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Namestorm #6 – Baby Names for Sports Lovers

2 Comments | 8 March 2010
I know, I know–sports is a huge topic. So huge that one could come up with dozens of names for just about any sport that’s ever existed. But I thought taking a general approach would be more fun than focusing on a specific sport, so here are notable names culled from a range of sports: James Canadian-born [...]
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Politicians Who Were Named After Other Politicians

Leave a comment | 2 March 2010
I was just reading The Political Graveyard’s cool list of Politicians Named for Other Politicians. Many of the politicians on the list were named for U.S. presidents, but others were named for figures who aren’t as well-known today. Some examples: Thirty politicians were named after Henry Clay (1777-1852). Eighteen politicians were named after Abraham Gallatin (1761-1849). Sixteen politicians [...]
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Most Popular Baby Names in England and Wales, 1837-2005

Leave a comment | 17 February 2010
Civil registration began in England and Wales in 1837. Between 1837 and 2005, approximately 318,000,000 names were recorded. The most popular were: Boys Girls John (2,090,961) William (1,918,538) Thomas (1,277,284) James (1,195,922) George (1,089,770) Joseph (729,456) Robert (585,341) Arthur (501,581) Charles (485,873) David (470,377) Elizabeth (1,167,650) Mary (1,128,958) Mary Ann (718,245) Margaret (692,674) Ann (610,010) Jane (560,064) Ellen (512,836) Sarah (503,947) Alice (491,250) Annie (475,101) Mary Ann makes things tricky, doesn’t it? Elizabeth took the top spot, but [...]
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Namestorm #3 – Baby Names for Photography Lovers

4 Comments | 15 February 2010
This week’s namestorm isn’t about something you eat or something you wear, but something you do. Joseph French inventor Joseph Nicéphore Niépce created the first permanent photograph in 1826. The plate is currently located in Austin, Texas. Louis French painter and chemist Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre, inventor of the daguerreotype process, took the first photograph of a human in [...]
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Namestorm #1 – Baby Names for Chocolate Lovers

3 Comments | 1 February 2010
I think that baby names that come from sources you love — your family, your values, your interests — are some of the best names going. So I thought I’d write some posts that focus on drawing usable, meaningful baby names out of interests, hobbies, pastimes and other activities that many of us have in [...]
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Popular Baby Names in 17th- and 18th-Century New England

2 Comments | 11 January 2010
Caitlin GD Hopkins posted about historically popular baby names in Boston, MA and Windsor, CT at her blog Vast Public Indifference earlier today. Using a book of birth records for Boston, she came up with the top male and female names given to babies born in Boston in 1710: Mary Elizabeth Sarah Abigail Susanna John William Thomas James Samuel Then she used church records from 1635 [...]
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Are Baby Names Influenced by Retail Trends?

2 Comments | 8 January 2010
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. [...]
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