400s for Jane, not in top 1000 for Marjorie!) yet are utterly familiar (and unpretentious).
I am completely unable to find a boys’ name that fits that bill. [...]
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