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Narcissism and Unique Baby Names – Is There a Connection?
Psychologist Jean M. Twenge, co-author of The Narcissism Epidemic, believes there is a connection between unique baby names and narcissism. In a USA Today article published several months ago, she’s quoted as saying:
We know the desire for uniqueness [in baby names] is going up, and we know narcissism is going up. That doesn’t mean we [...]
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French Baby Names – Heloise, Lancelot, Quitterie, Victor
While cleaning out my bookmarks the other day, I rediscovered this post on French names from francophile blog Polly-Vous Francais. It contrasts the names found in the birth and death announcements of a French newspaper. Here’s a sampling:
Male
Female
Births
Anselme
Edouard
Guillaume
Hipployte
Hugo
Lancelot
Louis
Timothée
Victor
Vladimir
Deaths
Albert
Emile
Gabriel
Jacques
Jean
Paul
Pierre
Roger
Vincent
Yves
Births
Anaïs
Béatrix
Héloïse
Hermine
Irène
Margaux
Mathilde
Noémie
Quitterie
Violaine
Deaths
Andrée
Denise
Gilberte
Gladys
Huguette
Jacqueline
Jeanne
Marguerite
Marie
Michèle
Which set do you like better — birth announcement names or death announcement names?
Posted in Baby Name Trends, Baby Names, Boy Names, Girl Names Also tagged albert, anaïs, andrée, anselme, beatrix, denise, Edouard, Emile, gabriel, gilberte, gladys, guillaume, heloise, hermine, hugo, huguette, irene, jacqueline, jacques, jeanne, Lancelot, louis, margaux, marguerite, marie, mathilde, Michèle, noemie, paul, Pierre, quitterie, roger, timothee, victor, vincent, violaine, vladimir, yves
Baby Name Needed – Middle Name for Lucinda
A reader named Andria would like a middle name for Lucinda. The baby’s last name will be a T-name similar to Kendall.
I tried to come up with suggestions that (like Lucinda) are old-fashioned and/or Latin-based. Also, because Lucinda and the surname share several consonants, I aimed for names that add some new sounds to the [...]
Posted in Baby Names, Baby Names Needed, Girl Names, Middle Names, Popular Baby Names Also tagged beatrix, belle, catharine, cathleen, claire, cordelia, corinne, eleanor, elizabeth, elodie, eugenia, flavia, flora, frances, georgia, grace, hanna, helen, honor, isabel, isla, josephine, judith, julia, junia, lucinda, marian, may, miriam, nicole, pauline, pearl, phoebe, priscilla, rose, ruth, simone, sophie, sophronia, susan, valentina, vera, viola
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