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Names of the Wild Things – Alexander, Carol, Douglas, Ira, Judith
Originally, the wild things were nameless. Maurice Sendak, author of Where the Wild Things Are, told Newsweek he “never wanted them to have names.”
But in the movie, the wild things are called Alexander, Carol (male), Douglas, Ira and Judith. The names were chosen by director Spike Jonze and screenwriter Dave Eggers.
Do you like that [...]
Posted in Baby Names from Literature, Boy Names, Girl Names Also tagged alexander, carol, douglas, ira, jonze, sendak
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, jacob, james, jerome, jillian, jonathan, joseph, 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
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, jean, josephine, julia, junia, lucinda, marian, may, miriam, nicole, pauline, pearl, phoebe, priscilla, rose, ruth, simone, sophie, sophronia, susan, valentina, vera, viola
Baby Name Needed – Girl Name that Goes with Abel
A reader named Bonny writes:
We are already decided on a boys’ name, but just can’t come up with a good girl’s name. Our firstborn is Abel Zachary. We want a girls’ name that doesn’t clash with Abel. So far we like these girls’ names: Evangelina, Arabella, Amethyst, Isabelle, Olivia, River, Violet. We want something uncommon, [...]
Posted in Baby Name Trends, Baby Names, Baby Names Needed, Girl Names Also tagged abel, adina, amethyst, Arabella, cara, clara, daria, dinah, edna, eliza, esther, evangelina, helah, hester, irena, irene, Isabelle, leona, mara, martha, miriam, olivia, pauline, river, ruth, selah, tabitha, tamar, tamara, tirzah, violet, zillah
Baby Name Needed – Name for Elizabeth’s Little Sister
A reader named Lauren is due in about a week, but she and her husband have not yet been able to agree on a name for their second daughter:
My first daughter’s name is Elizabeth Rose. For our second I love Sara but my husband doesn’t, he likes Catherine. We haven’t even thought of [...]
Names from Children’s Literature – Alexander
Alexander is the cranky 5-year-old protagonist of the Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (1972) by Judith Viorst.
Viorst based Alexander and his brothers, Nick and Anthony, on her own three sons–Anthony, Nicholas and Alexander.
Alexander is one of the most popular baby names in the United States at the moment. [...]
Posted in Baby Names, Baby Names from Literature, Boy Names Also tagged alexander, anthony, nick
Girl Names for Parents Who Don’t Like Girl Names