Baby Name: louise
Baby Name Needed – Girl Name for Baby #4
A reader named Lynn has three children named Aidan Michael, Sophie Alice and August Gabriel. She’s expecting her fourth baby in late September. She’s already picked out a boy name (Jude), but would like some help coming up with a girl name. What is she looking for? “We love old names. We love names that [...]
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Baby Name Needed – Girl Name for Edie’s Sister
A reader named Andrea is expecting her second daughter in May and she’d appreciate some name suggestions. Here’s what she writes: My husband and I love unusual names that have a little bit of a retro feel (my first daughter is Edie). We’ve been trying to think of something fun and different but still feminine. [...]
Posted in Baby Names, Baby Names Needed, Girl Names Also tagged andrea, beatrix, bettina, blythe, camilla, celia, colette, cora, daphne, della, edie, fern, flora, gemma, gia, grace, hazel, iris, isla, jill, kate, leigh, lida, lina, livia, mabel, martha, mina, mona, nelle, neve, nina, odette, pearl, pia, rita, romi, rose, ruby, sabina, sally, stella, sylvie, tess, thea, tilda, wendy, willa, winnie
Baby Name Needed – Traditional Name for Baby Girl
A reader named Liz is expecting a baby girl and she’d like some help coming up with a name. Here are some details: Liz likes “traditional names that are not the type of name the person wearing it will be teased for,” such as Amalia, Charlotte, Sofia and Louisa/Louise. Liz’s husband like “names that sound [...]
Posted in Baby Names, Baby Names Needed, Girl Names Also tagged adele, alice, althea, amalia, beatrice, beatrix, caroline, celia, charlotte, claire, clarice, coralie, emmeline, felice, genevieve, gillian, grace, greta, helena, irene, isabelle, johanna, josephine, lavinia, leona, liz, louisa, lucy, lydia, madeleine, margaret, mary, naomi, nathalie, nicole, patrice, pauline, philippa, rosalie, sabina, sofia, susannah, sylvia, thea, theresa
Do You Like Matchy-Matchy Names for Twins?
Have you ever read the newspaper column “Hints From Heloise”? I recently learned a few facts about the original Heloise that reminded me of the Lydia/Sylvia debate from a few days ago. Heloise was born with the name Eloise. (The H was added for the sake of the column.) Eloise had a twin sister with [...]
Posted in Baby Names, Girl Names Also tagged amelia, heloise, ophelia
A Rose by Any Other Name – Burnaby, Natali, Zelda Lloyd
Sure, a rose by just any other name would not smell as sweet. But what if the name were as cool as “Madame Azélie Imbert” or “Victor Emmanuel”? Other intriguing rose names I found in the EveryRose.com database include: Abraham Darby Admired Miranda Betty Uprichard Burnaby Clementina Carbonieri Cyril Fletcher Dagmar Spath Dainty Bess Edna [...]
Posted in Baby Name Trends, Baby Names, Boy Names, Girl Names, Unique Names Also tagged abraham, allison, anderson, antony, azelie, beatrix, bennett, bes, betty, burnaby, clementina, cyril, dagmar, duncan, edna, emanuel, erskine, eugenie, eustacia, fiona, ghislaine, henry, hermione, ida, jan, jessika, joe, kaitlyn, lawinia, margrethe, martha, miranda, natali, oskar, phyllis, portia, quinn, rex, rick, rose, roses, ruthie, sharifa, tara, thisbe, titiana, uwe, victor, victoria, walter, xavier, yolande, zelda, zelia, zephirine
Names from Children’s Literature – Harriet
Harriet Welsch is the 11-year-old main character in Harriet the Spy (1964) by Louise Fitzhugh. Harriet aspires to be a writer when she grows up (much like Jo March). In the meanwhile, she likes to spy on people and record all of her observations in a secret notebook. Of course, it wouldn’t be such a [...]
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Baby Name Needed for Olivia and Marie’s Sister