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Girl Names for Parents Who Don’t Like Girl Names
Some parents see names like Angelina, Isabella, and Olivia and think, “I’m not going to bother weeding through these dainty little sissy-names on the off chance I find a good one. Forget it. I’m gonna flip ahead to the boy names.”
What these parents might not realize, though, is that there are plenty of strong, non-frilly [...]
Posted in Baby Name Advice, Baby Names, Girl Names, Unique Baby Names Also tagged adele, agnes, alexandra, alice, andrea, angelina, antonia, ardith, astrid, augusta, beatrix, bernadette, beulah, blanche, bridget, brooke, calista, calla, carmen, claire, clementine, danielle, edith, eleanor, elizabeth, enid, erica, ernestine, esther, eugenia, eunice, favorite, frances, geraldine, gretchen, gwyneth, harriet, hazel, helen, hester, imogene, ingrid, isabella, izora, jacqueline, jane, janet, jill, joan, johanna, josephine, judith, katherine, laurel, mabel, maeve, margaret, marion, maude, maureen, maxine, megan, meredith, miranda, monica, monique, nadine, nicola, olivia, roberta, ruth, salome, sarah, sibyl, tallulah, tamar, tirzah, ursula, veronica, violet, wilhelmina, winifred, winona, yolanda, zelda, zenobia, zillah
Spelling Tip for Creative Baby Names – Hard G vs. Soft G
Gordana Gehlhausen was a contestant on Project Runway this season. Before the season began, I assumed her first name would be pronounced with a hard G, like Gordon. I was wrong. She pronounces her name with a soft G. I wonder how many other people also got it wrong?
Typically, when the letter G is [...]
Posted in Baby Name Advice, Baby Names, Boy Names, Girl Names Also tagged gavin, gehlhausen, geoffrey, george, gideon, gillian, goldie, gordana, gordon, gorge, gus, james
New Saint Names – Damien, Jeanne, Nuno, Zygmunt
Some of my favorite saints — St. Therese, St. Francis, St. Faustina and St. Bruno — are commemorated in early October. So it seems fitting to me that five new saints would be canonized right around this time of year. (Next weekend, to be precise.) The five blesseds in question are:
Bl. Jozef de Veuster, a.k.a. [...]
Posted in Baby Names, Baby Names from Religion, Boy Names, Girl Names Also tagged arcangelo, bernardo, caterina, francisco, jeanne, jozef, nuno, rafael, zygmunt
Namestorm #6 – Baby Names for Sports Lovers