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Popular and Unique Names in South Australia, 2009
The state of South Australia, home to about 8% of Australia’s population, has released its baby name rankings for 2009. Here are the top names for each gender, followed by two dozen names that were used only once last year.
Boys
Girls
Popular Names
Jack
Riley
William
Oliver & Lachlan [tie]
Thomas
Charlotte
Emily & Chloe [tie]
Ella
Isabella
Lily
Unique names
Calcypher
D’Artagnan
Hercules
Legion
Lilallel
Livingfaith
Mamadee
Mornorom
Reef*
Smit
Swastik
Trigger
Alaska
Antigone
Bronkay
Cider
Dawt
Ellaouise
Highbury
Karma-Shaide
Loveness
Oricle
She-II
Tender
*As far as nature names go, Reef seems [...]
Posted in Baby Names, Baby Names from Literature, Baby Names from Places, Boy Names, Girl Names, Popular Baby Names, Unique Baby Names Also tagged alaska, antigone, bronkay, calcypher, charlotte, chloe, cider, dartagnan, dawt, ella, ellaouise, emily, hercules, highbury, jack, karma-shaide, lachlan, legion, lilallel, lily, livingfaith, loveness, mamadee, mornorom, oliver, oricle, reef, riley, she-ii, smit, swastik, tender, thomas, trigger, william
Ivy and Lily – Too Matchy for Twin Girl Names?
A reader named Jamie isn’t expecting twin girls. If she were expecting twin girls, though, she and her husband wonder, “Would it be fair, suitable, weird, to name the girls Ivy and Lily?” Jamie says:
I’m not a fan of the matchy twin names – Kara and Kerri, John and Jack, but my husband and I [...]
Posted in Baby Name Advice, Baby Names, Baby Names from Plants, Girl Names Also tagged irene, ivy, jamie, lily
Popular and Unique Baby Names in Alberta, Canada in 2009
Canada’s province of Alberta has just released baby name statistics for 2009. Here are the top names for each gender, followed by some of the names that were used only once last year.
Boys
Girls
Popular Names
Ethan
Liam
Jacob
Logan
Noah
Olivia
Isabella
Ava
Emma
Hailey
Unique names
Alias
Bison
Crazyhorse
Dat
Edgerrin*
Folly-Noah
Guch
Hawkar
Iex
Jhazriel
Kduss
Lightning**
Maxxwel
Neptune
Owies
Philopateer
Qron
Rayon
Seige
Thunder**
Uyohoini
Voltaire
Wrath
Xayden
Yak
Zenry
Albertarose
Beauty
Cred
Dessarhey
Eloquence
Fury
Gallary
Heart
Ibiza
Joy-Joviale***
Kwynn
Lashes
Manhattan
Noof
Ortal
Poetic
Qhloe
RoyLe
Society
Temprance
Uniqua
Veditha
Weency
Xanet
Yejee
Zimmel
*Possibly after American football player Edgerrin James.
**These kids need to have a play date together one day.
***Joviale is French for jovial. [...]
Posted in Baby Name Trends, Baby Names, Baby Names from Sports, Boy Names, Girl Names, Unique Baby Names Also tagged albertarose, alias, ava, beauty, bison, crazyhorse, cred, dat, dessarhey, edgerrin, eloquence, emma, eric, ericlindross, ethan, folly-noah, fury, gallary, guch, hailey, hawkar, heart, ibiza, iex, jacob, jhazriel, joy-joviale, kduss, kwynn, lashes, liam, lightning, logan, manhattan, maxxwel, neptune, noah, noof, olivia, ortal, owies, philopateer, poetic, qhloe, qron, rayon, royle, seige, society, temprance, thunder, uniqua, uyohoini, veditha, voltaire, weency, wrath, xanet, xayden, yak, yejee, zenry, zimmel
Red Stilettos, Brown Loafers and Baby Names
Many people want unique names for their babies. They believe unique names will help their children stand out. And they’re right–unique names do indeed attract attention. But is it the kind of attention parents should want for their kids?
Let’s try an analogy. A unique name is a pair of red stilettos. A common name is [...]
Posted in Baby Name Advice, Baby Names, Girl Names, Popular Baby Names, Unique Baby Names Also tagged bandit, chloe, marijuana, olivia, renesmee, sophie, zealand-new
Attention TwiHard – Please Don’t Name Your Baby Renesmee
I’ve seen a second baby named Renesmee. This is starting to worry me.
The first was born in Scotland last year. The second was born in Plymouth, New Hampshire on New Year’s Day.
It’s time for an intervention. If you’re an expectant TwiHard who believes Renesmee might just make a good baby name, please stop and [...]
Posted in Baby Name Advice, Baby Name Trends, Baby Names, Baby Names from Family, Baby Names from Literature, Girl Names, Unique Baby Names Also tagged alice, bella, esme, heidi, katrina, leah, renee, renesme, renesmee, rosalie
Girl Names for Parents Who Don’t Like Girl Names