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Baby Names Inspired by Clubs, Charities, Organizations

What clubs are you a member of? What charities do you support? What organizations have helped you (or someone you love) become a better person? Perhaps the story behind one of these groups could inspire a meaningful baby name. Organization Founder(s) Alcoholics Anonymous William Wilson Robert Smith American Red Cross Clara Booth ASPCA Henry Bergh [...]
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Baby Name Needed – Boy Name that Goes with Gripe

A reader named Sarah writes: We need help finding a boy name for a very challenging last name…Gripe. We tend to like classic names (Henry, Charles). Ah, the surname-that-is-also-a-word. I know this one well: my married name is one of these. They can turn great first names into puns, insults, unpleasant phrases, and who knows [...]
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Unique Baby Names from Literature

The was originally the round-up post of a 31-post series on literature names for National Book Month. I’ve since condensed all of those individual posts into this one post. I picked many of these names because they were either popularized by literature or first used as given names in literature: Amanda Amanda is based on [...]
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