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2 Tips for Using Literary Character Names as Baby Names
You want to name your baby after a literary character? That’s great. Character names often make good baby names. But they don’t always make good baby names. How can you tell if the name you like is a good one? Here are two tips that might help.
Read the Source
You’ve seen the movie? Flipped through the [...]
Posted in Baby Name Advice, Baby Names, Baby Names from Literature, Boy Names, Unique Baby Names Also tagged aladdin, cinderella, dartagnan, dracula, emma, frodo, gatsby, hamlet, iago, pangloss, pinocchio, quentin, quixote, renesmee, sauron, sherlock, tamburlaine, tarzan, yossarian
Are Baby Names Influenced by Retail Trends?
Here’s a baby name theory I don’t think I’ve ever come across before:
“Something happened when children under 5 became a market, maybe around 1983, with things like Baby Gap,” said Christine Farina, associate professor of communication at the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey. “We became more conscious of each other at the same time. [...]
Posted in Baby Name Trends, Baby Names, Boy Names, Popular Baby Names Also tagged christine, emma, farina, james, joshua, market, michael, retailers
Don’t Commit to a Name Pattern Until You Read These 3 Tips
Humans love patterns. Just look last year’s list of popular twin names:
Jacob & Joshua
Daniel & David
Jayden & Jordan
Ethan & Evan
Taylor & Tyler
Gabriella & Isabella
Isaac & Isaiah
Madison & Morgan
Elijah & Isaiah
Ella & Emma
Eight pairs start with the same letter. Seven have the same rhythm. Another seven end with the same letter (and many of these nearly [...]
Posted in Baby Name Advice, Baby Names, Baby Names from Family, Baby Names from Literature, Baby Names from Plants, Boy Names, Girl Names, Meaningful Baby Names Also tagged abigail, aiden, alexa, alexander, alexis, alfred, amaryllis, andrew, angus, augustus, bea, beatrix, brian, chain, chess, chester, cordelia, cyan, daisy, dakota, daniel, david, diana, duncan, edith, elaine, elijah, ella, emma, ethan, evan, favorite, frank, gabriella, graydon, griffith, hayden, heath, indigo, iris, isaac, isabella, isaiah, jasmine, jason, jordan, joshua, juliet, kaeden, kelly, lachlan, laura, lauren, leah, len, lila, lily, lorenzo, lou, luke, madison, maxine, meredith, michael, miranda, morgan, nora, origin, orlando, patterns, paul, poppy, rhyme, rose, roxanne, scarlet, sebastian, sky, source, tawny, taylor, theme, tobias, tyler, una, walker, xavier, xena, yorick, zinnia
Baby Name Needed – Brother of Kathryn and Nicholas
A reader named Shannon is expecting a baby boy at the end of the month. She currently has two children — twins named Kathryn (Kate) Rose and Nicholas (Nick) James. She writes:
We like Jonathan and Joshua, but are having trouble with a middle name. My husband’s name is James Nelson, and we are considering [...]
Posted in Baby Names, Baby Names Needed, Boy Names, Middle Names Also tagged adam, alex, alexander, andrew, anthony, arthur, blake, calvin, charles, cole, daniel, david, grant, henry, isaac, james, joe, jonathan, joseph, joshua, kate, kathryn, luke, marcus, mark, martin, matthew, michael, mike, neil, nelson, nicholas, nick, paul, philip, rose, ryan, samuel, shannon, thomas, victor, william
Baby Name Needed – Name for Hayden’s Little Brother or Sister
A reader named Angela is expecting her second baby (gender unknown). She sent me a lot of helpful information, so I’ve broken it down into main points:
The baby’s middle name will be Patrick (if a boy) or Josephine (if a girl).
The baby’s surname will start with P.
She and her husband like the name Abigail, but [...]
Posted in Baby Names, Baby Names Needed, Baby Names from Literature, Boy Names, Girl Names, Middle Names Also tagged abigail, adam, angela, audrey, beckett, bennet, bethany, caleb, charlotte, chloe, daniel, david, denise, dorothy, edward, eliot, elizabeth, emmett, everett, gabriel, hayden, james, jerome, jillian, jonathan, joseph, judith, kaitlyn, katherine, leah, leo, lillian, louisa, lucas, lucy, lydia, mara, marianne, martin, mary, matthew, maxwell, maya, micah, michael, michelle, miller, miriam, molly, naomi, natalie, nathan, patrick, rachel, raymond, rebecca, samantha, samuel, sarah, sawyer, shirley, simon, sinclair, william, zachary
Popular and Unique Baby Names in Alberta, Canada in 2009