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Baby Name Needed – Libertarian Boy Name for First Baby

7 Comments | 12 January 2010
Last week, a reader named Julie sent me a fascinating e-mail: My husband and I are trying to figure out what we want to name our first child. We have a girl’s name (Darby) but a boy would be a real problem. The name he really really wants is Hayek (after 18th century economist – Friedrich Augustus [...]
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Names that Make Me Smile

1 Comment | 20 November 2009
Something fun for the end of the week! The following names never fail to brighten my day. Archibald Constable (1774-1827), publisher from Scotland. Dr. Cotton Tufts (1734-1815), physician from Massachusetts. Endicott Peabody (1920-1997), politician from Massachusetts. Fabiana Bravo, opera singer from Argentina. Fritz Zwicky (1898-1974), astronomer from Switzerland who later moved to the U.S. Gillespie Montgomery (1920-2006), politician from Mississippi. St. Gonzaga [...]
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