Baby Name: leorita

Baby Born on Train, Named for Train Conductor

A news article from 1944 tells of a pregnant woman who went into labor soon after boarding a northbound railroad train in Tampa. The train conductor, Leo, located an doctor among the passengers to assist with delivery. He also stopped the train at a way station to call ahead for an ambulance. A baby girl [...]
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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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