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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 cute for [...]
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Namestorm #7 – Baby Names Inspired by Children’s Book Authors

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 (1883). Johann and Hans Swiss [...]
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Baby Name Needed – Girl Name for Anna’s Twin Sister

A reader named Dana writes: We are expecting twin girls and know we want to use Anna as one of our choices. Do you have any suggestions for our second baby girl? We already have two boys who are named Ivan and Ben, so you can see we like short, simple, traditional names…and nothing that [...]
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Olympic Skier Chemmy Alcott Named After Sophia Loren (Kinda)

British Alpine skier Chimene “Chemmy” Alcott was born in London in 1982. She told the story of her unusual first name to The Independent back in 2006. Here’s what she said: My mother is tall with long dark hair, green eyes, very chiselled features, and everyone used to say that she looked like Sophia Loren. So [...]
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Baby Names (No Longer) Needed – August, Lori, Lucille, Silas

We helped eight readers brainstorm for baby names in April and May of last year. So far, I’ve heard back from five of those eight. Jennifer selected Lucille (nn Lucy), Rachel stuck with Silas, Cora welcomed Sebastian and August (nn Bash and Gus), Heather chose Marie as Amelia’s middle name, and Lauren opted for Lori. [...]
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Baby Names Needed – Classy, Quirky Names for Twins

A reader named Abbie has four children: Leo Sebastian, Henry Edward, Jasper Alaric, and Eliza Vivienne. She recently learned that she is expecting twins (congrats!) and would like some help coming up with baby names–especially boy names. She writes: Lucy Matilda and Nora Penelope will be the twins’ names if they are both girls. We like [...]
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Baby Names in Scotland – Jack, Sophie, Ringo, Renesme

Scotland’s most popular baby names of 2009 have been released. The top five boy names are Jack, Lewis, James, Liam and Logan. The top five girl names are Sophie, Olivia, Ava, Emily and Lucy. The biggest climbers since last year are Owen and Miley. And here are some baby names that were used just once: Girls Boys Apple Bonnique Comfort Demi-Star Inca Jools Jorga Jubilee Juno KT Paris-Montana Renesme Vanilla Argyll Atholl Elvis Fidelis Great Jock Mungo Orpheus Ringo Soul Supreme Sweetie Tresor Didn’t take [...]
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