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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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Baby Names (No Longer) Needed – August, Lori, Lucille, Silas

Leave a comment | 8 January 2010
We helped eight readers brainstorm for baby names in April and May of last year. So far, I’ve heard back from five of those eight. Jennifer selected Lucille (nn Lucy), Rachel stuck with Silas, Cora welcomed Sebastian and August (nn Bash and Gus), Heather chose Marie as Amelia’s middle name, and Lauren opted for Lori. [...]
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Spelling Tip for Creative Baby Names – Hard G vs. Soft G

4 Comments | 19 November 2009
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 [...]
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