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Namestorm #7 – Baby Names Inspired by Children’s Book Authors

4 Comments | 15 March 2010
Last week, Julie came up with a great namestorm idea: children’s book authors. Here are some to start us off. (To save space, I only listed one book per author.) Charles and Carlo French author Charles Perrault wrote Tales of Mother Goose (1697). Italian author Carlo Collodi, born Carlo Lorenzini, wrote The Adventures of Pinocchio [...]
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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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Baby Name Buffet – Alfredo, Oscar, Reuben, Xavier

Leave a comment | 2 May 2008
Here’s the second half of the Baby Name Buffet — today we’ve got the male names (whereas yesterday I focused on the females). Name Dish Namesake (if known) Adolphe Pâté de filets d’oie Adolphe Hardy Adolphe-Marie Hardy (1868-1954), poet Albert Prince Albert Fillet of Beef Albert, Prince Consort (1819-1861) Alfredo Fettuccine Alfredo Alfredo di Lelio [...]
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