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Namestorm #5 – Baby Names for Aviation Enthusiasts

4 Comments | 1 March 2010
Love to fly the friendly skies? Then this list may be for you. Here are some names from early 20th-century aviation history: Wilbur and Orville American brothers Wilbur and Orville Wright built and flew the world’s first airplane in December of 1903. Louis French aviator Louis Blériot was the first to fly a plane across the English Channel (from [...]
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Namestorm #4 – Baby Names for Beer Lovers

Leave a comment | 22 February 2010
Miller Lyte gives me bitter beer face. It’s just a terrible baby name. After I discovered that one, I wondered: is it even possible to come up with tasteful beer-inspired baby names? Luckily, it is. Mary American brewster Mary Lisle, the first known brewster in the United States, started operating her late father’s brewhouse in Philadelphia in [...]
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Namestorm #3 – Baby Names for Photography Lovers

4 Comments | 15 February 2010
This week’s namestorm isn’t about something you eat or something you wear, but something you do. Joseph French inventor Joseph Nicéphore Niépce created the first permanent photograph in 1826. The plate is currently located in Austin, Texas. Louis French painter and chemist Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre, inventor of the daguerreotype process, took the first photograph of a human in [...]
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Namestorm #2 – Baby Names for Shoe Lovers

3 Comments | 8 February 2010
Love shoes as much as Imelda Marcos? If so, this post is for you. C in DC suggested last week that I brainstorm for names associated with shoes, and I thought that was a great idea. So here’s my stab at it. Luther In 1938, American archaeologist Luther Cressman discovered a 10,000-year-old pair of sandals–the oldest [...]
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Baby Name Needed – Sibling of Lorna, Zacharias and Louis

4 Comments | 9 October 2009
A reader named Maisie is expecting her fourth child (gender unknown) and she’d like some help coming up with names. Her first three children are named Lorna, Zacharias (Zach) and Louis. Here are the names Maisie and her husband have been considering: Anastasia Caitlin Catya Eva-May Lara Lena Marlena Willa-May Winefred Alfred Arthur Freddie Joshua Laurence Leo Myro An intriguing mix, isn’t it? Even before reading the list, though, my very first thought [...]
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Baby Name Needed – Boy Name for Adalaide’s Little Brother

3 Comments | 28 July 2009
A reader named Abby is expecting a baby boy at the end of the year, and she’d like some helping coming up with his name. She writes: His sister’s name is Adalaide Joy Foley* and we would like to use the middle name Bernard in honor of his grandfather who is no longer with us. Abby also [...]
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French Baby Names – Heloise, Lancelot, Quitterie, Victor

8 Comments | 17 July 2009
While cleaning out my bookmarks the other day, I rediscovered this post on French names from francophile blog Polly-Vous Francais. It contrasts the names found in the birth and death announcements of a French newspaper. Here’s a sampling: Male Female Births Anselme Edouard Guillaume Hipployte Hugo Lancelot Louis Timothée Victor Vladimir Deaths Albert Emile Gabriel Jacques Jean Paul Pierre Roger Vincent Yves Births Anaïs Béatrix Héloïse Hermine Irène Margaux Mathilde Noémie Quitterie Violaine Deaths Andrée Denise Gilberte Gladys Huguette Jacqueline Jeanne Marguerite Marie Michèle Which set do you like better — birth announcement names or death announcement names?
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