Baby Name: jeep

Peace Corps Baby Name Story – Jeep Gilbert

I think this one beats Alanis Morissette: Peace Corps volunteer Richard Gilbert was stationed in the Philippines in the early 1960s. At one point during his stay, he attempted to drive a woman in labor to a hospital over 30 miles away. Gilbert’s Willys jeep broke down en route, so the baby boy was born [...]
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Baby Names in the News

Headline-grabbing baby names are a weakness of mine. I’ve blogged about dozens over the years, but I’ve never really kept track of all the posts…until now! Here’s a timeline of all those newsworthy baby names, sorted by the year in which each baby was born: 1892: Numidian 1903: Sarto 1909: Theodore 1910: Cleveland, Sufficient 1919: [...]
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