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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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
Posted in Baby Names, Baby Names Needed, Baby Names from Literature, Boy Names, Girl Names, Middle Names Also tagged abbie, abraham, alaric, albert, alfred, amory, arthur, avery, bernard, bertram, cedric, charlie, chester, daisy, dexter, duncan, edith, edward, eliza, ernest, felix, fitzgerald, frederick, henry, honoria, jasper, leo, lewis, lorraine, lucille, marion, marjorie, matilda, milo, nelson, nolan, nora, owen, penelope, percy, philip, roland, roscoe, rosemary, rupert, sebastian, simon, stella, stuart, violet, vivienne, walter, warren
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 [...]
Posted in Baby Name Trends, Baby Names, Boy Names, Girl Names, Popular Baby Names, Unique Baby Names Also tagged apple, argyl, atholl, ava, bonnique, comfort, demi-star, elvis, emily, fidelis, grat, inca, jack, james, jock, jools, jorga, jubilee, juno, kt, lewis, liam, logan, miley, mungo, olivia, orpheus, owen, paris-montana, renesme, renesmee, ringo, sophie, supreme, sweetie, tresor, vanilla
Baby Name Needed – Traditional Name for Baby Girl